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Comment by somewhatjustin | Hacker News Reader

I don't see how they plan on keeping any sort of stable price with this inflation.

My understanding was that Dogecoin doesn't want to become a "serious" currency and the sentiment in the community against the BTC-community is that they take themselves far too serious.

This decision makes sense if Doge intends to stay the "great comment, I give you 10000 doge for that" fun-currency and drive out everybody whose primary intention is financial gain.

If that is the case the tipbots should not show USD next to the amount.

At least in my opinion, that's part of the joke, showing such a small amount next to such a large amount of coins.

If the coin has no value, you might well just say "great comment, I give you 10000 doge for that" without the hassle of actually giving doge.

Why have a whole system that accomplishes no more than merely typing the words did? Stick with the words. Easier, faster, just as much fun.

Kinda like how people used to say "+1 internets for you"?

Or heck, you could have greasemonkey scripts that tie the upvote button to tips.

> Easier, faster, just as much fun

Easier? Yes. Faster? Yes. Just as much fun? I don't know. Psychologically a Doge has still more perceived worth than than karma. At least to me.

1 DOGE will be 1 DOGE for eternity. If that is not 100% stable then I don't know what is.

Are you assuming that fixed supply leads to price stability? If so, please expand.

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