From c6135e7a09efa58ff6dbf64d006043cd14437586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jim <83634235+js3867@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 16:00:32 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update 03_Decentralised_Finance(DeFi)_Coursebook.ipynb I think Doge is its own coin, not a token. Either way, I think this is quite confusing for students and so is best left out --- .../03_Decentralised_Finance(DeFi)_Coursebook.ipynb | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/course_notebooks/Week_3_DecentralisedFinance(DeFi)/03_Decentralised_Finance(DeFi)_Coursebook.ipynb b/course_notebooks/Week_3_DecentralisedFinance(DeFi)/03_Decentralised_Finance(DeFi)_Coursebook.ipynb index 3d640fd..2d8f7d6 100644 --- a/course_notebooks/Week_3_DecentralisedFinance(DeFi)/03_Decentralised_Finance(DeFi)_Coursebook.ipynb +++ b/course_notebooks/Week_3_DecentralisedFinance(DeFi)/03_Decentralised_Finance(DeFi)_Coursebook.ipynb @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ "\n", "\"DOGE\n", "\n", - "It is a cryptocurrency forked from Litecon (and therefore it is a token and not a coin) and invented by two software engineers who decided to create a payment system as a *joke*, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at that time. In January 2021, Dogecoin went up over 800% in 24 hours as a result of attention from *Reddit* and Tweets from *Elon Musk*. \n", + "It is a cryptocurrency build using bits of code from the Bitcoin and Litecoin protocols, invented by two software engineers who decided to create a payment system as a *joke*, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at that time. In January 2021, Dogecoin went up over 800% in 24 hours as a result of attention from *Reddit* and Tweets from *Elon Musk*. \n", "April and May 2021 is sometimes named as the *meme coin season*, with hundreds of these cryptocurrencies posting enormous percentage gains based on pure speculation. Doge Coin was one of them: " ] },