{"id":173174,"date":"2023-10-13T01:14:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T19:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=173174"},"modified":"2023-10-13T01:14:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T19:44:51","slug":"dogecoin-co-founder-billy-markus-calls-out-doge-community-says-they-do-nothing-productive-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/dogecoin-co-founder-billy-markus-calls-out-doge-community-says-they-do-nothing-productive-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin Co-Founder Billy Markus Calls Out DOGE Community, Says They Do Nothing Productive &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the co-creators of popular meme asset Dogecoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/dogecoin\">DOGE<\/a>) is calling out the DOGE community for its lack of productivity.<\/p>\n<p>In a new thread on the social media platform X, Billy Markus, also known as Shibetoshi Nakamoto, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyM2k\/status\/1712318378730496275\">says<\/a> that the DOGE community doesn\u2019t \u201cdo anything productive at all\u201d but also adds that developing for the memecoin\u2019s blockchain causes \u201cpain and stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat does the [DOGE] community actually want anyway? I never really see it do anything productive at all, ever \u2013 I personally don\u2019t see why anyone would ever develop on the product or spend any time on it for this community unless they enjoy pain and stress.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Markus, who is not affiliated with Dogecoin any longer, goes on to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyM2k\/status\/1712349811788419207\">note<\/a> the community\u2019s toxicity towards the Dogecoin Foundation, saying that the nonprofit\u2019s announcements are usually met with hostility and negativity.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAny time the foundation has said anything, it\u2019s been met with relentless attacks, so they stopped, which is logical when there\u2019s no point in trying to communicate with hostile people who don\u2019t listen to anything but their own circlejerk.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, according to Markus, developing Dogecoin could be difficult as it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyM2k\/status\/1712313878636572709\">lacks<\/a> the presale and premining of coins \u2013 features other digital assets tend to have \u2013 and because the community doesn\u2019t donate much.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cQuestion: how would you like Dogecoin development to be funded ideally, since there was no premine or presale like other coins? The community has donated maybe $40,000 total in 10 years, with 95% in the first 6 months.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Markus went on record <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2023\/04\/27\/dogecoin-doge-founder-advises-against-investing-in-memecoins-and-nfts-call-crypto-scene-stupid\/\">calling<\/a> the crypto scene \u201cstupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DOGE is trading for $0.0579 at time of writing, a marginal decrease during the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"maxbutton-4 maxbutton maxbutton-check-out-the-latest-headlines-bigger\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/news\/\"><span class=\"mb-text\">Check Latest News Headlines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. 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In a new thread on the social media platform X, Billy Markus, also known as Shibetoshi Nakamoto, says that the DOGE community doesn\u2019t \u201cdo anything productive at all\u201d but also adds that developing for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-173174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173176,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173174\/revisions\/173176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}