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Does "Dogecoin was began" make sense?

Might be a regionalism, or I might just suck at writing. I wondered that upon a re-read, but decided to leave it because I couldn't tell.

"was begun" or "began" would be the correct usages I believe. FWIW, "came into existence" or "started" seem like they'd fit nicely there :)

Changed. If /u/dogecoinbot worked here I'd tip you. ;)

No. "was began" is never, to my knowledge, valid. "Was begun" works sometimes though.