Dogecoin
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| Dogecoin | |
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| Founded | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Key People | Jackson Palmer |
| Employees | Approx. 10 |
| Products | Dogecoin digital assets (DOGE) |
| @dogecoin | |
| StockTwits | DOGE |
| Profile | |
| OfficialDogecoin | |
| Website | https://dogecoin.com/ |
Dogecoin (DOGE) is a cryptocurrency based on an Internet meme of a shiba inu speaking excitedly in broken English.[1]
Background
Dogecoin began as a fork of Litecoin.[2] It was created in 2013 by Jackson Palmer, a product manager at Adobe.[3] Palmer created Dogecoin as a joke, and considers himself a "crypto bear." He does not currently have a large role in the management of the Dogecoin project and has expressed that he prefers it that way.[4]
In January 2018, Dogecoin's market cap exceeded $2 billion, making it the most successful "parody" altcoin to date.[5]
References
- ↑ My Joke Cryptocurrency Hit $2 Billion and Something Is Very Wrong. Vice.
- ↑ How Ethereum became the platform of choice for ICO’d digital assets. Techcrunch.
- ↑ Jackson Palmer. Linkedin.
- ↑ Dogecoin's $2 Billion Value: So High, Much Fall. Bloomberg.
- ↑ A Parody Cryptocurrency Based On A Dog Meme Just Hit An All-Time High. Fortune.
