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id="toc-NASCAR-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Criticism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Criticism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Criticism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Criticism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Elon_Musk_and_Dogecoin" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Elon_Musk_and_Dogecoin"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Elon Musk and Dogecoin</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elon_Musk_and_Dogecoin-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86" title="دوجكوين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دوجكوين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دوج‌کوین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دوج‌کوین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="डोजकॉइन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="डोजकॉइन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دوج‌کوین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دوج‌کوین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%84%EC%A7%80%EC%BD%94%EC%9D%B8" title="도지코인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="도지코인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="डॉजक्वाइन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डॉजक्वाइन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%96%27%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F" title="דוז&#039;קוין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דוז&#039;קוין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Доужкоин – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Доужкоин" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8" title="डोजकॉइन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="डोजकॉइन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3" title="ドージコイン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ドージコイン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin" title="Dogecoin – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Dogecoin" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Cryptocurrency</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Doge coin" redirects here. For coinage issued by the Venetian Dogate, see <a href="/wiki/Coinage_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Coinage of the Republic of Venice">Coinage of the Republic of Venice</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Development status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Software_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Billy Markus ("Shibetoshi Nakamoto"), Michi Lumin, Ross Nicoll</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source model</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FOSS" class="mw-redirect" title="FOSS">FOSS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT License</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: silver">Ledger</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Trusted_timestamping" title="Trusted timestamping">Timestamping scheme</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Proof-of-work</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Hash_function" title="Hash function">Hash function</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Scrypt-based</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Block reward</th><td class="infobox-data">Ð10,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Block time</th><td class="infobox-data">1 minute</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Block explorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://dogechain.info/">https://dogechain.info/</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Supply limit</th><td class="infobox-data">Unlimited (exactly Ð5&#160;billion will enter circulation each year)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: silver">Valuation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Exchange_rate" title="Exchange rate">Exchange rate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Floating (very volatile)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: silver">Website</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dogecoin.com">dogecoin<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dogecoin</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="&#39;d&#39; in &#39;dye&#39;">d</span><span title="/oʊ/: &#39;o&#39; in &#39;code&#39;">oʊ</span></span>(<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="&#39;d&#39; in &#39;dye&#39;">d</span></span>)<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʒ/: &#39;s&#39; in &#39;pleasure&#39;">ʒ</span><span title="&#39;k&#39; in &#39;kind&#39;">k</span><span title="/ɔɪ/: &#39;oi&#39; in &#39;choice&#39;">ɔɪ</span><span title="&#39;n&#39; in &#39;nigh&#39;">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DOHJ</span>-koyn</i></a> or <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DOHZH</span>-koyn</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ISO_4217#Cryptocurrencies" title="ISO 4217">Abbreviation</a>: <b>DOGE</b>; <a href="/wiki/Currency_symbol" title="Currency symbol">sign</a>: <b>Ð</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system as a joke, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is considered both the first "<a href="/wiki/Meme_coin" title="Meme coin">meme coin</a>", and more specifically the first "dog coin". Despite its satirical nature, some consider it a legitimate investment prospect. Dogecoin features the face of <a href="/wiki/Kabosu_(dog)" title="Kabosu (dog)">Kabosu</a> from the "<a href="/wiki/Doge_(meme)" title="Doge (meme)">doge</a>" <a href="/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">meme</a> as its logo and namesake.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-A_History_of_Dogecoin._5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_Dogecoin.-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was introduced on December&#160;6, 2013, and quickly developed its own <a href="/wiki/Online_community" title="Online community">online community</a>, reaching a peak market capitalization of over US$85&#160;billion<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> on May&#160;5, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2021, it is the <a href="/wiki/Shirt_sponsor" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirt sponsor">sleeve sponsor</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Watford_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Watford Football Club">Watford Football Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dogecoin.com promotes the currency as the "fun and friendly Internet currency", referring to its origins as a "joke".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Software engineers Markus and Palmer launched the satirical cryptocurrency as a way to make fun of <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> and the many other cryptocurrencies boasting grand plans to take over the world. Dogecoin quickly gained traction, particularly on social platforms like <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a>. Within two weeks of launch, it had established a dedicated blog and forum and its market value reached $8&#160;million, once jumping to become the seventh largest electronic currency in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>Originally formed as a joke,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dogecoin was created by <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> software engineer Billy Markus and <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Inc." title="Adobe Inc.">Adobe</a> software engineer Jackson Palmer. They wanted to create a <a href="/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">peer-to-peer</a> digital currency that could reach a broader demographic than <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a>. In addition, they wanted to distance it from the controversial history of other coins.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dogecoin was officially launched on December 6, 2013, and within the first 30 days, there were over 1 million visitors to Dogecoin.com.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Palmer is credited with making the idea a reality. At the time, he was a member of the Adobe marketing department in <a href="/wiki/Sydney,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney, Australia">Sydney</a>, Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-whatisdogecoin_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whatisdogecoin-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Palmer had purchased the domain Dogecoin.com and added a <a href="/wiki/Splash_screen" title="Splash screen">splash screen</a>, which featured the coin's logo and scattered <a href="/wiki/Comic_Sans" title="Comic Sans">Comic Sans</a> text. Markus reached out to Palmer after seeing the site, and started efforts to develop the currency. Markus designed Dogecoin's protocol based on existing cryptocurrencies Luckycoin and <a href="/wiki/Litecoin" title="Litecoin">Litecoin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-suchvalue2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suchvalue2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which use <a href="/wiki/Scrypt" title="Scrypt">scrypt</a> technology in their <a href="/wiki/Proof-of-work" class="mw-redirect" title="Proof-of-work">proof-of-work</a> algorithm.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The use of scrypt means that miners cannot use <a href="/wiki/SHA-2" title="SHA-2">SHA-256</a> bitcoin mining equipment, and instead must use dedicated <a href="/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array" title="Field-programmable gate array">field-programmable gate array</a> and <a href="/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit" title="Application-specific integrated circuit">application-specific integrated circuit</a> devices for mining which are known to be more complex to produce.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 19, 2013, Dogecoin jumped nearly 300% in value in 72 hours, rising from $0.00026 to $0.00095,<sup id="cite_ref-suchvalue_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suchvalue-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with a volume of billions of Dogecoins traded per day. This growth occurred during a time when Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies were reeling from China's decision to forbid Chinese banks from investing in the Bitcoin economy.<sup id="cite_ref-suchvalue2_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suchvalue2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Three days later, Dogecoin experienced its first major crash when its price dropped by 80% due to this event and to large <a href="/wiki/Mining_pool" title="Mining pool">mining pools</a> exploiting the small amount of computing power required at the time to mine Dogecoin.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 25, 2013, the first major theft of Dogecoin occurred when millions of coins were stolen during a <a href="/wiki/Hack_(computer_security)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hack (computer security)">hack</a> on the online <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_wallet" title="Cryptocurrency wallet">cryptocurrency wallet</a> platform Dogewallet.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The hacker gained access to the platform's filesystem and modified its send/receive page to send any and all coins to a static <a href="/wiki/Internet_protocol_address" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet protocol address">internet protocol address</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This hacking incident spiked tweets about Dogecoin, making it the most mentioned altcoin on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> at the time, although it was in reference to a negative event. To help those who lost funds on Dogewallet after its breach, the Dogecoin community started an initiative named "SaveDogemas" to help donate coins to those who had them stolen. Approximately one month later, enough money was donated to cover all of the coins that were stolen.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2014, the trading volume of Dogecoin briefly surpassed that of all other cryptocurrencies combined. However, its market capitalization remained substantially behind that of Bitcoin. Initially, Dogecoin featured a randomized reward that is received for each mining block. However, in March 2014, this behaviour was updated to a static block reward.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Co-founder Jackson Palmer left the cryptocurrency community in 2015 and has no plans to return, having come to the belief that cryptocurrency, originally conceived as a libertarian alternative to money, is fundamentally exploitative and built to enrich its top proponents. His co-founder, Billy Markus, agreed that Palmer's position was generally valid.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 2017 to early 2018 <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency_bubble" title="Cryptocurrency bubble">cryptocurrency bubble</a>, Dogecoin briefly reached a peak of $0.017 on January 7, 2018, putting its total market capitalization near $2&#160;billion. </p><p>In July 2020, the price of Dogecoin spiked following a <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> trend aimed at getting Dogecoin to $1.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 9, 2021, <a href="/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a> announced a rideshare mission to the Moon completely funded by Dogecoin, thus becoming the first space mission funded by a cryptocurrency. Elon Musk confirmed this news via Twitter.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Doge-1" title="Doge-1">DOGE-1</a>, a <a href="/wiki/CubeSat" title="CubeSat">CubeSat</a>, was planned to be a minor 40&#160;kg rideshare payload on <a href="/wiki/Intuitive_Machines" title="Intuitive Machines">Intuitive Machines</a>' <a href="/wiki/IM-1" title="IM-1">IM-1</a> mission in Q1 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but ultimately was delayed to a potential later mission.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>On August 14, 2021, the Dogecoin Foundation announced the "re-establishment of the Dogecoin Foundation (est 2014), with a renewed focus on supporting the Dogecoin Ecosystem, Community and promoting the future of the Dogecoin <a href="/wiki/Blockchain" title="Blockchain">Blockchain</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Foundation was reinvigorated by the addition to its Board of notable advisors such as <a href="/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin" title="Vitalik Buterin">Vitalik Buterin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ethereum" title="Ethereum">Ethereum</a> co-founder and inventor) and <a href="/wiki/Jared_Birchall" title="Jared Birchall">Jared Birchall</a> (representing Elon Musk).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2021_boom">2021 boom</h3></div> <p>In January 2021, Dogecoin went up over 800% in 24 hours, reaching $0.07, as a result of attention from <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a> users, partially encouraged by <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> and the <a href="/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze" title="GameStop short squeeze">GameStop short squeeze</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In February 2021, Dogecoin hit a new high price of $0.08 following Twitter encouragement from Musk, <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title="Gene Simmons">Gene Simmons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In March 2021, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban">Mark Cuban</a> announced his <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> team would allow purchasing tickets and products with Dogecoin; within two days, Cuban had declared his franchise had become the top Dogecoin merchant, having carried out 20,000 transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2021, Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies surged, stimulated in part by the <a href="/wiki/Direct_listing" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct listing">direct listing</a> for cryptocurrency exchange <a href="/wiki/Coinbase" title="Coinbase">Coinbase</a> on April 14, although that platform did not provide trading of Dogecoin.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dogecoin first reached $0.10 on April 14,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before hitting a new high of $0.45 on April 16 (up 400% that week<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_2021-04-16_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC_2021-04-16-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>), with a volume of nearly $70 billion traded in the preceding 24 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-MW_2021-04-17_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW_2021-04-17-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the time<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dogecoin&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, Dogecoin's market capitalization approached $50 billion, making it the fifth-highest-valued cryptocurrency;<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> its value had increased more than 7,000% per year to-date.<sup id="cite_ref-MW_2021-04-17_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MW_2021-04-17-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Interest in Dogecoin contributed to an outage in electronic trading platform <a href="/wiki/Robinhood_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robinhood (company)">Robinhood</a>'s cryptocurrency system on April 15, caused by "unprecedented demand", and prompted concerns from experts of a nearing <a href="/wiki/Speculative_bubble" class="mw-redirect" title="Speculative bubble">speculative bubble</a> in the cryptocurrency market.<sup id="cite_ref-CNBC_2021-04-16_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNBC_2021-04-16-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 4, 2021, the value of Dogecoin first surpassed the symbolic hurdle of $0.50.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2023, a Dogecoin increase was attributed to Elon Musk temporarily changing the logo on the Twitter app to a Doge logo.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In June 2023, Musk was accused of insider trading by investors based on a series of stunts including the change of logo.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 29, 2024, <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> and his electric vehicle company <a href="/wiki/Tesla,_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla</a> won the dismissal of a federal lawsuit accusing them of defrauding investors by hyping the cryptocurrency dogecoin and conducting insider trading, causing billions of dollars of losses.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_and_exchanges">Use and exchanges</h2></div> <p>Dogecoin is an altcoin<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with a large userbase, and is traded against both <a href="/wiki/Fiat_currencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiat currencies">fiat currencies</a> and other cryptocurrencies on several reputable <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> exchanges and retail investment platforms. </p><p>Trading physical, tangible items in exchange for Dogecoin takes place on online communities such as Reddit and Twitter, where users in such circles frequently share cryptocurrency-related information.<sup id="cite_ref-A_History_of_Dogecoin._5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_Dogecoin.-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cases of people using their employers'<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (December 2024)">which?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> or universities' computers to mine Dogecoin have been discovered including a Harvard community member and a student at London's <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dogecoin has been used in an attempted property sale,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it has been used in the pornography<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and gambling<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> industries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Online_tipping">Online tipping</h3></div> <p>One major mainstream commercial application of the cryptocurrency has been Internet-based tipping systems, in which social media users tip other users for providing interesting or noteworthy content.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dogetipbot">Dogetipbot</h4></div> <p>Dogetipbot was a cryptocurrency transaction service used on popular sites like Reddit and <a href="/wiki/Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a>. It allowed users to send Dogecoins to other users through commands via Reddit comments. In May 2017, Dogetipbot was discontinued and taken offline after its creator declared bankruptcy; this left many Dogetipbot users losing their coins stored in the Dogetipbot system.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Smart_contracts">Smart contracts</h2></div> <p>Dogecoin's blockchain cannot interact with <a href="/wiki/Smart_contract" title="Smart contract">smart contracts</a> directly. Dogecoin can be tied to the Ethereum blockchain in order to access some <a href="/wiki/Decentralized_finance" title="Decentralized finance">decentralized finance</a> (DeFi) instruments.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Currency_supply">Currency supply</h2></div> <p>Dogecoin started with an intended supply limit of Ð100&#160;<a href="/wiki/Billion" title="Billion">billion</a>, which would have been far more coins than the top digital currencies were then allowing. By mid-2015, the 100 billionth Dogecoin had been mined, with an additional Ð5&#160;billion put into circulation every year thereafter. In February 2014, Palmer announced that the limit would not be added in the codebase in an effort to create a consistent inflation rate over time.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mining_parameters">Mining parameters</h2></div> <p>Dogecoin's implementation differs from its predecessors: It was originally <a href="/wiki/Fork_(blockchain)" title="Fork (blockchain)">forked</a> from <a href="/wiki/Litecoin" title="Litecoin">Litecoin</a>, then refactored to Bitcoin. Dogecoin's target block time is 1 minute, as opposed to Litecoin's 2.5 minutes and Bitcoin's 10 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-A_History_of_Dogecoin._5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_History_of_Dogecoin.-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fundraising">Fundraising</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_Winter_Olympics">2014 Winter Olympics</h3></div> <p>The Dogecoin community and foundation have encouraged fundraising for charities and other notable causes. On January 19, 2014, a fundraiser was established by the Dogecoin community to raise $50,000 for the <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_Bobsled_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican Bobsled Team">Jamaican Bobsled Team</a>, which had qualified for, but could not afford to go to, the <a href="/wiki/Sochi_Winter_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Sochi Winter Olympics">Sochi Winter Olympics</a>. By the second day, $36,000 worth of Dogecoin was donated and the Dogecoin to Bitcoin exchange rate rose by 50%.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Dogecoin community also raised funds for a second Sochi athlete, <a href="/wiki/Shiva_Keshavan" title="Shiva Keshavan">Shiva Keshavan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doge4Water">Doge4Water</h3></div> <p>In 2014, The Dogecoin Foundation, led by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Nakagawa" title="Eric Nakagawa">Eric Nakagawa</a>, began collecting donations to build a well in the Tana river basin in Kenya for <a href="/wiki/World_Water_Day" title="World Water Day">World Water Day</a> (March 22). The campaign, in cooperation with <a href="/wiki/Charity:_Water" title="Charity: Water">Charity: Water</a>, collected donations from more than 4,000 donors, including one anonymous benefactor who donated 14,000,000 dogecoin (worth approximately $11,000 at the time), raising over US$30,000.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NASCAR">NASCAR</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg/220px-Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg/330px-Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg/440px-Josh_Wise_Sonoma_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1981" data-file-height="1118" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Josh_Wise" title="Josh Wise">Josh Wise</a>'s Dogecoin-sponsored Chevrolet in 2014</figcaption></figure><p> On March 25, 2014, the Dogecoin community successfully raised Ð67.8&#160;million (around US$55,000 at the time) in an effort to sponsor <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Cup_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Cup Series">Sprint Cup Series</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Josh_Wise" title="Josh Wise">Josh Wise</a>. Nicknamed the "Moonrocket",<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the No. 98 car featured a Dogecoin/Reddit-sponsored paint scheme and was driven by Wise at the <a href="/wiki/2014_Aaron%27s_499" title="2014 Aaron&#39;s 499">Aaron's 499</a> at <a href="/wiki/Talladega_Superspeedway" title="Talladega Superspeedway">Talladega Superspeedway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Wise and the car were featured for nearly a minute, during which the race commentators discussed Dogecoin and the crowdfunding effort, while finishing twentieth and narrowly avoiding multiple wrecks.<sup id="cite_ref-Dogecar_Highlights_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dogecar_Highlights-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Josh_Wise_(19675077586).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Josh_Wise_%2819675077586%29.jpg/220px-Josh_Wise_%2819675077586%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Josh_Wise_%2819675077586%29.jpg/330px-Josh_Wise_%2819675077586%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Josh_Wise_%2819675077586%29.jpg/440px-Josh_Wise_%2819675077586%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1746" data-file-height="1592" /></a><figcaption>Josh Wise 2015 Chevrolet DogeCoin racecar</figcaption></figure> <p>On May 16, 2014, Wise won a spot at the <a href="/wiki/2014_NASCAR_Sprint_All-Star_Race" title="2014 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race">Sprint All-Star Race</a> through an online fan vote beating <a href="/wiki/Danica_Patrick" title="Danica Patrick">Danica Patrick</a>, largely due to the efforts of the Dogecoin Reddit community. He finished the race in fifteenth, the last car running.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eutechnyx" title="Eutechnyx">Eutechnyx</a>, the developer of the <i><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_%2714" title="NASCAR &#39;14">NASCAR '14</a></i> video game, added the Dogecoin car as a drivable car in a <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">DLC</a> pack.<sup id="cite_ref-Polygon_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polygon-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Dogecoin co-sponsored the No. 99 <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Xfinity_Series" title="NASCAR Xfinity Series">NASCAR Xfinity Series</a> car of <a href="/wiki/B._J._McLeod_Motorsports" title="B. J. McLeod Motorsports">B. J. McLeod Motorsports</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Xfinity_Series_at_Las_Vegas_(spring_race)" class="mw-redirect" title="NASCAR Xfinity Series at Las Vegas (spring race)">Alsco Uniforms 300</a> at <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Motor_Speedway" title="Las Vegas Motor Speedway">Las Vegas</a>. The car was driven by <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Parsons" title="Stefan Parsons">Stefan Parsons</a>, whose father <a href="/wiki/Phil_Parsons" title="Phil Parsons">Phil Parsons</a> ran <a href="/wiki/Phil_Parsons_Racing" title="Phil Parsons Racing">Phil Parsons Racing</a> that fielded Wise's No. 98, with additional backing from Springrates.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2></div> <p>Dogecoin's origin as a "joke", which makes it the first <a href="/wiki/Meme_coin" title="Meme coin">meme coin</a>, has made it difficult to be taken seriously by mainstream media and financial experts.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The cryptocurrency has had a long and problematic history of scams.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similar to many other cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin has been described by some commentators as a form of <a href="/wiki/Ponzi_scheme" title="Ponzi scheme">Ponzi</a> scheme. Critics allege that Dogecoin investors who purchased Dogecoins early on, have a large financial incentive to draw others into purchasing more Dogecoins in order to drive the price up, therefore benefitting the early investors financially at the direct expense of later purchasers.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This is primarily because Dogecoin does not have a supply cap like other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, which has a capped supply of 21 million coins.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elon_Musk_and_Dogecoin">Elon Musk and Dogecoin</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> frequently uses his <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">X</a> platform to express his views on Dogecoin, which has led some to claim that his actions amount to <a href="/wiki/Market_manipulation" title="Market manipulation">market manipulation</a> because the price of Dogecoin frequently experiences price movements shortly after his tweets.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, because cryptocurrencies are not regulated like stocks, these actions are not illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Musk and his promotion of Dogecoin have been criticized by Dogecoin co-founder Jackson Palmer, who called Musk a "self-absorbed <a href="/wiki/Confidence_trick" class="mw-redirect" title="Confidence trick">grifter</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Musk's first Dogecoin-related tweet occurred on December 20, 2020. Musk tweeted "One Word: Doge". Shortly after, the value of Dogecoin rose by 20%.<sup id="cite_ref-Chris_Isidore_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Isidore-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was followed by a series of Dogecoin-related tweets by Musk in early February 2021 captioned "Dogecoin is the people's crypto" and "no highs, no lows, only Doge". Following these tweets, the value of Dogecoin rose by roughly 40%.<sup id="cite_ref-Chris_Isidore_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Isidore-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 15, 2021, the price of Dogecoin rose by more than 100% after Musk tweeted an image of <a href="/wiki/Joan_Mir%C3%B3" title="Joan Miró">Joan Miró</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dog_Barking_at_the_Moon_(Mir%C3%B3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dog Barking at the Moon (Miró)"><i>Dog Barking at the Moon</i> painting</a> captioned "Doge Barking at the Moon",<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a message which was taken by some as a reference to the industry slang term "to the moon",<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> meaning a hoped-for increase in a cryptocurrency's value.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 8, 2021, Dogecoin fell as much as 29.5%, dropping to US$0.49 during Musk's <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It then rose by 11% on May 20, 2021, shortly after Musk tweeted a Doge-related <a href="/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">meme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the same month, the price of Dogecoin was up 10% in the hours after Musk tweeted a Reddit link for users to submit proposals to improve the cryptocurrency.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 14, 2021, Dogecoin spiked more than 20% after Musk said that <a href="/wiki/Tesla,_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla</a> will accept the currency as a means of payment for Tesla merchandise.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 16, 2022, Elon Musk was named in a complaint seeking damages of $258 billion. The complaint was filed in federal court in Manhattan by plaintiff Keith Johnson. Johnson cited Musk's repeated use of his massive social influence to promote the <a href="/wiki/Altcoin" class="mw-redirect" title="Altcoin">altcoin</a>, which he claims artificially inflated the price.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" title="Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk">Musk's acquisition of Twitter</a>, he had suggested that Dogecoin could be used for Twitter transactions, such as the purchase of <a href="/wiki/Twitter#X_Premium_(formerly_Twitter_Blue)" title="Twitter">Twitter Blue</a> accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On October 27, 2022, Elon Musk completed a deal to take Twitter private. This led to a sustained rise in the price of Dogecoin from October 25 to October 29, with Dogecoin increasing as much as 46%.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> When X announced the launch of its X Money Account digital wallet product in February 2025, cryptocurrencies were not supported.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between April 3 and April 7,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 2023, Twitter's bird logo was replaced with an image of the <a href="/wiki/Doge_meme" class="mw-redirect" title="Doge meme">Doge meme</a> for desktop users, leading to a rise in Dogecoin prices.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> No reason was given for the icon change, with some speculating that it was a late <a href="/wiki/April_Fool%27s_joke" class="mw-redirect" title="April Fool&#39;s joke">April Fool's joke</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or an attempt to <a href="/wiki/Trolling" class="mw-redirect" title="Trolling">troll</a> investors over the Dogecoin lawsuit that Musk was seeking to end that week.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 14, 2024, president-elect <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> announced that <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy" title="Vivek Ramaswamy">Vivek Ramaswamy</a> would lead a new <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency" title="Department of Government Efficiency">Department of Government Efficiency</a> or DOGE for short, an acronym that shares the name of Dogecoin. 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class="reference-text">US$85,314,347,523.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sleeve only.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A slang term in the <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> and technology media and community for an alternate cryptocurrency, or, de facto, any <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a> other than <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Primarily <a href="/wiki/Poker" title="Poker">poker</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <ul><li><span 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