Dogecoin Co-Founder Reveals How To Make DOGE Deflationary
Following Billy Markus’ revelation on how to make DOGE deflationary, Elon Musk responded that he thinks Dogecoin’s flat inflation is a feature, not a bug. Flat inflation refers to how the meme coin’s inflation percentage decreases over time
In an X post, Billy Markus shared the GitHub code to remove Dogecoin’s inflation. He mentioned that anyone who was looking to make DOGE deflationary could simply make a pull request and convince the community and miners to use the new version.
The top meme coin currently has a total supply of 146.78 billion DOGE. That figure is bound to grow over time since 5 billion coins come into circulation yearly through mining rewards. However, this inflation rate decreases yearly compared to the coin’s total supply.
Billy Markus’ revelation came following criticisms about Dogecoin’s ‘infinite’ supply. Interestingly, he likened DOGE to Bitcoin while defending the former’s inflationary status. Markus claimed that DOGE and BTC are the “same with very minor parameter changes.”
He made this statement because Bitcoin’s total supply can increase from 21 million if the community and miners agree. Meanwhile, Markus also noted that based on its 21 million supply, BTC will continue to witness a supply shock until 2140.
Meanwhile, in another X post, The DOGE co-founder again highlighted the community’s power in determining the meme coin’s inflationary status. He remarked that the community is literally in control and has always been since Dogecoin is an open-source proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency, and miners agreed to the code.
Elon Musk Says Inflationary Status Is A Feature Not A Bug
Following Billy Markus’ revelation on how to make DOGE deflationary, Elon Musk responded that he thinks Dogecoin’s flat inflation is a feature, not a bug. Flat inflation refers to how the meme coin’s inflation percentage decreases over time.
Markus agreed that Dogecoin’s inflationary status is ideal since it is intended to be used as a currency. He added that this meme coin’s inflation status is steady and predictable, with a percentage that goes down over time. He suggested that this makes DOGE better than the Dollar as a currency since its inflation rate is much lower.
Musk’s statement comes after Donald Trump appointed him to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E). It is worth mentioning that the world’s richest man coined the department’s name. The similarity between D.O.G.E and DOGE is believed to be deliberate since Musk is known for indirectly shilling the foremost meme coin.
