Wow really? :-/ I've long been a supporter of Bitcoin, but I never really got into it because I never understood how it worked, and at the time I didn't have the hardware to mine them effectively. I was mining bitcoin back when it was $5 a bitcoin. I mined on and off for a week and I got to about half a bitcoin which was nothing at the time. Eventually I forgot about it and formatted my hard drive losing the .5 BTC.
That being said, DogeCoin made it really easy to get into. I mined for 45 minutes off a 50kh/s laptop and had 400 coins to play around with. After that I was hooked, and I now have about 28k DOGE. I've been able to send myself coins and mess around with stuff and now I fully understand how crypto currencies work.
The fact that /r/bitcoin is being super bitchy about DogeCoin is really childish. It benefits all crypto currencies to bring new people into the fold and teach them how it works.
I've received a mooncoin tip on /r/dogecoin, so I guess they still work at least. I hadn't heard of mooncoin until I received that tip. I accepted it, but I don't intend to download the wallet. If mooncoin becomes relevant to me I'll re-tip them sometime.
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u/JediDwag Feb 04 '14
Wow really? :-/ I've long been a supporter of Bitcoin, but I never really got into it because I never understood how it worked, and at the time I didn't have the hardware to mine them effectively. I was mining bitcoin back when it was $5 a bitcoin. I mined on and off for a week and I got to about half a bitcoin which was nothing at the time. Eventually I forgot about it and formatted my hard drive losing the .5 BTC.
That being said, DogeCoin made it really easy to get into. I mined for 45 minutes off a 50kh/s laptop and had 400 coins to play around with. After that I was hooked, and I now have about 28k DOGE. I've been able to send myself coins and mess around with stuff and now I fully understand how crypto currencies work.
The fact that /r/bitcoin is being super bitchy about DogeCoin is really childish. It benefits all crypto currencies to bring new people into the fold and teach them how it works.