# Dogecoin’s Schedule Annualizes to 5.256 Billion DOGE a Year at One-Minute Target

By Simon Yoon

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Published: 2026-11-13T00:15:32.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-13T00:15:32.000Z
Section: Technology

> The current schedule pays 10,000 DOGE per block and has no set end date. Actual yearly issuance depends on how many blocks the network produces.

Dogecoin (DOGE) has no fixed supply ceiling under its current rules, and its reward schedule annualizes to 5.256 billion coins a year at the network’s one-minute block target. Actual issuance varies with the number of blocks produced, because rewards are paid per block rather than set as a yearly quota.

The network pays miners 10,000 DOGE for each block, a reward that has applied since block 600,000. At the one-minute target, that amounts to 60 blocks an hour. Multiplying the block reward by that pace over 24 hours and 365 days produces the 5.256 billion DOGE annualized figure.

Dogecoin launched Dec. 6, 2013. Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer created it, drawing inspiration from the Doge meme. The coin later became a way to tip users on Reddit.

Dogecoin uses Scrypt proof of work. Miners use it to add blocks and receive newly issued DOGE as rewards. Merged mining lets miners apply the same Scrypt work to Dogecoin and Litecoin (LTC), earning rewards on both networks.

The block reward remains fixed in coin terms while the total supply grows. As a result, new issuance makes up a smaller share of the expanding supply over time. Under the current schedule, issuance has no set end date.