On Reddit, a user shares a moving testimony:
« Years ago, at the rock bottom price of 0.0023, I was gifted a bundle of 50,000 Dogecoin as a joke by a friend. [...] I was really badly screwed up on drugs, was stealing and in and out of jail… »
This person, in the midst of a destructive spiral, one day receives these 50,000 DOGE, a gift initially seen as trivial, perceived as “nothing at all.” Years later, faced with a hostile environment, they suddenly see their situation wobble. But then:
« my 50,000 “joke” coins just threw me a massive lifeboat and saved me when I needed it most. [...] From the bottom of my heart […] thank you, r/dogecoin. You saved my life. »
Today, this person is sober, stable, self-sufficient… and still proudly holds their Dogecoin. These coins, far beyond a simple financial investment, turned out to be a true salvation, a symbol of tangible hope when everything seemed lost.