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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: 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.”
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…”
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,…”
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: 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.”
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'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: 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…”
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”
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.”
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 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.”