Dogecoin (Ð) is a cryptocurrency featuring a likeness of the Shiba Inu dog from the "Doge" Internet meme as its logo. Introduced as a "joke currency" on 6 December 2013,Dogecoin quickly developed its own online community and reached a capitalization of US$60 million in January 2014. Dogecoin has 26 mining pools and uses the Scrypt algorithm.