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Dogecoin price: Melbourne man makes millions from joke cryptocurrency – NEWS.com.au
Dogecoin price: Melbourne man makes millions from joke cryptocurrency
The dark web, privacy and security and Reddit piqued Melbourne man Regan Gallaghers curiosity about cryptocurrency.At the time he was a PhD student in psychology and neuroscience and he had discovered the cryptocurrency dogecoin, but there was no way to buy it in Australia.
Dogecoin was started as a parody of bitcoin and was based on a meme of a dog, yet people have been prepared to pour their money into it regardless.
In 2014, Dr Gallagher set up an exchange on Reddit where he could sell the cryptocurrency…
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