Dogecoin co-creator says Elon Musk is a grifter who doesn't know how to run basic code

[Emrys]

Note: This article was published on May 30, 2022, before Musk took over Twitter.

The creator of a memecoin-turned-top cryptocurrency says his interactions with Elon Musk didn't impress him, and predicted that crypto is still headed for a big crash.

The Australian co-creator of Dogecoin has described Elon Musk as a “grifter” who sells a vision that he pretends to understand while not even knowing how to run basic code. 

Jackson Palmer is an Australian-born software developer who created Dogecoin, a meme-based cryptocurrency that soon became one of the world’s most valuable digital currencies. He stopped working on the cryptocurrency in 2015 and has since denounced the technology. 

In a rare, wide-ranging interview with Crikey coinciding with the launch of his new podcasts about grifts, he spoke about Elon Musk, the cryptocurrency “winter” and the mainstreaming of rentier capitalism.

Palmer says he spoke with Musk over Twitter direct messages after he developed a script to automatically report cryptocurrency scams in a user’s replies: “Elon reached out to me to get hold of that script and it became apparent very quickly that he didn’t understand coding as well as he made out. He asked, “How do I run this Python script?”

https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/05/30/dogecoin-jackson-palmer-elon-musk-cryptocurrency-bubble/

[hildegaard28]

1. Duh

Like that isn't completely obvious at this point.

[honest.abe]

2. To be fair I dont think many upper level execs in tech business know how run a Python script.

Its not complicated but if you have never done it before you would not know how to do it. However I think the arrogant Eloon pretends he knows everything.

[2naSalit]

11. Or...

He just thinks he knows everything.

[nycbos]

3. I am no fan of Musk...

... a meme-based cryptocurrency" seems like a scam.

[getagrip_already]

5. Lol...

"Py script.py"

Now there is a complicated concept. Installing python is about as hard as installing ms office, even on linux.

[dchill]

6. Like any other cryptocurrency.

[nycbos]

7. Yup

It always struck me as shady.

I'm a value-based equity investor myself. Or to be more accurate I have an investment manager pick my stocks for me, but you got the idea.

[republianmushroom]

4. LIKE

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. You mean it takes one to know one

Not a fan of Musk or crypto currencies.

[Emrys]

9. Nor is Jackson Palmer nowadays (it's in the article) n/t

[2naSalit]

10. Awl in a cloth bag. ...nt