Memecoin is a combination of "meme" and "coin," which began with the concept of "meme," a popular content on the Internet.
Memes mainly refer to new buzzwords, cultures, ideas, images, etc. that emerge on the Internet. These memes are usually widely shared among people, forming a consensus on a particular subject or culture, and further developing into a kind of cultural phenomenon.A meme coin is a coin made based on these memes and can be used for humor, games, etc. based on various internet cultures and memes.Meanwhile, memecoin has recently become very popular around the world, and it has high value in the cryptocurrency market. This is due to the fact that developers are developing various applications that can make more use of meme coins, and the importance of meme culture on the Internet is becoming more prominent.There are currently many types of coins in the meme coin market, but the representative meme coins among them are as follows.
1. Dogecoin (DOGE): One of the most famous meme coins, made by individual programmers, named after a combination of dog and coin.
2. PepeCoin (PEPE): A meme coin from the animation character Pepe.
3. Garlicoin (GRLC): It is a combination of food and coins made by the Meeting Space team in Korea and is very popular.
4. Memetic (MEME): A combination of memes and coins, which are expected to be very valuable and impressive over the years.
In addition, there are various meme coins such as Delorian (DL), which is based on Cardano's new blockchain.
The most representative meme coin doge coin originated from an Internet meme that began in 2013. The two Internet memes, "dog" and "dodge," are combined to form Shiba Inu, a character parodying dogs.
And this meme was born in December 2013 as Dogecoin, the alter ego of Bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency. At that time, blockchain developers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer developed and created this meme for play. The initial goal was to jokingly exchange tips on the Internet with Dogecoin.
However, Dogecoin has grown significantly since its early days, as Internet users around the world can easily share and consume these memes and other diverse memes. Now Dogecoin has become something that many people know, are consumed, and are traded for.