Dogecoin

$0.0702
0.8%(24h)Today
0.8%
30 Days
-3.1%
Price Change (24h)
$0.000542

Today
0.8%
30 Days
-3.1%
Price Change (24h)
$0.000542
Dogecoin (DOGE) draws from the well-known doge Internet meme, displaying a Shiba Inu on its emblem. Billy Markus from Portland, Oregon, and Jackson Palmer from Sydney, Australia, created this open-source digital currency, launching it as a December 2013 Litecoin fork. 's inventors envisioned a playful, accessible cryptocurrency with broader mainstream appeal than Bitcoin, grounded in dog meme culture. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tweeted support for as his preferred coin.
DOGE
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Dogecoin diverges from Bitcoin's proof-of-work protocol in several respects, primarily employing Scrypt technology. The coin has 1-minute block time and unlimited total supply—no cap on Dogecoin generation exists. Dogecoin mining occurs solo or via mining pool participation. Miners operate on Windows, Mac, or Linux using GPUs. Since 2014, Litecoin mining parallels Dogecoin mining processes via merged mining.
Primarily, Dogecoin has served as a Reddit and Twitter tipping mechanism rewarding excellent content production and sharing. Community participation or faucets—sites distributing small Dogecoin amounts freely as introduction to the currency—enable Dogecoin acquisition for community interaction initiation.
Dogecoin purchases and sales occur on any supporting exchange. Storage happens on an exchange or in a Dogecoin wallet. Community tipping of Dogecoin to participating members is also possible. Current exchange and trading pair listings appear on relevant market data sources.
Following Dogecoin Core version 1.14.6's debut, core developer Michi Lumin unveiled Libdogecoin, a C-library containing network building blocks. Libdogecoin permits developers constructing Dogecoin-compliant products without concerning themselves with cryptographic function specifics. This permits less technically adept individuals straightforward product design conforming to Dogecoin standards. As a pure library, Libdogecoin won't supply a runnable node resource. It will, however, facilitate Python, Node.js, and Ruby among other languages.
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