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Billy Markus

Co-Creator, Dogecoin · 1 appearance on the record.

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Billy Markus co-created the cryptocurrency Dogecoin in 2013 alongside Jackson Palmer as a satirical alternative to Bitcoin. He left the Dogecoin project in 2015 and remains an online commentator under the pseudonym Shibetoshi Nakamoto.

15statements → 5claims → 2claims resolved → 4.33/5average certainty → 1.47/5average debate potential → 2said about them ↓

2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 3 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 4 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · 8 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Billy argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Blizzard Nerfing a WoW Warlock Spell Inspired Vitalik to Create Ethereum
“Vitalik the creator of Ethereum he was a warlock in World of Warcraft, and Blizzard nerfing Siphon Life was one of the reasons that he decided to make Ethereum. He was like mad that the centralized group, like had the control to nerf something. So he was like,…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 1:06:03 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Billy Markus on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Billy Markus said on the Startup Ideas Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
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…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 49:05 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Billy Markus: Gaming NFTs Will Gain Adoption Rebranded as 'Digital Goods'
“The gamers tend to hate NFTs. So I think they're just gonna be rebranded to like digital goods, and then people decide that they like them not knowing that behind the scenes is blockchain tech and NFT tech and stuff.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 1:05:04 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 32:30 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Assertion Supported
Blizzard Nerfing a WoW Warlock Spell Inspired Vitalik to Create Ethereum
“Vitalik the creator of Ethereum he was a warlock in World of Warcraft, and Blizzard nerfing Siphon Life was one of the reasons that he decided to make Ethereum. He was like mad that the centralized group, like had the control to nerf something. So he was like,…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 1:06:03 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Markus: In 2013, Crypto Utility Was Primarily Illicit Trade and Speculation
“The primary utility in Of cryptocurrency was illegal gambling or illegal purchase of drugs and weapons and whatever other terrible things. And yeah, and you know, just speculation in general. So that was like the scene in 2013.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 25:21 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Assertion Supported
Billy Markus: Dogecoin was forked directly from Bellscoin
“It does exist in the form of Dogecoin cause a Bitcoin or a Dogecoin is forked directly from Bell's coin.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 27:38 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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,…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 35:32 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 42:10 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Insight
Markus: Corporate Shilling Tanks the Value of Meme Accounts
“What attracts people to accounts like that are they aren't trying to do anything specific other than be funny. And if one of those accounts like just decided to like, okay, my, you know, my riffs that I do all the time that are funny are now Ford. And I will j…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 51:46 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
Markus Sold 10 Bitcoin for a $20 Profit in 2013
“I also have very embarrassing trades on Coinbase that are like me purchasing like 10 Bitcoin. And then, like, three days later, me selling the 10 Bitcoin for, like, 20 dollar profit”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 23:04 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 26:49 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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,…”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 28:43 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 29:48 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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.”
Billy Markus Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 42:38 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens
Disclosure
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 Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 1:00:34 Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens

The other half of the tape: Billy Markus's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 2 times in 1 episode on the Startup Ideas Podcast. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus | Where It Happens Jan 19, 2022 21m
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