Using a guide he found online, Markus taught himself how to create his own altcoin. His first was "Bells," based on the currency in the popular Nintendo life simulator "Animal Crossing," which he said "flopped." After spending some time in an internet chat room, he was directed to the Adobe developer Jackson Palmer, who had purchased the Dogecoin.com domain name.
... The pair collaborated, creating a currency so ingrained in meme culture that it would be impossible to take seriously. The website was covered with Comic Sans font, a popular motif of the Doge meme inspired by gibberish such as "much wow" and "so currency."
"The original intent was a parody of all the 'serious' clone coins that were trying so hard to differentiate themselves, but all seemed the same," Markus said. "Dogecoin was just another clone coin, but instead of taking itself seriously, it was just Dogecoin."
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... The pair collaborated, creating a currency so ingrained in meme culture that it would be impossible to take seriously. The website was covered with Comic Sans font, a popular motif of the Doge meme inspired by gibberish such as "much wow" and "so currency."
"The original intent was a parody of all the 'serious' clone coins that were trying so hard to differentiate themselves, but all seemed the same," Markus said. "Dogecoin was just another clone coin, but instead of taking itself seriously, it was just Dogecoin."
read more (businessinsider)
