Billy Markus

2 entries

Event July 27, 2026 Added July 27, 2026 Updated July 27, 2026 Currency

Dogecoin: No Whitepaper, No Supply Cap, and a Decade in the Top Ten

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Jackson Palmer, Billy Markus

Dogecoin has no whitepaper, no company, and no cap on its supply — a decade-old test of whether Bitcoin's scarcity is what a market actually pays for.

Event December 6, 2013 Added May 6, 2026 Updated August 1, 2026 Article

Dogecoin launches as a meme — Markus and Palmer fork Litecoin (December 2013)

Billy Markus, Jackson Palmer ↔ Billy Markus, Jackson Palmer

Markus and Palmer launched Dogecoin on December 6, 2013 as a Litecoin fork around the 'Doge' Shiba Inu meme. Initially a satire of crypto speculation, it grew into a top-10 cryptocurrency.