Dogecoin’s consensus is mechanical: valid scripts, sufficient proof-of-work, no double spends. Doginals consensus is social: enough indexers, wallets, and markets using the same rules that a buyer will accept the object. When those groups split — as they did over DOGI — you do not get a chain split. You get two shops that will not honor each other’s tickets.
The rule
Always name the rule-set. “I hold 1000 DOGI” is incomplete. “I hold 1000 DOGI as computed by indexer X at height Y” is a sentence a sceptic can check. Luxury, here, is completeness.
Sources
Primary texts for this chapter. The full index lives on Doginals sources.
- Understanding the Doginal Landscape — Doge Labs