Quai vs Dogecoin
Dogecoin adds about 5 billion new coins every year, for all time, and it has no smart contracts. Quai's emission slows as the network grows, a buyback burns QUAI, and the EVM runs on the base layer. The Scrypt hardware that mines Dogecoin can mine Quai.
Facts reviewed in November 2026.
Where Quai is stronger
Supply that tightens
Dogecoin adds a fixed 10,000 DOGE in every block with no end date. On Quai, the mining reward grows only with the logarithm of difficulty, and SOAP buybacks remove QUAI from supply.
Smart contracts
Dogecoin has no smart contracts on its base layer. Quai runs the EVM, so tokens, exchanges, and applications run on the proof-of-work chain.
Blocks 12 times faster
A Quai block arrives about every 5 seconds. A Dogecoin block arrives about every minute.
Dogecoin blocks buy QUAI
When a Quai miner finds a Dogecoin block through SOAP, the Dogecoin reward buys QUAI on the open market, and that QUAI is burned.
Money to save and money to spend
QUAI is the store of value, with emission that slows as the network grows. Qi is cash whose supply follows mining difficulty and the cost of energy. One network does both jobs.
At a glance
| Property | Quai (QUAI) | Dogecoin (DOGE) |
|---|---|---|
| Consensus | Proof of work, with PoEM consensus | Proof of work, longest chain by total work |
| Secured by | Miners with SHA-256, Scrypt, or KawPoW hardware | Miners with Scrypt hardware, merge-mined with Litecoin |
| Block time | About 5 seconds | About 1 minute |
| Smart contracts | Yes. The EVM runs on the base layer. | No smart contracts on the base layer |
| Supply | Emission slows as the network grows, and SOAP buybacks burn QUAI. 1.9 billion genesis QUAI was burned. | No cap. A fixed 10,000 DOGE per block, about 5 billion each year. |
| Launched | February 2025 | December 2013 |
| Revenue, 12 months | $6.0M | None. Fees and block rewards go to miners. |
Revenue is protocol revenue for the last 12 months from DefiLlama. Quai's revenue is the value of the other chains' block rewards that SOAP used to buy QUAI.
How the two connect
Dogecoin is a SOAP parent chain. Scrypt miners on Quai find Dogecoin blocks in the same work, and their hashrate adds to Dogecoin's security.
Questions people ask
Can Dogecoin miners mine Quai?
Yes. Scrypt hardware mines Quai. Through SOAP, the same work also finds Dogecoin and Litecoin blocks, and the rewards from those blocks buy QUAI. The miner is paid in QUAI.
Is Quai a meme coin?
No. Quai is a proof-of-work smart contract network with its own published consensus research. Its community does make a lot of memes.
Which one has the tighter supply?
Quai. Dogecoin adds 10,000 DOGE per block for all time. QUAI emission slows as the network grows, and SOAP buybacks burn QUAI.
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