Lessons Learned Contributing to Dogecoin.
Dogecoin was created as a joke, a meme poking fun at the all-too-serious nature of cryptocurrency. Why shouldn’t development be fun?
Along the way, maybe we can help make a globally available, decentralized microtransaction system that lets people do and build interesting things.
Here’s what I’ve learned contributing code to Dogecoin core and other projects.
Why So Negative (PR 2959)
Some changes suggest other changes, whether by exposing limitations of the existing design or revealing small improvements. Here's work in progress for managing maximum network connections.
Limit Yourself (PR 2698)
Sometimes an easy change is a lot harder than it looks. Creating a setmaxconnections RPC command definitely was.
Keep the Change (ifdogethenwow.com)
When you pay someone and they give you change, it goes back in your pocket. Right? Unless you wrote an embarrassing bug.
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