The Weekly Doge: Pools, Fools, and Operation Smile
Coindesk's CEO of Dogecoin, courtesy ofMenswear Dog. Welcome back to The Weekly Doge! I liked this week. There was more mining pool drama, great April Fool's jokes, and I even got to write “1 DOGE = 1 DOGE” on a job application (and it wasn’t out of context, this time). Also, you can now buy or sell DOGE on Ebay’s new “virtual currency” section. I would like to remind you that this is not a total conclusion of all things Doge this week (I do not yet have that kind of time.), but a sampling of what I feel is most important, interesting, or funny. On this April Fool’s Day did everyone drag....
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The global nonprofit Operation Smile has announced the organization is now accepting crypto assets like bitcoin and dogecoin. The nonprofit is a surgical volunteer-based outfit that helps people with cleft conditions improve their lifestyles. Surgical Volunteer-Based Nonprofit Operation Smile Accepts Crypto Donations On July 18, one of the largest surgical volunteer-based nonprofit in the world, Operation Smile revealed the group is now accepting digital asset donations. The charitable organization invoked in 1982 leverages donations, volunteers, and public and private partnerships to....
The Co-Founder of Dogecoin, Billy Markus, said crypto prices are mainly driven by fools selling to even greater fools. “I agree with the greater fool theory driving most of crypto prices, but I’m honestly wondering what percent you think any crypto is purchased from utility vs greater fool theory From my viewpoint it’s about 99.99% […]
Dogecoin continues doing good in the face of security challenges. Welcome back to The Weekly Doge! I must be honest Shibes; this week has been one of soul-searching for the Dogecoin community. Between the merged mining debate, and Wafflepool surpassing 51% of the network's hashrate, we heard opinions from important voices like Jackson Palmer and Charlie Lee; unfortunately some very nasty Shibes showed their teeth as well. Although, the week also had its great moments; with Dogecoin receiving some very important positive public relations attention as well as promising developments in the....
The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) has continued to remain strong against Tether (USDT) despite growing bearish market sentiment as other crypto assets continue to decline in price. Bitcoin has shown bearish signs after being rejected from $25,200, but the price of DOGE has continued to trend higher with eyes set on the $0.1 mark. Related Reading: Bitcoin And Ethereum Retrace Before Crypto Sentiment Could Reach “Greed” Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Analysis On The Weekly Chart From the chart, the price of DOGE saw a weekly low of $0.052, which bounced from that area and rallied to a price of $0.088....
During the first quarter of 2022, Bitcoin’s hashrate averaged between 180 to 200 exahash per second (EH/s) and during the course of that time, 13,233 block rewards were found by 16 mining pools. According to three-month statistics, Foundry USA was the network’s top mining pool in terms of hashrate percentage, as the bitcoin mining operation scored 2,380 blocks in Q1 2022.
Foundry USA Commands Q1 2022’s Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Position
Metrics indicate bitcoin miners issued approximately 82,706.25 BTC over the last three months after collectively finding....