I completely agree. As far as memcoins go, Dogecoin is always on top without a doubt. The fact that it has been able to survive this long and not die (still has trading volume, blocks being mined, people send transactions, has a community, etc.) is an indication of that. But it is still a memcoin unlike what was claimed in OP.
Until now, no one doubts DOGE as the King of memecoins.
With a total Marketcap volume of $16,278,343,421 which is the top memecoin in the top 10 of CMC and cannot even be crossed by other memecoins.
And there are rumors that are still being discussed for years about DOGE that Vitalik suggests moving from POW to POS, in order to make DOGE more efficient in terms of energy use so that there is no need to mine using hardware and also solve scalability problems, such as in Bitcoin.
But if DOGE has to move to POS, then DOGE is not a decentralized coin anymore, even the community does not agree with this move and until now it has not been realized and continues to use POW.
https://cointelegraph.com/learn/dogecoin-transition-from-pow-to-posPerhaps the number #1 memecoin, but still a memecoin. I do agree, however, that a fraction of the noisy crowd uses it for actual transactions, when Bitcoin is high, or when they want to tip somebody.
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It could be an alternative to pay someone or tip with a cheaper fee when the bitcoin fee is going up.
I remember a few years ago when the bitcoin price spike happened and the fees started to increase, I started converting my Bitcoin to DOGE for me to move to another market and yes it provides cheaper fees during emergencies.