Dogecoin: Can It Run Doom?
TL;DR
Ordinals allow users to permanently upload, or ‘inscribe’ data (think text, images, videos, or even software) on blockchains like Bitcoin.
The video game, Doom, has been ported across hundreds of devices, and translated into multiple different coding languages, all so the internet can find new ways to contribute to the decades long-running ‘Can it run Doom?’ meme.
Today, someone permanently inscribed Doom to the Dogecoin network, using the Ordinals protocol.
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Sure, graffiti has been around for centuries…
But the contemporary ‘scribbly’ style that we’re all used to seeing on train cars and bathroom stalls originated mostly in the 1960’s, when two powerful forces collided:
A rise in political activism.
The commercial release of the Sharpie.
And now, we’re starting to see a similar trend bleed into the crypto world, thanks to the rise of Ordinals.
ICYMI: Ordinals allow users to permanently upload, or ‘inscribe’ data (think text, images, videos, or even software) on blockchains like Bitcoin.
(Think of the hard drives connected to the Bitcoin network as blank white walls, and the Ordinals protocol as a Sharpie).
In the real world, the most universal piece of graffiti is a certain human appendage (rhymes with “shmenis”).
…while in the digital world, it’s the video game Doom, from 1993.
Seriously.
This thing has been ported across hundreds of devices, and translated into multiple different coding languages, all so the internet can find new ways to contribute to the decades long-running ‘Can it run Doom?’ meme.
Well, today we have a new one for the list…
Someone just permanently inscribed Doom to the Dogecoin network, using the Ordinals protocol.
We truly love how un-serious this space can be sometimes.