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Launch · Dec 6, 2013
Dogecoin launches
Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer launch a coin based on the doge meme.
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Dogecoin launched on December 6, 2013. It started as a parody of the flood of new altcoins, branded with the Shiba Inu doge meme. Within weeks it had a large, friendly community on Reddit known for tipping each other small amounts.
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