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Dogecoin, the Joke That Made Billions. The Evolution Story
From joke to a top ten cryptocurrency and one of the most devoted communities in crypto
When the cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE)’ comes up in conversation today, it is usually mentioned alongside household names like Elon Musk’ or the now-notorious r/WallStreetBets Reddit page. Four years ago, however, you would be lucky to find anyone that knew of its existence. So what PR magic transpired that propelled DOGE from a meme-inspired marketing joke to one of the biggest names in the crypto-sphere?
Dogecoin’s Comical Origins
Dogecoin was created from a fork of Luckycoin (previously Litecoin) on December 6th, 2013 by Adobe Product Marketing Manager Jackson Palmer and software engineer Billy Markus but the project was never intended to be an earnest venture. In fact, you could claim that its creators did just about everything they could to make sure that DOGE was never taken seriously.