Is Dogecoin “a better Bitcoin”?
While the Bitcoin corporate treasury wave sparked by Michael Saylor, Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has sparked excitement about growing adoption in some circles, others are concerned, particularly about his company’s Bitcoin accumulation and the techniques driving this accumulation.
Among the latter is All In Podcast host Jason Calacanis. He has recently argued that Saylor’s actions paved the way for the introduction of “a better Bitcoin,” eliciting a cheeky reaction from the Dogecoin team.
In an X post on Tuesday, March 11, responding to Saylor’s speech at the Blockchain Policy Institute declaring Bitcoin a “superpower,” Calacanis asserted that the Strategy chair’s Bitcoin evangelism and accumulation techniques were bad for the digital asset’s ecosystem and brand.
“Too much centralization, too much hyperbole and too many conflicts. He’s actually setting up the perfect opportunity for someone to launch ‘a better bitcoin.’ I don’t know what that would look like, but he’s set the stage perfectly,” he added.
The All in Podcast host’s statements have unsurprisingly sparked a flurry of reactions, some less antagonistic than others.
The Dogecoin community, for one, has not so subtly suggested that the “better Bitcoin” is already here: DOGE.
Reacting to Calacanis’ post, the Official Dogecoin X account shared a Willy Wonka GIF with a sarcastic “Really?” caption.
https://t.co/Lmk3QGo95l pic.twitter.com/8qok1zcyZK
— Dogecoin (@dogecoin) March 12, 2025
The sentiment comes as Dogecoin is a fork of the Bitcoin code with minor tweaks, especially in tokenomics, that make it more practical for payments. At the same time, it can be argued that DOGE remains more retail-driven than Bitcoin.
But the idea of “a better Bitcoin” is nothing new. It was the motivation behind the launch of many early altcoins. Still, none have been able to take away the original cryptocurrency’s appeal as a digital scarcity.
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