PepeCoin – The OG Meme Coin
Why you should listen Pepecoin was originally launched in 2016 by a group of crypto OGs. Originally it was launched using its own proof-of-work blockchain network. Due to controversy surrounding the Pepe the Frog meme af...
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Pepecoin was originally launched in 2016 by a group of crypto OGs. Originally it was launched using its own proof-of-work blockchain network. Due to controversy surrounding the Pepe the Frog meme after the 2016 presidential election, a handful of exchanges forcefully renamed the Pepecoin project with the ticker “MEMETIC” on their platforms to be politically correct. At the time, the project was the only other memecoin except for Dogecoin and it quickly grew in popularity. In 2017, it even attracted the attention of Vitalik Buterin himself. After several years of operating its own blockchain network, the Pepecoin project decided to migrate to the Ethereum blockchain to take advantage of EVM smart contracts and DEX platforms where their ticker could not be arbitrarily changed.
A group of opportunistic individuals saw the Pepecoin migration announcements and frontran it by deploying the $PEPE token that many of you know today – even going as far as to steal the original Pepecoin logo, until they were forced to remove it due to copyright. The OG $PEPECOIN contributors were fortunately no strangers to injustice. After all, they are battle-hardened crypto OGs who survived the great meme war of 2016. So rather than wallowing in their sorrows, they embarked on a journey to reclaim what is rightfully theirs by devving their way to the top.
Since then, they have released:
- PepeOS: A web application inspired by vintage operating systems
- Pepe Paint: A unique draw-to-NFT platform and marketplace that empowers artists to create & monetize their talent
- Kek Bot: An advanced AI trading engine that converts natural language into automated trades & rewards users for training it
- BasedAI: A custom layer 1 blockchain network for ZK-LLMs and smart contracts
- Pepe Messenger: A vintage MSN Messenger themed chat application for decentralized, E2E encrypted, wallet-to-wallet instant messaging with much more on the way!
Pepecoin is throwing a wrench in the well-oiled influencer shitcoin factory that churns out copypasta tokens to dump on unsuspecting average Joes. Instead, they are demonstrating that memecoins can and should be coupled with innovation and meaningful utility. You can either support the status quo by keeping the influencer assembly line running, or you can be part of history by joining us on our journey to becoming the first memecoin to be simultaneously considered a top-5 network. The #Pepening is inevitable
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