Dogecoin DOGE
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▲0.70%What Dogecoin is
Dogecoin was created in 2013 by Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a joke — a deliberately absurd parody of the cryptocurrency boom, built in a few hours from Litecoin's code and named after a dog meme. Neither founder expected it to last, and both have long since stepped away.
Technically it is a straightforward proof-of-work coin with fast, cheap transactions. Unlike Bitcoin it has no supply cap: roughly five billion new coins are issued every year, which makes it mildly inflationary by design. It is merge-mined with Litecoin, meaning the same miners secure both.
What Dogecoin does not have is a roadmap, a development company, or a technical problem it uniquely solves. Its price has historically been driven by attention — social media, celebrity endorsement, particularly Elon Musk. That makes it unusually sentiment-dependent even by crypto standards, and it is honest to treat it as a cultural asset rather than a technology bet.
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Dogecoin has no token contract — it is the native asset of its own chain, not a token issued on someone else's.
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