What does HackerNews think of dogecoin?

very currency

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I think the last time I saw Comic Sans used in any software as a main font was when I compiled dogecoin[1]. Can't remember any before that.

[1] https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin

Please, do not recommend that. Online wallets are first target for scams and hacks and should not be used.

If you browse /r/dogecoin, you will see that everyone is recommending to stay away from them. They were especially hit by the dogewallet.com hack.

An alternative is using the android wallet. It's been around for some weeks, now, and I didn't see any complains about it. It relies on no central server and it's code is opensource [1], so it can hardly be a scam, I think.

I remember reading something by its author saying that it won't download the whole chain. From my experience, it's faster to sync than qt client, so I suppose it's true. Also, some neat options like disabling sync when not charging and/or not connected to wifi, which make power / bandwidth consumption not a problem.

Anyway, the only official wallet is the qt / cli one [2]. If you want to be safe, it's the one to use. The sync thing may be annoying at first, but it's easily dealt with if you open your wallet once a day, or once in two days (it will take something like five minutes to sync).

[1] https://github.com/langerhans/dogecoin-wallet-new

[2] https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin