Once upon a digital realm, 12 years ago, two code cowboys named Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer tossed a joke into the crypto universe.
What started as goofball fun, a Shiba Inu mascot riding the meme wave, morphed into Dogecoin, the memecoin that refused to just be a punchline.
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Millions of followers
Markus summed it up perfectly on Doge’s 12th birthday on X.
“12 years ago I made something stupid and then a bunch of even stupider stuff happened and now I am posting about it to 2.15 million followers.”
As community members highlighted, Palmer’s tribute was equally golden, cheering on “beautiful degens” with a rallying cry to keep those crypto bags pumping and vibes diamond-handed, promising the pack of lunatics would stick together.
“To the moon, together.”
12 years ago i made something stupid and then a bunch of even stupider stuff happened and now i am posting about it on the internet to 2.15 million followers
happy 12th genesis day, dogecoin pic.twitter.com/6UblHLUB5R
— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) December 6, 2025
Dogecoin blew past Bitcoin in daily transactions
Back in December 2013, when Dogecoin was born, crypto was heavier than a black hole of jargon and seriousness.
Bitcoin was the kingpin, no real challengers till a few altcoins like Namecoin and Litecoin tried to get traction.
Billy and Jackson thought, enough of this seriousness. So, they created a coin to have fun, a digital dog that could actually tip strangers on Reddit for their witty posts. Instant hit.
Dogecoin’s launch shocked the market. Within weeks, it blew past Bitcoin in daily transactions, a cheeky little underdog uprising.
Prices skyrocketed 300% in just three days. Its popularity had heart.
The Dogecoin community funded clean water wells in Kenya and even sent the Jamaican Bobsled Team to the Olympics. Charity meets crypto, a rare but beautiful breed.
Department of Government Efficiency
Then years later came Elon Musk, the ultimate crypto Pied Piper. Experts say his tweets boosted Dogecoin, sending it near $0.73 and flirting with $1.
In 2024 and 2025, Musk’s brainchild, the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, aimed to trim US government waste, giving the memecoin a superhero cape.
Today, Dogecoin stands proud in the top 10 cryptocurrencies on CoinGecko with a market cap of $22 billion and a lively $596 million traded every day at around $0.14 per coin.
From meme to mainstream, Dogecoin carved its own wacky legend in the blockchain hall of fame.
So here’s to Dogecoin, twelve years of internet absurdity, community spirit, and a reminder that sometimes, the silliest ideas pack the biggest punch. Such coin, wow meme.
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📅 Published: December 8, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: December 8, 2025
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