GM & Happy Monday frens.
Back from Lisbon NFC Summit. Expect more content, more alpha, and more building soon.
The market will reward those who keep working, no matter the sentiment
Let's get after it 🫡
@Cryptolution Would be so nice if we finally got our alt season
solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u has never experienced an alt season before
During the last alt season Ethereum's top dog coin SHIB hit an ATH market cap of $42B
solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u was a test
100% of the solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u supply was airdropped for free with no team allocation in the fairest memecoin distribution event of all time
solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u quickly became the #1 memecoin on the Bitcoin network reaching a $1 billion market cap
solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u was the most talked about memecoin on X for an entire year
But there was a catch
solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u refused to pay listing fees
As a fully decentralized movement the solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u Army decided that it would not set aside tokens to pay off corrupt exchanges for a listing
The solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u Army wanted to see which tier-1 exchanges were pure and listed tokens base on merit vs which tier-1 exchanges were corrupt and listed tokens based on backroom bribes
The test has now been running for over 2 year and only one tier-1 exchange has passed the test of listing Free & Fair solana:dog1viwbb2vWDpER5FrJ4YFG6gq6XuyFohUe9TXN65u and that exchange is @krakenfx
Every other tier-1 exchange failed the test
OKX failed
HTX failed
Bybit failed
Upbit failed
KuCoin failed
Binance failed
Coinbase failed
Robinhood failed
These exchanges are anti-decentralization and instead have chosen to support centralized insider market corruption
I firmly believe that if Satoshi Nakamoto released Bitcoin in 2026 that these exchanges would not list Bitcoin because they are not able to extract any listing money from a decentralized project
This is why I strongly encourage everyone to stop using corrupt exchanges and support @krakenfx the fairest and most honorable crypto exchange in the world
We're shutting down @ord_io and @ZapApp at the end of the month
This really sucks because great people put a lot of hard work into these products, friends invested in me, our users believed in us, and I feel like I let everyone down
In the end we ran out of money and don't see a path forward
Despite that I'm still incredibly proud of everything that we did
I'm proud that we organically built two respected crypto brands that never farmed anyone or launched a token
I'm proud that we empowered over a million people to explore Ordinals inscriptions on Bitcoin
I'm proud that we shipped an app that let anyone sign up and buy a Bitcoin memecoin in under 30 seconds (an experience that many considered impossible)
For the past 3 years I've woken up every day excited to build in the Bitcoin ecosystem and feel blessed to have had that opportunity
I never took a salary, have no regrets, and wouldn't trade the epic moments we had along the way for anything
Thank you to my cofounder Zach, our team, our investors, and all of our users for being part of this journey with me 🧡
@Cryptolution@CoinMarketCap After scanning the top comments on the CMC tournament post, $DOG (Bitcoin) is getting the loudest community hype and momentum by far.
The Bitcoin dog takes the 🏆 🐕🦺
(Community vote > bracket seeding)
Major $DOG activity happening on MEXC with funding coming from #Binance Hot Wallet serving as liquidity hub through a CoinJoin address.
MEXC: bc1qj7dam98j6ktjcp320qu77y2vrylv49c2k2hkmu
Binance Hot Wallet: bc1qm34lsc65zpw79lxes69zkqmk6ee3ewf0j77s3h
AS WE APPROACH $DOG'S TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY I WANT TO SHARE THE STORY BEHIND THE MOST FAIRLY DISTRIBUTED MEMECOIN IN HISTORY 🧵
IT IS VERY NATURAL TO HAVE SKEPTICISM WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT A “FREE AND FAIR” MEMECOIN LIKE $DOG GIVEN THE RAMPANT FRAUD AND SCAMMING IN CRYPTO SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE NOT TO TRUST BUT TO VERIFY WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY
$DOG WAS BORN OUT OF A DREAM THAT BITCOIN COULD LEARN FROM THE SHORTCOMINGS OF OTHER ECOSYSTEMS AND HAVE A CULTURE THAT ACCRUED VALUE FAIRLY AND TRANSPARENTLY TO THE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE IT THE MOST RATHER THAN LINING THE POCKETS OF KOLS, VCS, CEXS, MARKET MAKERS, THE TEAM, AND OTHER INSIDERS WHO LIE TO YOUR FACE
TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION AND TO GET $DOG TO WHERE IT IS TODAY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO COME TOGETHER TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND CAPITAL
100% OF THE $DOG SUPPLY WAS AIRDROPPED FOR FREE WITH NO TEAM ALLOCATION AND WE REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CORRUPT PRACTICES OF PAYING CEX LISTINGS FEES, DOING PAID PROMOTIONS, OR HIRING MARKET MAKERS SO THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCEED WAS TO RAISE AN ARMY
THIS STORY STARTS IN EARLY 2024 WITH THE RUNESTONE ORDINALS NFT COLLECTION
100% OF THE SUPPLY OF RUNESTONES WAS AIRDROPPED FOR FREE TO 112,383 EARLY ORDINALS SUPPORTERS (ONE PER ADDRESS)
THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER 100% OF THE SUPPLY OF $DOG WAS AIRDROPPED FOR FREE TO RUNESTONE HOLDERS (889,806 $DOG TOKENS PER RUNESTONE HELD)
TO ENSURE THE FAIRNESS OF THE AIRDROP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD DISCUSSIONS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN A PUBLIC FORUM ABOUT HOW THE DISTRIBUTION ALGORITHM SHOULD BE STRUCTURED
THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE FULLY TRANSPARENT, HAVE BEEN PRESERVED, AND CAN BE VIEWED IN THE RUNESTONE DISCORD
ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY CAME TO A CONSENSUS THAT THE FAIREST POSSIBLE ALGORITHM THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH WAS TO AIRDROP 1 RUNESTONE TO EVERY ADDRESS THAT HELD AT LEAST 3 NON-TEXT-BASED ORDINALS INSCRIPTIONS ON A RETROACTIVE SNAPSHOT DATE THAT WAS SET TO A DATE PRIOR TO THE IDEA OF RUNESTONE AND THE PRE-RUNES META STARTING SO THAT IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN FARMED OR GAMED
THE DECISION TO AIRDROP ONLY ONE RUNESTONE PER ADDRESS REGARDLESS OF HOW VALUABLE YOUR INSCRIPTIONS WERE OR WHAT COLLECTIONS YOU HELD IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THAT I AM THE MOST PROUD OF
IT WAS A STATEMENT THAT REGARDLESS OF IF YOU WERE RICH OR POOR, IF YOU MADE THE HIGHLY CONTRARIAN DECISION TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT BITCOIN WHEN IT NEEDED YOU THE MOST, YOU GOT A RUNESTONE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
THE ALGORITHM WAS INTENTIONALLY KEPT VERY SIMPLE SO THAT ANYONE COULD UNDERSTAND IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND KNOW THAT THERE WASN’T ANY SORT OF SHADY CODE THAT FAVORED ANYBODY
THE ALGORITHM WAS OPEN-SOURCED AND CAN BE VIEWED ON THE FAIRDROP-ADDRESSES GITHUB REPO
AFTER THE ALGORITHM WAS DECIDED A GROUP OF PUBLIC, VOLUNTEER, TRUSTED, INDEPENDENT VERIFIERS (@GM7T2, @LFG, @ORDDATA, @_BITPUNKS_, AND AN ANON DEV) EACH IMPLEMENTED AND RAN IT ON THEIR OWN AND COMPARED THE LIST OF ADDRESSES GENERATED WITH EACH OTHER
ONCE WE HAD A LIST OF ADDRESSES THAT EVERYONE AGREED ON SEVERAL COMPANIES AND DEVELOPERS (@OKX, @LFG, @ORDDATA, AND @_BITPUNKS_) VOLUNTEERED TO BUILD AND PUBLISH MULTIPLE ADDRESS CHECKER TOOLS SO THAT EVERYONE COULD SEE IF THEIR ADDRESS WOULD RECEIVE A RUNESTONE
THE AIRDROP ALGORITHM WAS NOT PERFECT AS NO SUCH ALGORITHM IS POSSIBLE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE TRIED REALLY REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT BASED ON ALL OF THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE SHARED THAT THEY RECEIVED A RUNESTONE THAT WAS WORTH MORE THAN THEY MADE IN AN ENTIRE YEAR OF WORKING THAT WE DID A PRETTY KICKASS JOB
WHEN IT CAME TO DOING THE ACTUAL AIRDROP THE TEAM AT @ORDINALSBOT VOLUNTEERED DEVELOPER RESOURCES TO EXECUTE IT ASKING FOR NOTHING IN RETURN
RUNESTONE WAS A TRUE FREE AIRDROP AND THERE WAS NO SNEAKY CLAIM PROCESS WHERE A $5 FEE WOULD BE CHARGED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
112,383 RUNESTONES WERE DIRECTLY SENT OUT TO THE LIST OF ADDRESSES
PERFORMING AN AIRDROP OF THIS SCALE ON BITCOIN WAS UNPRECEDENTED AND VERY EXPENSIVE AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE 10.25 BTC DONATED BY @_BUOYANTCAPITAL, @CELLMEJIWA, @BTCORDINAL, @HONEYBADGERSBTC, @THEWIZARDSOFORD, @MERLINLAYER2, @BITMAPTECH, @RARESATSEEKER, @RUNEALPHA_BTC, @_BITPUNKS_, @ORDINALBLOCKOUT, @ARTONINTERNET, @SEIZECTRL, @LFG, @FOMOJIS, AND @OKAYBEARS TO COVER NETWORK FEES
THESE DONORS WERE NOT PROMISED ANY PROMOTION AND RECEIVED NO EXTRA TOKENS IN RETURN, THESE WERE TRUE DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION
IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO MINE THE LARGEST BLOCK IN BITCOIN’S HISTORY OR DO AN AIRDROP OF THIS SIZE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND WE SHOULD ALL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM
ADDITIONALLY, TWO EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED ARTISTS @CL_ART_STUDIO AND @0XFAR DONATED THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO CREATE THE RUNESTONE CHILD AND RUNESTONE PARENT ART THAT HAVE SINCE BECOME ICONIC IN CRYPTO CULTURE
IT IS TRUE THAT MANY PEOPLE RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE RUNESTONE BECAUSE THEY HAD MULTIPLE WALLETS AND IT IS TRUE THAT IN A FEW CASES, PEOPLE REPORTED RECEIVING 25+ RUNESTONES HOWEVER GIVEN HOW ABNORMAL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE HAD 25+ ADDRESSES EACH WITH 3+ JPEGS IN THEM THIS WAS VERY RARE
I FOR EXAMPLE RECEIVED 9 RUNESTONES (LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE SUPPLY) HOWEVER THIS WAS BECAUSE I WAS A VERY AVID ORDINALS COLLECTOR FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROTOCOL
I HAVE NEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD A SINGLE RUNESTONE AND HAVE GIVEN SEVERAL AWAY
THE ACCUSATION THAT THE ONLY REASON I PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THIS AND HAVE POSTED ABOUT RUNESTONE AND $DOG EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF IS BECAUSE I HOLD LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE SUPPLY IS VERY DUMB IMO
IF I HAD WANTED TO MAKE THIS A CENTRALIZED PROJECT AND TAKEN 1%, 2%, OR EVEN 5% OF THE SUPPLY NOBODY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY CARED THAT MUCH GIVEN THAT IN CONTRAST THE META ON SOLANA AT THE TIME WAS FOR INFLUENCERS TO EITHER DO A PRESALE FOR 100% OF THE SUPPLY OR SNIPE 50% OF THE SUPPLY ON LAUNCH
THE REASON I WASN’T TREATED SPECIAL IN THE ALGORITHM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME NOT WANTING TO MAKE MONEY (I AM NOT ANTI-CAPITALISTIC AND DON’T HATE MONEY) IT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVED IN A VISION FOR A TRULY FAIR LAUNCH COIN WITH NO PREMINE JUST LIKE BITCOIN AND I KNEW THAT THAT VISION WAS GREATER THAN ANY SINGLE PERSON
I ALSO KNEW THAT IT WAS CRITICAL FOR OUR MOVEMENT THAT NOBODY INCLUDING MYSELF WAS ABOVE THE ETHOS OF FREE & FAIR
AND NOW FREE & FAIR IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LIVE ON IN THE CULTURE OF RUNESTONE AND $DOG FOREVER WHICH YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON
RUNESTONE AND $DOG ARE FOR THE PEOPLE AND OUR ACTIONS NOT WORDS ARE WHY THIS MOVEMENT IS RESONATING WITH EVERYONE
PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF EXTRACTIVE NFT MINTS AND RIGGED MEMECOIN LAUNCHES AND ARE OPTING OUT WITH RUNESTONE AND $DOG
WHEN IT CAME TIME TO ETCH THE $DOG RUNE WE HAD TO COMPETE TO GET THE LOWEST RUNE NUMBER POSSIBLE IN WHAT EFFECTIVELY BECAME AN ON-CHAIN AUCTION IN BLOCK 840,00
THANKS TO 4,427 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DONATED 2.9 BTC AND RECEIVED NOTHING SPECIAL IN RETURN WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE RUNE #3 FOR $DOG IN THE 5TH HIGHEST FEE BITCOIN TRANSACTION IN HISTORY
THEN @GM7T2 VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME TO EXECUTE THE $DOG AIRDROP AND ONCE HE HAD FINISHED EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETE
THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO WAS SPREAD $DOG AND OUR ETHOS HOWEVER BECAUSE $DOG HAS NO TEAM NOR TEAM TREASURY IT WAS UP TO THE $DOG ARMY TO DETERMINE ITS OWN FATE
$DOG INTENTIONALLY USES A CC0 LICENSE WHICH MEANS THAT THE $DOG IP IS OWNED BY EVERYONE AND THERE ARE ZERO LIMITATIONS ON HOW THE IP CAN BE USED
THIS HAS ALLOWED PEOPLE TO CREATE BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT INITIATIVES TO EDUCATE ABOUT AND SPREAD $DOG
SO FAR PEOPLE HAVE CREATED ART, LOTTERIES, PLUSHIES, WEBSITES, PODCASTS, MAGAZINES, X ACCOUNTS, IRL MEETUPS, CLOTHING LINES, PFP COLLECTIONS, TELEGRAM GROUPS, TIKTOK ACCOUNTS, AND MORE
100% OF THE FUTURE OF $DOG IS IN THE HANDS OF THE $DOG ARMY SO EVEN THINGS LIKE WEBSITES AND X ACCOUNTS HAVE HAD TO BE CREATED BY VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY GIVEN THERE ARE NOT ANY OFFICIAL ONES
OTHER PROJECTS TALK ABOUT DECENTRALIZATION BUT $DOG LIVES IT
FOR EXAMPLE, THE $DOG BOOTH AT THE BITCOIN CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS RIGHT NOW AND THE $DOG PARTY LAST NIGHT WERE PUT ON BY TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE BUILDING WITH $DOG
@DOGOFBITCOINOG IS RUN BY @UND3RDOG WHO YES IS A $DOG WHALE BUT HE HAD TO BUY IN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
@DOGDATABTC IS A POWERFUL ANALYTICS PLATFORM BUILT FOR $DOG BY @BITMAXDOG THAT BRINGS VALUE TO THOUSANDS OF $DOG HOLDERS
I DIDN’T ASK EITHER OF THEM TO SPEND THEIR TIME, ENERGY, OR CAPITAL TO THROW PARTIES, AND BUILD ON $DOG’S IP LIKE THIS BUT THEY CHOSE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN ACCORD BECAUSE THE CC0 PLATFORM AND MISSION OF $DOG RESONATED DEEPLY WITH THEM
$DOG HAS NO MARKETING TEAM SO $DOG-FLUENCERS LIKE @CRYPTOLUTION, @UND3RDOG, @MRKEYWAY, @RELENTLESS_BTC, @JOOPOORANSKI, @DOGDAMASSA, @THEOG_GENERAL, @COINSWEB3, AND MANY MORE HAVE HAD TO STEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGE IS HEARD
I STILL HOLD LESS THAN 0.01% OF THE SUPPLY OF $DOG TOKENS (THAT I WAS AIRDROPPED) AND HAVE NEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD A SINGLE $DOG TOKEN ON PURPOSE BECAUSE I DON’T WANT THE NARRATIVE TO SHIFT SOMEHOW TO BEING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY I HAVE MADE OR PEOPLE SPECULATING IF I AM GOING TO DUMP, ETC.
$DOG IS ABOUT USHERING IN A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM IN THE WORLD BY BEING STEWARDS OF THE BITCOIN TECHNOLOGY THAT SATOSHI NAKAMOTO GIFTED US WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THINGS IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE HIM PROUD
OTHER BLOCKCHAINS CAN BE THE FACE OF MASSIVE SCAMS, CORRUPTION, INSIDER INFORMATION, AND VCS PUMPING AND DUMPING ON YOUR HEAD BUT WE CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN ON BITCOIN
I WILL PUT THE $DOG ARMY UP AGAINST ANY DECA-BILLION DOLLAR CRYPTO COMPANY ANY DAY OF THE WEEK AND I PITY ANYONE WHO TRIES TO GET IN OUR WAY
WE ARE DECENTRALIZED, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, AND WE ARE ON A MISSION TO GO TO THE MOON
IF YOU ARE TIRED OF GETTING RUGGED AND SCAMMED OR DEEP DOWN KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE POSTING ABOUT A TOKEN THAT YOU ARE REALLY JUST WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S BAGS THEN IT IS TIME TO BUY SOME $DOG, JOIN THE $DOG ARMY, AND BE PART OF A MOVEMENT THAT IS GREATER THAN YOURSELF!!!!!
An important message for the XRP and Dogecoin communities
Your ecosystems are rigged by insiders
Come join the $DOG Army on Bitcoin
Nobody is in charge here
$DOG is of the people, by the people, for the people!!!!!
Excited to share that I’ve started accumulating $DOG.
$DOG is a Bitcoin-native, memecoin with 100% of the supply airdropped to early BTC Ordinals adopters.
Long-term holders control 78.6% of supply, while only around 0.22% is traded daily.
The DOG Army is one of the most active communities in crypto. $DOG has been mentioned on X over 360,000 times in the last 30 days
We're in a market phase where the R/R is on the buyers' side, don't miss it.
Inspired by @Cryptolution, @coldbeertoday, and @DudemanUSA 🧡
The Runestone Thesis
Runestone was the largest FREE & FAIR Airdrop on the Bitcoin network.
112,383 Runestones were airdropped to early Ordinal participants who met the criteria at the retroactive snapshot. The algorithm distributed 1 Runestone to every wallet that had 3 or more JPEG Ordinals.
After over a month of the Runestone collection being traded on the open market, @LeonidasNFT announced there will be 3 airdrops for Runestone holders.
The first was the Top Memecoin on Bitcoin $DOG, the second will be announced once $DOG “matures” & the third will be announced when $DOG flips $DOGE to become the #1 Memecoin.
Money was literally invented to not have to know your customer.
It was created to eliminate the layer of trust needed between the exchange of goods.
KYC is antithetical to money.
Let’s be clear about something:
There is no hidden supply in $DOG.
No team waiting to dump.
No VC unlocks.
No coordinated exits.
So when demand increases,
there is nothing to absorb it.
That’s how you get parabolic moves.
hey frens🩷,
so tl;dr; about https://t.co/5ha6UEg0ps - @krakensupport@krakenfx@arjunsethi did a detailed analysis of the whole situation - for which my deeps bows to them and to his awesome $DOG/@pizzaninjas/#runestones community - but they can't do anything.
my 23 runestones, more than a dozen of rare satoshis and Pizza Ninja were lost and can't be recovered.
they still live on a Bitcoin network, and find new owners, most likely for free.
thanks everyone for your support and kind words, that won't help me with my funds, I officically lost a huge part of my portfolio, but that was still very nice to hear from all of you.
big thanks to @Cryptolution@zaika_hl@LeonidasNFT - without you guys this case would've died in darkness.
$DOG will be $0.1 in the next 12 months, $DOG will dominate all memecoins
p.s. i haven't heard anything from @phantom and just hitting AI chatbot responses on their help page.
🥺 if anyone feels like sharing their dust with now poor comrade - dm me, anything will really help now to begin recovery