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Dogecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: DOGE) co-creator Billy Markus<\/strong>\u00a0recently\u00a0joined Benzinga\u2019s \u201cMoon or Bust<\/a>\u201d to share his story of creating Dogecoin, how he\u2019s involved today and what he thinks of Elon<\/strong> Musk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Early Days:<\/strong> Markus got into cryptocurrency due to Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: BTC) but quickly pivoted to other easier-to-mine coins like Litecoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: LTC) and Litecoin clones. He\u00a0said it took a long time to mine a small amount of Bitcoin in a week (0.04) and made his room really hot.<\/p>\n

Markus gave himself a weekend project to create his own coin, which became Bell\u2019s. He was obsessed with Nintendo Co <\/strong>(OTC:NTDOY<\/a>) game \u201cAnimal Crossing\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n

Markus stumbled upon a\u00a0site called dogecoin.com where Dogecoin co-creator Jackson Palmer<\/strong> made a joke coin but hadn\u2019t created a physical coin yet. The site said if you want to make the coin to contact him.<\/p>\n

Markus contacted Palmer and before even hearing back went to work on creating the meme coin we know today.<\/p>\n

The project took only a couple of hours to make as Doge was a fork from Bell\u2019s. The most time-consuming part was perfecting the Comic Sans font, Markus said.<\/p>\n

See Also: How To Buy Dogecoin\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Selling Dogecoin: <\/strong>Markus doesn\u2019t have many regrets about the timeline of creating Dogecoin and how everything went down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I would do anything different,\u201d Markus said. \u201cDogecoin became what it is because of all the choices Jackson and I made.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is one thing that Markus would have changed to the Dogecoin story: \u201cThe only thing I personally would\u2019ve changed is to not sell in 2015.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The famous story is that Markus sold his Dogecoin and bought a Honda Civic, a myth that Markus dispelled on the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t buy a Honda Civic, quote was made enough selling all crypto to buy a used Honda Civic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Markus ended up paying rent with his Dogecoin and crypto sales as his savings were low at the time.<\/p>\n