The new, blockchain-based version of the Internet—known variously as the internet of value, the internet of blockchains, or Web3—will benefit from having a consensus currency.
A handful cryptos are vying to become the Internet’s first universal coin. The winner stands to benefit massively.
Dogecoin’s main competitors are Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Currently, Bitcoin is acting like digital gold, while Ethereum is the preferred currency for digital objects like NFTs. Neither has definitively crossed over into the real world, but they’re close.
A healthy crypto ecosystem has room enough for all three to prosper, but only one will reign as the top transaction crypto.