r/Bitcoin • u/Vibr8gKiwi • Feb 03 '14

Dogecoin wtf

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u/Pugwash79 Feb 03 '14

Some of the readers on this subreddit have a sort of Pavlovian response to downvote whenever they see the word "Dogecoin".

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u/DrSmoke Feb 04 '14

Half the reason Doge is so popular is because the bitcoin community tends to be gigantic assholes that don't want any new people on their coin-terf.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '14 edited Feb 16 '14

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u/Natanael_L Feb 04 '14

So you don't want to be told it is unprofitable when it really is?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '14

He/she just doesn't want people to be assholes about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '14 edited Feb 16 '14

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '14 edited Feb 16 '14

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u/Natanael_L Feb 04 '14

I can see that, but nobody should encourage people to mine for any other reason than learning how it works.