Dogecoin Meme Coin Creator, Billy Markus Says DOGE Code Writer Is A Bitcoin Developer

Dogecoin's coder is a Bitcoin developer, says Billy Markus. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA – Not long ago, the founder of Dogecoin (DOGE), Billy Markus, revealed the author of the DOGE code through his Twitter post. Markus is the co-founder of the Shiba Inu dog meme coin with his partner Jackson Palmer.

In an upload from his official account, which uses the handle name Shibetoshi Nakamoto, Markus stated that the authors of the Dogecoin code were Bitcoin developers.

Markus wrote a question-and-answer dialogue in his post: “Question: Who wrote the most Dogecoin code? Answer: Bitcoin developer.”

Commenting on his colleague's post, Palmer then included a link to a Github page regarding his contribution. Not long after, Palmer deleted the comment containing the link on Billy Markus' post.

Markus went on to explain that they (the Bitcoin developers) didn't make Dogecoin, but that the meme coin was mostly Bitcoin coded.

History of Dogecoin (DOGE)

Dogecoin uses the Shiba Inu dog which was once famous as a popular meme in 2013. The writing on the coin also uses the Comic Sans font.

At first, Billy Markus who is a programmer from the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) planned to make Dogecoin with the aim of being a joke. However, it turns out that Markus had personal reasons for the coin.

Launching from the Binance blog, Markus reasoned that a cryptocurrency that is light as a joke will have a greater chance of attracting attention (many parties) than Bitcoin.

At the same time, Jackson Palmer from the technology company Adobe is interested in investing his funds into DOGE. Then Billy Markus created the website dogecoin.com.

After visiting the page, Billy Markus contacted Palmer to cooperate in the development of the coin that is popular today. Dogecoin has received a positive response since it first appeared on December 6, 2013.

This cryptocurrency immediately spread on various social media. This pushed its market capitalization up to touch millions of US dollars. One of the richest people on Earth, Elon Musk is a proponent of this DOGE meme coin.