Timeline
Selected milestones with sources. Expand over time as events are verified.
Dogecoin launches
Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer launch Dogecoin, a Scrypt-based cryptocurrency branded with the Shiba Inu Doge meme.
Elon Musk hosts Saturday Night Live
High-profile cultural attention on Dogecoin around Elon Musk’s SNL appearance; part of the broader 2021 retail DOGE cycle.
Doginals open-source tooling (apezord era)
Early public tooling and announcements for Dogecoin inscriptions (Doginals), adapting Ordinals-style inscription concepts to Dogecoin.
Related project →Early DRC-20 / DOGI era
Early fungible Doginals-era token activity, including DOGI-associated experiments, following the first Doginals tooling wave.
Related project →Mini Doges marketplace era
Early ~10k pixel-dog PFP activity associated with Mini Doges marketplace messaging—preceding the Doginal Dogs free mint.
Related project →Doginal Dogs free mint
Doginal Dogs launches as a free mint of 10,000 hand-curated pixel dogs on Dogecoin; team covers inscription fees; engagement-based whitelist over roughly one week.
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