Dogecoin's Jackson Palmer on Fast Transactions, Many Tips and Much Inflation
Dogecoin is an unlikely cryptocoin experiment that, against the odds, has taken off - mainly as a digital tipping tool for sending tiny amounts of value. It wasn't some loss of faith in government money systems that created dogecoin, and it certainly didn't have anything to do with a hell-bent drive for profit. It came from a desire to learn, and a need to share, which are principles that pretty much built the Internet in the first place. Dogecoin might be the blueprint for how to make a true microtransactional cryptocurrency, a next-gen coin that could compliment bitcoin payments. That's....
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In an unexpected turn of events in the Dogecoin community, the creator of Dogecoin Jackson Palmer has decided unsubscribe from the Dogecoin subreddit. Through a public argument between himself and Alex Green, creator of the platform Moolah.io, over UltraPRO seeking trademark, Palmer has publicly shown intention to take a step back from the Dogecoin community due to the mass amount of internal issues brought to the public forum. CCN. "Given that I just can't be bothered dealing with the massive amounts of hate you've somehow had directed at me though, in the past 24 hours, I'm going to step....
Jackson Palmer indicates that his leave of absence from the crypto community includes a separation with micropayments project Neucoin. Representatives from Neucoin have not yet responded to press inquiries. Dogecoin founder and Adobe senior manager Jackson Palmer has announced he is taking an "extended leave of absence" from the cryptocurrency community. Calling the ecosystem "toxic", Palmer used the occasion to blast aspects of the industry, while encouraging users of dogecoin not to lose sight of its fun and playful roots. Launched in December 2013, dogecoin quickly became one of the....
Dogecoin co-creator Jackson Palmer has had a busy 2014. The cryptocurrency he helped create — and that coin’s community — has sponsored Olympic athletes and a NASCAR driver, and its popularity skyrocketed in the spring. However, a few events have revealed that not all Shibes are the fun, light-hearted types who formed the community’s core. It’s when this ugliness rears its head that Jackson said he takes a step back. We had a chance to speak with Jackson this week about Dogecoin and his plans for the future. [Full disclosure: Asynchronous email interviews can hop around thematically....
Dogecoin Founder Jackson Palmer has turned down a substantial investment offer from a group of Australian venture capitalists. Palmer was apparently offered $500,000, but he told Techly he turned down the offer. When asked why, he simply said: "because f*** that". Although dogecoin started off as an elaborate joke, the actual model is a lot more interesting than the hair-down meme image of this altcoin. There is no artificial cap on how many coins can be mined, as the cap is increased by five million units each year. "It's a deflationary/inflationary model I like to jokingly call....
According to Jackson Palmer, founder of dogecoin, the cryptocurrency ecosystem has become toxic and he will be taking an extended leave of absence from the community. Dogecoin is one of the younger members of the digital currency industry and was launched in December 2013. Will be taking an extended leave of absence from the toxic (and quite frankly, stagnant) space that is cryptocurrency. - Jackson Palmer (@ummjackson) April 23, 2015. Palmer still reminded members of the community to not lose sight of the playful roots of dogecoin. However, he also said that the industry has stagnated and....