Hope this is not a stupid questions. Why does Japan love Mona? Is it kinda like a DOGE of Japan?
It is interesting because I see popular Japanese exchanges list this coin beside ETH or LTC.
I assume, it is related Japanese internet history.
You might heard about "2ch", It is the most big bulletin board in Japan.
Mostly all of the Japanese people know this bulletin board and we are talking in this site quiet a lot especially about News and "minor hobbies"
When BTC became popular in the world, Japanese people doesn't interested in BTC because of English problem.
However, Mona coin has "Japanese manual" and using "2ch character"
That character is really familiar for Japanese, and also Japanese manual was quit useful.
For Japanese, it is so difficult to use new things without Japanese manual.
So, Maybe because of that, Mona coin is still popular.
I hope this make sense to you.
FYI:This is 2ch character
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