What is Dogecoin?
An open-source peer-to-peer digital currency, favoured by Shiba Inus worldwide.
At its heart, Dogecoin is the accidental crypto movement that makes people smile! It is also an opensource peer-to-peer cryptocurrency that utilises blockchain technology, a highly secure decentralised system of storing information as a public ledger that is maintained by a network of computers called nodes. More than this, though, is the ethos of Dogecoin, summarised in the Dogecoin Manifesto , and its amazing, vibrant community made up of friendly folks just like you! Learn more.
Getting started
01 choose your wallet
A wallet is necessary for people wanting to use, trade, or hold Dogecoin. You can pick a wallet
Learn more.Do Only Good Everyday.
The Dogecoin community cares about supporting each other, being kind, teaching people about cryptocurrency, fundraising, having fun, making memes, and being absurd. This is nicely captured by Dogecoin’s unofficial tagline: Do Only Good Everyday. Get involved in our awesome community via the below links:
A common source of FUD surrounding Dogecoin is the claim that certain wallets holding a large percentage of the supply are owned by private investors or so-called “whales”. In reality, many of the top Dogecoin wallets are cold wallets or hot wallets controlled by … Read more…
噢,當然有啊,而且一直都有!一個簡單的事實是:錢是有用處的 - 而狗狗幣就是錢!事實上狗狗幣是為數不多、從一開始就爲了這一目標而生的加密貨幣之一。 狗狗幣在起初只是個玩笑 - 它在過去很好地遵循了這個傳統,在未來也會繼續。它幾乎是從一開始就被當作一種給小費的途徑,以及鼓勵人們做一些有意義的事情:贊助牙買加雪橇隊參加冬奧會、建造肯亞水井、建造狗狗賽車以及許多狗狗幣社群支持的瘋狂提案。狗狗幣始終保持了它誕生之初的用途 - 作為一種打賞貨幣,因爲相較於同期的其他貨幣,狗狗幣區塊鏈的交易費用低廉,且交易速度快速。 經過多年發展,在網路商店使用狗狗幣進行消費已經成 …
Right now, and for the next hundred years or so, Dogecoin operates like, and will continue to operate like, most other crypto assets. “Capped” assets are nowhere near mined out – and will continue adding to their supply, just like Dogecoin, for the foreseeable future. Dogecoin’s … Read more…
Dogecoin has a diminished inflation rate because it has a fixed yearly issuance of 5 billion coins. This means that each year, the rate of inflation decreases comparative to the total supply, and in a very predictable way, making Dogecoin the perfect candidate to be used as a … Read more…
It is true that Dogecoin was born as a joke - and this sense of fun should forever remain and never go away! Despite Dogecoin’s genesis as a joke, though, more and more people are beginning to realise Dogecoin’s utilitarian value as a legitimate, efficient, and functional … Read more…
A list of resources created by shibes that can be useful to work with Dogecoin and to research it.
Tools to Monitor and Study Dogecoin and its Network
- SoChain - Dogecoin chain explorer.
- Dogechain - Dogecoin chain explorer.
- Blockcypher - Dogecoin chain explorer.
- Blockshibe - monitor the work of miners and mining pools.
- Blockchair - monitor the number and versions of Dogecoin …
Memes are awesome, and they’re easy to make! There’s lots of meme maker websites, and even meme applications that you can install on your smartphone to makes memes on the run. You may even go one step further and create Dogecoin-themed meme templates which have a possibility of … Read more…
Miners and mining are at the center of Dogecoin’s Proof of Work consensus mechanism. Check these Dogepedia articles to understand what miners do, how they interact with nodes, and why mining pools come into play when it comes to mining: What is a miner? What is a mining … Read more…
A wallet is just a collection of private keys and public keys. Each one of the wallet’s private keys is a randomised 256-bit number unique to your wallet, and it is what you need to be able to access and spend your coins. Your public address - the address which other Dogecoin … Read more…
Dogecoin is an open-source project, meaning that anyone with some technical know-how can contribute to Dogecoin’s technical development. Even if you’re new to the space, it’s never too late to learn new tricks! Dogecoin has an amazing team of developers and volunteers who are … Read more…
Magic and memes! (Just kidding. Kind of.) First things first: Dogecoin is money. Like other popular cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin works by utilising blockchain technology. Unlike a lot of other popular cryptocurrencies, though, the fees to send Dogecoin are extremely small, and the … Read more…
Mining pools are services, operated by third parties not affiliated with Dogecoin, which allow a group of miners to combine their hashing power when attempting to solve the “puzzles” involved in mining Dogecoin. Mining rewards - consisting of 10,000 Dogecoin per block … Read more…
Dogecoin’s history includes many charitable endeavours: from funding clean water wells in 2014 for Kenya, to the #TeamSeas initiative in 2021 – and many worthwhile causes in-between. The past year, though, has seen a dramatic increase in charities directly accepting Dogecoin … Read more…