Computers - Software Hardware : Dogecoin - Backed by a Meme and Math

Dogecoin was used by people who wanted to support the Jamaican Bobsled team and send them 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
 

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