Little is known about the identity of the individual or individuals who made the Doge Killer token. What is known is that Doge Killer was made by someone or some people known as Ryoshi. In materials that Ryoshi has published about their project they explain that they started Shiba Inu as “an experiment in decentralized spontaneous community building.” If that seems vague, the general construct is a bit easier to grasp. Essentially, there is the original Shiba Inu coin, then there is Doge Killer — which is the original’s opposite in terms of tokenomics, and then there are other planned coins, an upcoming DAO and a DEX.
Ryoshi has pitched the Shiba ecosystem as a meme-driven populist economic model, priding themselves in the project’s start from scratch (although they were the beneficiaries of an early investor who provided 10 ETH to get the Shiba coin off the ground).
In line with its meme coin aesthetic, Doge Killer doesn’t have a stringent roadmap that the developers plan to stick to. Instead, the future of Doge Killer is tied to the overall plans of the Shiba ecosystem. Essential to the construction of that ecosystem was the transfer of 50% of the total supply of Shiba Inu to Vitalik Buterin in order to ensure the safety of the project as it developed.
Now, looking ahead, Doge Killer is primed to play a significant role in the still-developing Shiba ecosystem. Ryoshi has made it clear that holders of Doge Killer that provide liquidity to the ecosystem will receive rewards. In addition, with the planned rollout of the Doggy DAO, there are further opportunities for development on the horizon.