[lmm]

I'd trust Doge more than most cryptocurrencies, honestly. It's relatively established, the community doesn't or at least didn't take itself too seriously (sounds like that may now have changed), and it took the (admittedly mostly symbolic) decision to allow "mining" to continue indefinitely, ensuring there will always be a Doge supply rather than passing all gains to the early adopters. In a sense it's a lot more functional than Bitcoin - people use it for "microtransactions" and "tipping" that would be impossible with Bitcoin's transaction fees.

[ericb]

It hasn't had an update in two years. What about when a vulnerability is discovered?

[HuggableSquare]

Although there hasn't been a release in two years they're currently working on releasing 1.14 this year. In case you're interested the core devs have been doing a pretty good job on keeping people informed on the status of the release on the subreddit. Latest post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/7oxi53/developer_...

[Cyberdog]

> It's relatively established, the community doesn't or at least didn't take itself too seriously (sounds like that may now have changed)

It changed a bit, but not entirely. Check out the subreddit and you'll still see lots of Comic Sans and image macros.

I have Dogecoin to thank (blame?) for getting me initially interested in cryptocurrency precisely because the community was so welcoming and didn't take itself so damned seriously, and even though Dogecoin is more "valuable" now, I'd still recommend it for those looking for a low-risk and relatively simple introduction to the concept.