It took so little time to make that it hardly seems like a chain: from Jackson Palmer’s joking suggestion on a public platform, to Billy Markus delivering working code, to its launch on December 6, 2013—all in a short span.
Not much was needed to build that chain so quickly back then: a joking suggestion, working code, and a launch date. Its low barrier to entry was why it was born—and the source of trouble later on. Anyone could copy it and simply change the name.
The one that endured did so because people kept maintaining it afterward: nodes had to be upgraded, wallets had to be updated, and someone had to deal with problems. None of that happened on launch day; it all came afterward.
The earliest blocks and transactions after launch can still be looked up today, linked all the way to the latest block. $DOGE years are laid out in these records. #Dogecoin #MemeCoin
Crypto assets are highly volatile. This article does not constitute investment advice.
Not much was needed to build that chain so quickly back then: a joking suggestion, working code, and a launch date. Its low barrier to entry was why it was born—and the source of trouble later on. Anyone could copy it and simply change the name.
The one that endured did so because people kept maintaining it afterward: nodes had to be upgraded, wallets had to be updated, and someone had to deal with problems. None of that happened on launch day; it all came afterward.
The earliest blocks and transactions after launch can still be looked up today, linked all the way to the latest block. $DOGE years are laid out in these records. #Dogecoin #MemeCoin
Crypto assets are highly volatile. This article does not constitute investment advice.