Might have some new eyes on us today so thought I would drop a quick refresher on $Buttcoin, myself, and the origins of the first crypto meme from 2011.
- Started in 2011 by myself, Barry Oners. Yes, I am original guy that’s devving this token.
- The first “memecoin” before memecoins, two years before Dogecoin was born.
- Buttcoin is a direct play on Bitcoin. I set up the Twitter, the Subreddit and our original site https://t.co/7QposD9r9h in May/June 2011
- Started as a satire of the early crypto days, a humorous take on the whole scene.
- As we shone the spotlight we had a lot of early interactions with many in the crypto space like Vitalik, cobie and others who embraced us.
- At one point Satoshi’s account for the Bitcoin project was hacked and the name changed to Buttcoin. This shows the mindshare we had in the early days.
- Our blog also did some investigative articles on shady players back in the day which led to us being secretly purchased by a company called Butterfly Labs.
- BFL was shut down by the FTC who seized all their assets, including the original Buttcoin website. Our name is in a federal database!
- We relaunched the blog on a new site, https://t.co/y4JDfUQvX9 and got more active on X and Reddit.
- Over the years many tokens have been launched using my name and logo but I’ve never endorsed any of them. As a result most ended up being run poorly or were outright scams.
- In January 2026 I decided that I had to take matters into my own hands, link up with a good crew and launch an actual $Buttcoin token to celebrate the history and lore of not just myself but of crypto as a whole.
Buttcoin isn’t a coin about butts, it’s a coin about the entire history of crypto and the communities within. 15 years in the making.
Update
Bitcoin still down 25% on the month
Buttcoin up 41% on the month after just 4 hours lol
You know this gets funnier the higher it goes, right?
Buttcoin also just cracked top 1000 cryptocurrencies! 997th!
$buttcoin
THE COIN THAT NEVER DIES
$BUTTCOIN is ripping again — up 35% on day
And more impressively — UP on the 3 month chart, and near its 90 day ATH
When Bitcoin dumps, $BUTTCOIN pumps
Such a simple (but highly effective) thesis