The early PEP and DOGE, BTC, LTC life cycle
A chart including Bitcoin (BTC) (starting January 2009) and Litecoin (LTC) (starting October 2011), aligned by their respective months since launch (Start = 100%, logarithmic scale) with DOGE and PEP:
Key Observations from the Four-Asset Comparison:
Bitcoin (Orange Curve): Demonstrates steady, long-term exponential growth over a much longer timeframe (~213 months up to September 2026) with major market cycles reaching new highs on a logarithmic scale.
Litecoin (Blue Curve): Showed moderate development in its first 30 to 50 months following its launch in October 2011, featuring a notable hype cycle (peak around month 44) while remaining historically more stable than extreme meme-coin surges.
Dogecoin (Red Curve) & Pepecoin (Green Curve): A direct comparison highlights how much more volatile and explosive meme-coins (such as PEP's steep early ascent or Doge's later macro cycles) behave during their respective youth phases compared to other Layer-1 networks.