What's Behind SHIB, the Self-Proclaimed "Dogecoin Killer"?
On May 8, OKX listed SHIB and opened trading . After opening, it rose to a high of $0.00001988, with a daily increase of over 280%. Subsequently, SHIB continued to strengthen after a brief pullback and is poised to hit new highs (as of writing, SHIB is priced at $0.00001883);
SHIB's strong performance has sparked widespread market attention, with discussion热度持续不letup. So what exactly is behind SHIB? What is the relationship between the recent surge and "Dogecoin father" Elon Musk? Between SHIB and DOGE, who is the true "crypto dog king"?
1 **, SHIB, the Self-Proclaimed "Dogecoin Killer"**
According to official introduction, Shiba Inu is a decentralized spontaneous community building experiment. SHIB is its token name, commonly known as "Shiba Inu coin" and also jokingly called "shitcoin" by people in the crypto community. SHIB claims to be the "DOGECOIN KILLER" and aims to surpass Dogecoin in a short time.
SHIB is an ERC-20 token issued on the Ethereum chain, with a total issuance of 1 quadrillion. According to its official website, 50% of SHIB's total supply has been locked in Uniswap and the private key has been discarded, while the remaining 50% was burned to Vitalik's address. This means users must purchase on the open market, and the team discarding the private key means giving up management rights. Since SHIB's price is very low, users can hold tens of billions or even trillions of SHIB .
In addition, SHIB will also be the first to trade on its decentralized exchange Shiba Swap as its incentive cryptocurrency.
Although both SHIB and DOGE have strong community attributes, they also have many differences. From a token mechanism perspective, SHIB has an issuance cap and a burn mechanism. Additionally, SHIB is issued on Ethereum and has launched its own decentralized trading platform Shiba Swap, while Dogecoin can only be used for application scenarios such as Twitter and Reddit tipping. However, SHIB has been listed for a short time, its consensus is not as strong as Dogecoin, circulation is not yet sufficient, and it still needs time to test.
It should be noted that SHIB is the first token of the Shiba Inu community. Besides the SHIB token, the team will also release two other tokens: LEASH and BONE. LEASH was originally set as a rebase token tied to Dogecoin's price and has been fully released, with a total circulation of only 100,000. Unlike SHIB, it will provide special rewards to those providing liquidity. BONE is intended by the community to take DeFi power to a new level. How to acquire BONE tokens, token economics and incentives will be announced when Shiba Swap launches.
According to Coingecko data, SHIB 's 24-hour trading volume has reached as high as $11.26 billion, up 760% in the past 24 hours.
2 **, Is Musk "Shilling" for SHIB? **
Searching for #shib on Twitter, you can find that SHIB's popularity over the past week is no less than DOGE (Dogecoin). Coincidentally, starting in the early hours of May 8, Dogecoin also experienced a sharp surge, with price breaking above $0.7. As is well known, Elon Musk, as Dogecoin's biggest supporter, has repeatedly voiced support for Dogecoin on Twitter.
Even more interestingly, SHIB's surge seems to be closely related to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
In mid-March, Musk tweeted that he would raise a Shiba Inu at home (I'm getting a Shiba Inu). Whether due to the coincidence of the same name or misinterpretation by users, Musk's tweet sparked intense interest in SHIB. According to Coingecko data, within hours after Musk's tweet, SHIB's price rose by 300%.
On May 7, Musk replied on Twitter to "Hiro Mizuno"'s tweet about owning Shiba Coin, expressing his desire to own a Shiba pup.
In addition, on May 7, a user named "Shib Father" revealed on Twitter that Musk would talk about SHIB on the weekend variety show "Saturday Night Live" and claimed it would rise to $1, which also opened up imagination for investors.
SHIB's popularity has continued from March to now. Firstly, because its current price is very low - just a few dollars can buy hundreds of thousands, making the entry barrier relatively low for new users. Secondly, due to the extremely high FOMO sentiment in the bull market, under "lucky mentality" no one wants to miss any opportunity to get rich. Thirdly, it's also related to "shilling" by big shots like Musk, especially given the Dogecoin precedent.
In this view, if SHIB really becomes Musk's new favorite, then he truly becomes the authentic "Doge father"! In the crypto field, existences like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu will open new understanding for us about decentralized community movements.
Who do you think will be the "crypto dog king" - Shib or Dogecoin?
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