- Jan 31, 2009
- 2,450
- 1,375
Dogecoin was used by people who wanted to support the Jamaican Bobsled team and send them to Sochi:
Full article from NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...er-donors-send-jamaican-bobsled-team-to-sochi
This year, the two-man team benefited from that enduring popularity, and from an Internet meme. Their campaign was funded in part by — a crypto-currency that's similar to Bitcoin but is based on the inexplicable yet irresistible "doge" meme, in which shiba inus, a cute Japanese dog breed, are shown in various settings, the photos embellished with words of praise and amazement — particularly "wow."
The Dogecoin effort produced around $30,000 for the bobsled team, after it was promoted in the currency's . (You can read more about the doge phenomenon at , which rounded up the details last month.)
Full article from NPR: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...er-donors-send-jamaican-bobsled-team-to-sochi