Do you remember the Dogecoin? It is that cryptocurrency that was once as popular as the bitcoinall thanks in good measure because Elon Musk, top boss of Tesla MotorsSpaceX, Neuralink and X (formerly Twitter), had become his main spokesperson, boosting his fame in an unexpected way. Or at least that's how it happened in the beginning until he lost all original traction on it. In fact, we had not had relevant news about this digital currency until now.
In recent days, reports have circulated that Elon Musk would have decreed the Dogecoin as the official currency for the Mars colonies that it seeks to establish with the space missions of its rocket Starship of SpaceX. The situation obviously generated immediate speculation around the value of the cryptocurrency, but it is necessary to address in depth how this information emerged.
It is a fact that in the future, when humans finally arrive on the red planet to colonize it, It will be necessary to establish some economic dynamic for the inhabitants. Doubt remains about the level of interconnection of values that it could have with the Earth, but for the same reason cryptocurrencies are ideal candidates to add to the equation.
But there's something about this news that you should just know: there's an even more twisted truth behind it all.
Elon Musk and his proposal to make Dogecoin the official currency of Mars: the key is in the dates
Since February 2024 sites dedicated to the topic of cryptocurrencies, such as Coin Trackerthey began to talk about the topic that Dogecoin could travel to Mars to become the official currency there.
None of it made any noise, but things escalated to a new level when on the night of the March 31, 2024 the place CoinChapter uploaded an extensive article revealing that Elon Musk had decreed Dogecoin the official currency for future Mars colonies.
The report, quite extensive by the way, includes an “exclusive statement” from Musk for the site where you could read the absolute personality of the millionaire in each sentence:
“The brave colonists who go to Mars will be tough and will not carry gold bars with them. They will need a currency that is fast, fun and reflects the innovative spirit of space travel. “Dogecoin is all of those things.”
Likewise, the article includes a statement of the “Dr. “Krzysztof Dróżdż”a supposed space economics analyst at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, where he states that the decentralized nature of Dogecoin and its dependence on a peer-to-peer network could make it a more efficient way to carry out transactions on the Red Planet .
The truth behind Dogecoin as the official currency of Mars
These elements were enough for many to spread the news. But in reality in the end it was a sad example of how many Internet users do not read the information completely from the supposed sources.
Since at the end of the elaborate text there is a simple but revealing note:
“We hope you enjoyed this article! To be clear, this is a special April Fool's Day article. While Dogecoin may one day be used on Mars, it has not been officially declared a Martian currency. Happy April Fools Day!”
The article was published on March 31 at night and that may have created confusion, but it was ultimately an April Fool's joke.
Dogecoin remains as sunk as ever and some Internet users or media outlets replicated it without investigating in depth.