Kabosu, the original meme coin Doge, left us at 7:00 am on May 24th at the age of 18. While remembering Kabosu, let us review the history of Dogecoin!
Inugami-hei Honzon Kabosu (Kabosu)
The real person of the Doge dog meme is Kabosu, a Japanese Shiba Inu. The classic photo was taken in 2010. After the owner Sato shared the photo on the Internet, its cute appearance began to be made into various memes. , circulated on the Internet.
Kako was adopted from an animal shelter in 2008 by her owner, Sato, and was named because her face is round, like a Japanese tangerine (kabosu). After that, Sato would occasionally share details of Hako's life on his blog and social media.
The Doge we chased together all those years
year 2013
2013 was full of memes and crypto-mania, and Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer made a joke
Invest in Dogecoin! I'm pretty sure it's going to be the next big thing!
The joke immediately aroused the interest of another founder, Billy Marcus, who approached Jackson Palmer and turned Dogecoin into a real token that could be mined and traded.
Year 2014
Dogecoin holders coordinated with Reddit to sponsor NASCAR driver Josh Wise and donate $55,000 worth of Dogecoin.
2015
Billy Marcus sold all his Dogecoins and bought a second-hand Honda. He emphasized that the real value of Dogecoin is not to bully the market, but to bring "positive energy" to the world.
2020
In the year when Dogecoin started to rise crazily, any short video or tweet can cause Dogecoin to rise sharply.
2021
The owner Sato released various photo NFTs for かぼす on the NFT issuance platform Zora, including the source of the classic meme, named "Doge". PleasrDAO, a decentralized organization named after the digital artist ppplleasr, finally bid for this photo NFT for 1696.9 ETH (equivalent to four million US dollars at the time).
2022
The rise and fall of Dogecoin in 2022 will fluctuate with every move of Tesla founder Musk. Digital artist Beeple also made drawings to transform Doge into Musk's holy dog. However, the cold winter in the encryption market also caused a sharp decline in Dogecoin. Dogecoin investors sued Musk for using a "Pyramid scheme" to drive up the price of cryptocurrency, causing investors' losses.
Celebrating 18th Birthday in 2023
The Dogecoin Foundation raised funds to create a bronze statue of Kabosu and place it at Sakura Furusato Plaza in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, a plaza where Kabosu often walks and celebrates her 18th birthday.
At the WebX event held in Tokyo at the end of July, Dogecoin master Kabosu and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were both scheduled to attend the event, but in the end Kabosu was absent from the event due to physical discomfort.
Dogecoin almost goes to the moon in 2024
Physical Dogecoin and Bitcoin will set off to the moon together via Astrobotic’s Peregrine 1 mission this January! Unfortunately, due to propellant leakage, the real "To the Moon" could not be realized in the end!
And the lovely Kabosu passed away at 7 am on 5/24 at the age of 18! But his cute appearance will always accompany us in the currency circle together with Dogecoin!
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