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.
Processor Intrinsics
Building generic software that runs faster on specific hardware is tricky, but it's important.
Backporting Block Pruning Pr 2923
The Dogecoin Core is a code fork of Bitcoin, via a couple of routes. Sometimes we can get new features from Bitcoin, but they're not free.
Removing Misleading Sync Screen Data
Misleading or wrong information is worse than missing data. It's better to show nothing than to confuse users.
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