Is Dogecoin “a better Bitcoin”?

Jason Calacanis, host of the All In Podcast, has argued that Michael Saylor, Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), is paving the way for the introduction of “a better Bitcoin.”

Calacanis was responding to an X post by Saylor, in which the Strategy chair said that Bitcoin is a superpower.

Tagging both Saylor and the Blockchain Policy Institute, where the speech was delivered, Calacanis said that the Strategy chair's Bitcoin evangelism and accumulation techniques were bad for the digital asset’s ecosystem and brand.

Too much centralization, too much hyperbole and too many conflicts. He’s actually setting up the perfect opportunity for someone to launch 'a better bitcoin.' I don’t know what that would look like, but he’s set the stage perfectly.

— Jason Calacanis (@jcalacanis) March 11, 2025

The All in Podcast host’s statements have unsurprisingly sparked a flurry of reactions, some less antagonistic than others.

The Dogecoin community, for one, has not so subtly suggested that the “better Bitcoin” is already here: DOGE.

Reacting to Calacanis’ post, the Official Dogecoin X account shared a Willy Wonka GIF with a sarcastic “Really?” caption.

https://t.co/Lmk3QGo95lpic.twitter.com/8qok1zcyZK

— Dogecoin (@dogecoin) March 12, 2025

The sentiment comes as Dogecoin is a fork of the Bitcoin code with minor tweaks, especially in tokenomics, that make it more practical for payments. At the same time, it can be argued that DOGE remains more retail-driven than Bitcoin.

But the idea of “a better Bitcoin” is nothing new. It was the motivation behind the launch of many early altcoins. Still, none have been able to take away the original cryptocurrency’s appeal as a digital scarcity.

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