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

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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.

Cam Wilson

Elon Musk and Dogecoin co-creator Jackson Palmer (Image: Royal Society/Twitter/@ummjackson)
Elon Musk and Dogecoin co-creator Jackson Palmer (Image: Royal Society/Twitter/@ummjackson)

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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.