Meme "Doge" marks record by auctioning for 4 million dollars
The NFT (not fungible Token) of “Doge,” the image of a dog of the Japanese shiba inu considered one of the best known memes on the Internet, was auctioned this Friday for about 4 million dollars, making it the most expensive of the history.
The buyer, who identified with the user @pleasrdao, presented a 1 bid.696.9 Ethereum cryptocurrencies, which has a value of about 4 million dollars, according to the Zora auction website, local media reported.
El meme fue puesto a la venta este martes por Atsuko Sato, la dueña de Kabosu, el perro que aparece en la imagen, y durante los siguientes tres días @pleasrdao estaba a la cabeza de las pujas, hasta que se desató una batalla entre este usuario y otro identificado como @twodollahotdoge en la tarde del viernes, lo que impulsó considerablemente el precio.
The term "Doge" comes from the cartoon series "Homestar Runner", specifically from a 2005 chapter in which the central character calls another of the characters his "D-O-G-E".
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Five years later, in 2010, Sato posted in his personal blog an image of his Kabosu dog, without knowing that he would become a cybernetic sensation.
"I took the photos to update my blog," Sato said in a statement."I take many photos every day, so that day was nothing out of the ordinary.".
La foto comenzó a inundar plataformas como Tumblr y Reddit en los años siguientes a 2010, y cuando un usuario de Reddit se refirió a la instantánea de Kabosu como “doge”, se quedó con ese nombre y se creó el meme.
"At first when I found out about Kabosu's memes I was very surprised.I was terrified of the fact that a single photo that I had published in my blog could travel the world to places I did not know, "said Sato.
The meme format normally consists of an image of Kabosu, with its cross -linked legs and a slight smile of satisfaction on his face, surrounded by incorrect phrases such as "Wow.So Scare ".
La popularidad de Doge ha recibido recientemente otro impulso gracias a la Dogecoin, la criptomoneda que ha acuñado su nombre, y que saltó a la popularidad después de que el consejero delegado de Tesla, Elon Musk, la respaldara en redes sociales este año. (E)
