Dogecoin (DOGE) is a CryptocurrencyCryptocurrencyA digital currency secured by cryptography and recorded on a shared ledger, with no bank or government issuing or controlling it. that Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer created as a joke in December 2013. Its logo is a Shiba Inu dog from a popular meme, and Dogecoin is often called the first MemecoinMemecoinA cryptocurrency born from an internet joke or meme, usually with little or no practical use, whose price rests almost entirely on hype.. Even so, the joke became one of the oldest and best-known cryptocurrencies in the world.
How does Dogecoin work?
Dogecoin has its own blockchain and uses proof of workProof of workA consensus method where the right to add the next block to a blockchain goes to whoever first solves a hard computing puzzle., like Bitcoin. A new block is added roughly every minute, and since 2014 miners have been able to mine Dogecoin and Litecoin at the same time.
The biggest difference between Dogecoin and bitcoin lies in the supply. Dogecoin has no maximum supplyMaximum supplyThe largest number of units of a cryptocurrency that can ever exist under its rules, such as 21 million for bitcoin.. For each block, the miner receives 10,000 new DOGE as a block rewardBlock rewardWhat a miner receives for adding a block to the chain: newly created bitcoin plus the network fees in the block., about 5.3 billion a year. Dogecoin's developers argue that this steady issuance is needed to pay miners and keep the network secure.
What is it used for?
From the start, the Dogecoin community has used the coin to tip people online, pay for things and raise money for good causes. In 2014, for example, it raised money to send the Jamaican bobsleigh team to the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
What to keep in mind
The price of Dogecoin depends heavily on social media buzz and has swungVolatilityHow much and how quickly the price of an asset moves up and down. enormously. In May 2021 it was more than 200 times higher than five months earlier, and by June 2022 it had fallen by more than 90% from that peak.
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