Billy Markus
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the Startup Ideas Podcast 2
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Dogecoin Co-Creator Billy Markus Works as an Educational Software Engineer
“I just work in, like, you know, I'm working at home as a software engineer. I make software, or educational software for kids. So that's my day job”
Billy Markus: Dogecoin on-boarded more users to crypto than Bitcoin alone
“So it actually, this is true in my opinion is that Dogecoin has done an amazing, Service to the cryptocurrency community of like getting more people into cryptocurrency than ever would have if Bitcoin was just Bitcoin and like those people that were really int…”
Markus Paid Off His Mother's House Using NFT Sales
“Fortunately, I was able to make it up by, Selling NFTs and stuff and was able to pay off her house. And so that was like everything I would have ever wanted.”
Markus's Peak Dogecoin Holdings Would Have Maxed Out at $6 Million
“My personal stake would have like at max out about six million this because of like when those articles came out, they're like, oh let's take the entire market cap of dogecoin and attribute it to Billy Marcus. It's like, yeah, that's not how it works.”
Markus Denies Viral Story That He Sold Crypto for a Honda Civic
“So the Honda Civic thing is hilarious, because it's usually a picture of Jackson, my co-founder, and then saying, like, Billy Marcus sold all his holdings for a Honda Civic, and that was, like, kind of a misquote, because I didn't want to say the exact amount,…”
Markus Sold All His Crypto in 2015 After Getting Laid Off
“So I sold all my cryptocurrency in 2015. Like when there's this big bear market included. Yeah, Bitcoin. I had a bunch of Bitcoin, a bunch of light coin, and I was just like, whatever like this is a bear market was like three years. At that point. So, you know…”
Markus and Palmer Expected Dogecoin to Die Within Days of Launch
“Oh, no, we had no foresight whatsoever. And not only that, it was just a complete joke. It was just like, this thing's gonna die in like a couple days. It's obviously stupid. No one's gonna buy this. Like, this is just a gag because it was funny.”
Markus Built Dogecoin in Hours by Modifying Bitcoin With Comic Sans
“I just took the next couple hours, and like, all I wanted to do was change the regular bitcoin client to Be Comic Sans font, and then, like, have some custom stuff on it, like, instead of mining, it was, like, dig, and other stupid things like that, and, like,…”
Markus Created Only Two Cryptocurrencies: Bellscoin and Dogecoin
“And I released bells coin. This is my first cryptocurrency. My only other one, other than doge coin.”