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The article introduces a framework combining rate type, fees, loan-to-value, and liquidation terms, with worked cost formulas and provider-specific caveats.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:44:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merged Mining Reward Distribution Explained</title><link>https://www.viabtc.com/en/blog/Mining-merged-mining-reward-distribution-explained-900?category=2</link><description>An academic explainer distinguishing the AuxPoW protocol mechanism from pool-level accounting rules in merged mining, clarifying how shares, block rewards, PPS+/PPLNS payout methods, settlement, and withdrawal interact — using ViaBTC's current BTC and LTC merged-mining documentation as a concrete reference.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:40:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crypto Loan Repayment Strategies for Bitcoin Miners: Managing Debt Service, Pool Income, and Collateral Risk</title><link>https://www.viabtc.com/en/blog/Insights-crypto-loan-repayment-strategies-for-bitcoin-miners-managing-debt-service-pool-income-and-collateral-899?category=4</link><description>An educational guide for Bitcoin miners on structuring crypto loan repayment around fixed debt obligations rather than BTC price forecasts. Covers payment calendars, separating operating costs from debt service, pool payout timing (PPS+/PPLNS), BTC collateral risk, and scenario-based planning, using real disclosed examples from Riot Platforms and Hut 8.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:31:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Calculate LTC/DOGE Merged Mining Profitability</title><link>https://www.viabtc.com/en/blog/Mining-how-to-calculate-ltc-doge-merged-mining-profitability-898?category=2</link><description>An academic, data-backed guide to estimating Litecoin/Dogecoin merged-mining profitability, covering AuxPoW mechanics, calculator inputs, revenue and electricity-cost formulas, fee double-counting pitfalls, and why PPLNS-based DOGE rewards remain variable even under LTC PPS+.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:34:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Does Merged Mining Affect Litecoin Hashrate?</title><link>https://www.viabtc.com/en/blog/Mining-does-merged-mining-affect-litecoin-hashrate-897?category=2</link><description>An analysis of whether merged mining influences Litecoin's network hashrate, explaining that the effect operates through mining economics rather than by adding computational power, with context on AuxPoW mechanics, pool-level implementation, and current Litecoin hashrate data.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:25:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merged Mining Explained: How Auxiliary Chains Work with AuxPoW</title><link>https://www.viabtc.com/en/blog/Beginner-merged-mining-explained-how-auxiliary-chains-work-with-auxpow-896?category=1</link><description>An academic explainer of merged mining and auxiliary chains, covering how AuxPoW links a parent chain's proof-of-work to an auxiliary chain's consensus rules, why merged mining does not split hashrate, real-world examples from Namecoin, Dogecoin, and Rootstock, and the security and pool-accounting distinctions miners should understand before using a merged-mining pair.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:22:23 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>