Merged Mining
Securing two chains with the same work at once.
Merged mining lets the same proof of work secure two blockchains simultaneously, so one miner earns two coins from a single effort with no extra hardware.
Bitcoin and Namecoin were the first such pair: the same SHA-256 work earns both coins at once.
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Pick a coin on the pools overview and open its How to Mine guide for a ready-to-run command.