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Re:The rise of Dogecoin, the internet's hottest cryptocurrency by DannoHung on Friday January 24, 2014 @09:30AM (#7114986)
Whether you think Doge is funny-money or not (I think it is), the thing I like about it is that it's changing hands (even if it's just for tipping people for making funny comments) and not really being hoarded for value.

At least not yet. Hopefully not ever.

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Re:The rise of Dogecoin, the internet's hottest cryptocurrency by Torn on Friday January 24, 2014 @10:03AM (#7115162)
From the article:

> This week, transactions worth a total of $US14 million were made, including one Chinese investor who bought $US5 million worth of the virtual currency

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Re:The rise of Dogecoin, the internet's hottest cryptocurrency by kale on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:35PM (#7118642)
Maybe a casual usage currency would compliment the more serious (and polarizing) BTC or LTC. There were comedy coins before though, I suppose the meme is the only reason Doge has taken off.
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