I have been involved with Bitcoin since 2011 and Dogecoin is seriously hurting my brain. I can't wrap my head around 1) why so many people are mining a coin (spending their hard earned money to protect the dogecoin blockchain) and then turn around and repeat "much wow, such doge, etc etc" on the subreddit. AND 2) just how popular this thing has become.

I mean, it's a joke... right? And yet people seem to infatuated with it. Their subreddit has over 12,000 subscribers and it's just under 2 weeks old.

I love a good joke, but I still don't understand dogecoin.