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Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Chart

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On the vertical axis, an instrument's price is displayed. A candle height indicates how much the price was at that point in time. On the other hand, a candle at the chart's bottom suggests a relatively low price.

Basics of Dogecoin (DOGE)?

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency based on the Doge meme, which depicts a Shiba Inu dog with colorful Comic Sans sentences intended to reflect its inner monologue. Dogecoin sprang to popularity towards the end of 2013 at a time when developers were only beginning to explore the possibilities given by the advent of Bitcoin (BTC).

Indeed, Dogecoin's inception was an attempt to inject personality and accessibility into a new technology, which helped catapult Dogecoin into the spotlight in 2014.

Even its creators were surprised to see that Dogecoin continues to have a large and powerful online community. DOGE, the company's cryptocurrency, is still in use today, mostly for tipping online content creators and crowdfunding efforts.

One reason is that Dogecoin, like many other cryptocurrencies, allows users to trade value over the internet without the need for traditional financial intermediaries.

Dogecoin history and founders

Jackson Palmer, a product manager at Adobe Inc. in Sydney, Australia, created Dogecoin in 2013 as a way to poke fun at the hype around cryptocurrencies. Palmer has been dubbed a "sceptic-analytic" observer of developing technologies, and his earliest tweets about his new cryptocurrency venture were mocking. After receiving positive feedback on social media, he bought the domain dogecoin.com.

Meanwhile, Billy Markus, an IBM software developer who wanted to build a digital currency but was having problems advertising his efforts, discovered the Dogecoin buzz in Portland, Oregon. Markus got in touch with Palmer to ask for permission to create the software that would run a real Dogecoin. 

Markus built Dogecoin's code on Luckycoin, which is derived from Litecoin, and had a randomized reward system for block mining until March 2014, when it was switched to a static reward system. Dogecoin uses the scrypt algorithm from Litecoin as a proof of work (PoW) coin.

Palmer and Markus unveiled the coin on December 6, 2013. Two weeks later, on December 19, Dogecoin's value soared by 300 percent, probably as a result of China forbidding its banks from investing in cryptocurrencies.

With a Shibu Inu (Japanese dog) as its emblem, Dogecoin advertised itself as a "fun" version of Bitcoin. The informal tone of Dogecoin's presentation suited the mood of the nascent crypto community. Its script technology and limitless supply were used to argue for a speedier, more adaptive, and consumer-friendly version of Bitcoin.

Dogecoin is an "inflationary coin," whereas Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies are deflationary due to a limit on the number of coins that may be created. Every four years, the amount of Bitcoin released into circulation as a result of mining incentives is cut in half, and this process continues until all coins have been issued.

The Dogecoin community donated 27 million Dogecoins, or about $30,000, in January 2014 to help pay for the Jamaican bobsled team's journey to the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. In March of that year, the Dogecoin community donated $11,000 to a well-building project in Kenya and $55,000 to support NASCAR driver Josh Wise.

How does Dogecoin work?

Dogecoin, like many other coins, has its own specialized blockchain. All new transactions are regularly updated in Dogecoin's digital ledger, and the network employs cryptography to make all transactions safe.

Miners employ computers to solve complicated mathematical equations in order to process transactions and record them on the Dogecoin blockchain, which uses a proof of work consensus mechanism. Miners receive more Dogecoin in return for supporting the blockchain, which they may keep or sell on the open market.

Dogecoin may be used to make payments and purchases, but many financial experts believe that it’s not the best store of value. This is mostly due to the fact that there is no lifespan limit on the number of Dogecoins that may be mined, making the cryptocurrency extremely inflationary by design.

The blockchain compensates miners for their efforts by producing millions of new Dogecoins every day, making speculative price rises in Dogecoin difficult to sustain over time.

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Dogecoin (DOGE) price index and changes over time

The creators of Dogecoin, in contrast to many other cryptocurrencies, didn't conduct a public sale or "premine" tokens before the token's launch. Instead, a limit on the total amount of coins was set at 100 billion, and anyone with a laptop or smartphone could start mining doge immediately.

The block reward schedule of DOGE was another distinctive feature. The DOGE block rewards were fully random, meaning that miners might get anything between 0 and 1 million DOGE for mining a single block, emulating the LuckyCoin schedule. Up until 2014, when the project's creators chose to switch to a fixed schedule, the range of currencies available for block rewards was trimmed every 100,000 blocks. After then, the reward for successful mining was 10,000 DOGE per block.

During its first almost four years on the market, Dogecoin only had two brief, significant price surges, despite its rapid appeal among early cryptocurrency users. The first occurred 15 days after the token went online, nearly instantly, when its price skyrocketed by over 1,000% from $0.0002 to $0.0023. The second significant increase happened in March 2017, at the start of a bull market for cryptocurrencies. DOGE's price increased by 1,494% to reach a high of $0.004, which was the highest price it has ever been since launching.

DOGE prices dropped to below $0.001 in the second quarter of 2017, although many other digital assets continued to grow. It wasn't until November 2017 that bullish investors once more supported the price of DOGE. Its price peaked in January 2018 at $0.018.

After a protracted period of low trading activity as the excitement for the token faded, it took DOGE more than three years to regain that level. The price trend started at the beginning of 2021 when Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, and other famous backers helped revive interest, which caused DOGE's price to soar over its previous record high. The currency saw a gain of 9,884% from January to May. DOGE reached a new all-time high of $0.74 at the rally's height.

The current DOGE token stock price is around $ 0.07 per coin which you can look at cryptocurrency prices live.

The easiest way of buying Dogecoin (DOGE)

The procedure for buying Dogecoin is simple. If you have already purchased crypto, purchasing Dogecoin will be similar. Despite being featured on the majority of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Dogecoin is not as widely available as some of the more known coins; you may need to find a different exchange or wallet to accommodate it.

CEX.IO is one of the crypto exchanges with DOGE in its lists of available assets. Following these steps is all that is required to make a purchase.

So, here is a simple guide on how to buy Dogecoin on CEX.IO.

·         Create and verify account

To transact, you'll need a valid ID and proof of address, so make sure you have these on hand. Verifying your ID might take more than a few minutes depending on where you reside.

·         Initiate a purchase

 Select “Instant Buy” from the list of dropdown options in the upper left.

·         Select Dogecoin from the list of assets

Select DOGE from the dropdown list, and select the currency you wish to buy it for.

·         Enter the amount you want to buy

Use the number pad to input the amount you want to spend in your local currency. The app will automatically convert that into a Dogecoin amount.

·         Finalize your purchase

Tap “Buy” when ready. You’ll be shown the details of your purchase. Make sure everything looks good and then confirm your purchase. That’s it, you’ve bought Dogecoin.

Where to buy Dogecoin?

One of the best crypto trading platforms for purchasing Dogecoin is the CEX.IO which has numerous benefits. For example, the CEX.IO Instant Buy function offers the ability to purchase DOGE as easily as shopping online. Simply select one of the boxes that have the quantity and current price shown in it or type in your value. Next, review the information and approve the purchase by clicking the Buy button. As soon as you confirm the transaction, DOGE will be credited to your account.

If you need a place where you can buy Bitcoin with credit card instantly, you can do it on CEX.IO too. Here you can also buy BNB (prior Binance Coin), as well as trade Bitcoin to USD and sell Bitcoin

Dogecoin (DOGE) price history over time

Since its introduction in December 2013, Dogecoin has been a bit of a wild ride, and the DOGE price over time was trading from $0.00026 to an all-time high of $0.45 in April 2021. Though the journey wasn't easy, DOGE's volatility caused several surges and falls along the way.

The price of DOGE has been influenced by a wide range of variables, including its inflationary supply, celebrity endorsements, social media hype, and changes in the rest of the cryptocurrency market and the broader economy. The market's balance between supply and demand determines its present valuation, which is dynamic.

FAQ

Where can I spend Dogecoin?

Any merchant that accepts Dogecoin will take it as payment. Doge is accepted by a wide range of businesses, with some of the more well-known ones being Elon Musk's SpaceX and the Dallas Mavericks. On Reddit and other social media platforms, many Dogecoin users provide tips to content producers using their DOGE.

What can determine Dogecoin's price?

Supply and demand are the most significant factor that decide the price of a Dogecoin, as well as other cryptocurrencies. For example, if there's a drought, the supplement of the grain reduces and the price can go higher even if the demand doesn't change. The same could be applied to crypto. Bitcoin has a fixed maximum supply while other cryptos, like Ether and Dogecoin, have no cap on supply. So they have a burning mechanism to prevent the circulating supply from growing too large and slowing inflation. 

What should I know before buying Dogecoin?

The value of Dogecoin strongly depends on the support of social media communities. Therefore, each joint purchase by retailers can lead to an increase in the value of coins., and a DOGE price prediction was $0.3500 by the end of 2022.

How can I buy Dogecoin?

By creating an account with one of the various cryptocurrency exchanges, you may purchase Dogecoin. One of the simplest ways to buy DOGE is via the CEX.IO crypto platform. In the text above you can find a detailed guide. 

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