Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk argued on Twitter today that Dogecoin (DOGE) can beat Bitcoin (BTC) “hands down,” with just one small condition—almost every DOGE’s fundamental aspect needs to change, effectively turning it into a different token altogether.

So no big deal then.

“Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down,” Musk replied to a Twitter user who was arguing that “Elon is choosing $DOGE because Dogecoin is better than Bitcoin in many fundamental ways.”

Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2021

Judging by the community’s reaction, a lot of users were left feeling unsure whether Musk was “trolling” or not. One commenter pointed out that if Dogecoin’s blockchain would produce 10-megabyte blocks every six seconds, this will make the network vulnerable to spam attacks.

“For those bad at math. 100X higher transaction volume with 100X lower fees means total fees earned stay same. Low fees & high volume are needed to become currency of Earth,” Musk retorted.

WHY HAVEN’T WE THOUGHT OF THAT pic.twitter.com/vEXNXl6MXF

— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) May 16, 2021

When asked why he won’t just make a completely new cryptocurrency that can satisfy these technical requirements, Musk explained that it’s a “big pain in the neck to create another one.” Still, he implied that this is also a possibility, but “only if Doge can’t do it.”

In his turn, Adam Back, CEO of Bitcoin development firm Blockstream, questioned Musk’s blockchain expertise in general.

“That’s not how any of this works, Elon Musk. Would be like someone wading into SpaceX with ideas for a cuboid rocket fueled by water,” Back wrote, adding, “He’s just trolling. And probably hitting a blunt.”

Other users were less lenient, arguing that if “Donald Trump has been banned for ‘being bad’ for people,” there is no reason why Musk “should keep having this privilege.”

Donald Trump has been banned for “being bad” for people. I don’t see why Elon should keep having this privilege.

— Rimbaud le Thug (@Monthox) May 16, 2021

In general, many commenters pointed out that for a blockchain network to drastically increase its throughput and scalability, it needs to make compromises in other areas such as security and decentralization. 

“Have you tried making your spaceships 10x lighter, and 10x faster, and also 10x bigger? This would ideally save on energy and efficiency,” another user ironically asked Musk.

Have you tried making your spaceships 10x lighter, and 10x faster, and also 10x bigger? This would ideally save on energy and efficiency. I’m happy to discuss more in details my ideas. Let me know what you think, thanks.

— Yves ฿ennaïm 🌿 (@ZLOK) May 16, 2021

In the end, regardless of whether Musk was actually joking or not, his behavior on Twitter—especially when it comes to cryptocurrencies—has been a bit over the top lately, some commenters argued.

“Because [Musk] has millions of newcomer users who may not know the difference. Funny trolling to him = rekt newbs in real-life,” Back concluded.

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Bitcoin network’s hashrate recorded a rapid drop today across major Chinese mining pools including f2pool losing 11.26% a spool lost 16.23%, Binancepool recorded a decline of 14.38%, and Huobipool lost 23.68%. The rapid decline is being attributed to another power outage in Sichuan province. Industry insiders claimed the decline might be temporary and might bounce back soon.

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The decline in the mining pool’s hashrate comes days after the Bitcoin network’s mining hash power reached a new ATH. Bitcoin price on the other hand continued to consolidate under $50K. The top cryptocurrency saw a major sell-off a few days ago amid growing inflow on exchanges aided by Elon Musk-led Bitcoin network’s environmental impact FUD.

Bitcoin has been in a consolidation phase for over a month now after reaching a new ATH of $64,837, it recorded a sharp correction soon after falling over 20%. The recent sell-off was attributed to several factors including declining institutional interest.

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Will Bitcoin Price Suffer?

A similar power outage in China last month saw the Bitcoin mining hash rate drop by over 25% leading to another major market sell-off. The last hashpower fud was also marred into a lot of controversies as many claimed different reasons for the power outage and the amount of hash power decline.

Bitcoin price is currently trading just under the $49K mark with a 2% decline over the past 24 hours. With every major sell-off in the market, many have called it a short-term price top, but on most occasions, bitcoin has defied the odds to bounce back to new ATHs. On the other hand, Bitcoin adoption has continued to flourish as many public companies have announced Bitcoin purchases over the past month. Apart from Bitcoin, manor altcoins including ethereum, Litecoin have also registered a minor decline falling over 5% in the past 24 hours.

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Since Coinbase’s direct listing, it released the transcripts of its Q1 Earnings Call. During the call, the company addressed its plans of listing Dogecoin (DOGE), thanks to its ever-rising demand.

Coinbase‘s CEO Brian Armstrong talked about the exchange’s plans for the memecoin. He stated:

“So, to answer your question directly, we plan to list DOGE in the next six to eight weeks. And then more broadly, we’re going to be focused on how we can accelerate asset addition in the future.”

With regard to queries on what parameters were used to qualify various coins or tokens to add to the exchange and why there weren’t more choices? Armstrong stated:

I think there’s going to be millions of different crypto assets out there, especially as we see new assets being created for new companies being created and there’s even NFT’s and individuals who are tokenizing their time and so in a world where there’s going to be millions and millions of these crypto assets out there, we get this question a lot, how are you deciding, which ones to add, and how can you accelerate it?

Without directly alluding to XRP, the digital asset that has been entangled in a legal battle with the SEC, Coinbase CEO also stated that Coinbase had worked with CRC to create a regulatory framework for coins. He added:

So, today, we use a number of factors, we look at cybersecurity around the coin to make sure that there’s not going to be an issue that would cause customer loss. We also look at it from a legal point of view and a compliance point of view. There’s various concerns out there about securities, for instance, and we’ve worked with things like the Crypto Rating Council to help create clear regulatory frameworks for this.

Data from ICO Analytics stated that the total web traffic for crypto exchanges had increased by 43% over the past month.

Web traffic to crypto exchanges in April 2021. According to the data from SimilarWeb in April a total web traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges has increased by 43%. pic.twitter.com/1evIwg3YEi

— ICO Analytics (@ICO_Analytics) May 7, 2021

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Source: https://ambcrypto.com/coinbase-finally-releases-a-timeline-for-listing-dogecoin