๐จThe First Memecoin: Bellscoin Before Dogecoin
Most people crown $DOGE as the original memecoin that started it all.
Theyโre wrong.
The true pioneer dropped 8 days earlier created by the exact same legend who later launched Dogecoin.
This is the forgotten origin story of Bellscoin ($BELLS)
1/ On November 28, 2013, Billy Markus (aka @BillyM2k) posted on BitcoinTalk.
He wasnโt famous yet.
His idea? A fun new coin called Bells, directly inspired by Nintendoโs Animal Crossing game.
In the game, โBellsโ are the main currency earned by collecting fruits, catching bugs, fishing, digging fossils, and trading items.
Billyโs genius twist: โIn the crypto world, we just mine for them!โ
Pure meme energy before โmemecoinโ was even a word.
2/ The full announcement quote that started it all:
โIn the Animal Crossing universe, Bells are the primary form of currency. To gather them, you must collect fruits, catch bugs, fish, dig for fossils, etc. and trade those items for Bells. In the crypto world, we just mine for them!โ
Random rewards to match the gameโs randomness. Scrypt algo. 60-second blocks. No premine. Max supply 500 million.
It was designed to be โFast and fun!โ the exact blueprint for everything that followed.
3/ Just 8 days later, on December 6, 2013, Billy teamed up with Jackson Palmer.
They took the vibe, slapped the viral Shiba Inu meme on it, and launched Dogecoin.
Dogecoin exploded thanks to the cute dog, Elon tweets, and massive community hype.
Bellscoin? It quietly faded into the shadows. The prototype got overshadowed by its flashier cousin.
4/ As the Gate io blog beautifully puts it:
โIf Dogecoin is the flowering result of memecoins, then Bellscoin is the earliest seed that was sown.โ
That line hits different.
Bellscoin planted the flag for humor, gaming culture, and community-driven coins in crypto before the world even noticed.
Both projects even share a secret โNintondoโ tribute in their genesis blocks. The DNA is connected.
5/ For nearly a decade, the original Bells chain sat completely dormant. Abandoned code. Forgotten history.
But legends donโt stay buried forever.
On Dogecoinโs 10-year anniversary in December 2023, community legends adam mcbride and Litecoin dev luke wright (with help from the community) resurrected the entire blockchain.
Fair restart. No pre-mine. No VC bags. Pure decentralization.
6/ BillyM2k himself has acknowledged and supported the revival โ even suggesting merged mining and calling it the โDoge Daddyโ in spirit.
Today, Bellscoin is alive and kicking with serious upgrades:
โ Merge-mined with Litecoin & Dogecoin (Scrypt family power)
โ BEL-20 tokens
โ Bellinals inscriptions (150M+ issued)
โ Nintondo ecosystem (explorer, wallet, marketplace)
โ Taproot upgrades
โ Logarithmic emission schedule (super scarce long-term only ~1M new BELLS/year after epoch 5)
Current supply ~61M. Hashrate holding strong.
7/ This isnโt just another random meme launch.
It has:
โ Real 2013 history
โ Direct connection to the Dogecoin creator
โ Actual working blockchain (not just a token on another chain)
โ Organic, community-owned growth
โ No team allocation. No bullshit. Just the original seed finally getting watered.
8/ Crypto lesson of the day:
The best ideas often start as jokes or video game references.
From Animal Crossing โ Bells โ Doge โ the entire memecoin meta we live in today.
Never underestimate whimsy on the blockchain.
Because Bellscoin is such a low supply, scarce, Proof of Work coin,
the longer the market stays at these levels, and $BELLS army stacks up,
the easier the run will be to billions marketcap in the future ๐๐ฎ
While theyโre 99% of people are watching the same overhyped meme coins,
a project with real history $BELLS, tied to the birth of Dogecoin, remains ignoredโฆ
Thatโs exactly how the biggest runs begin. ๐
The real question isnโt "IF"
but how much longer it will stay undervalued.
Breaking The SEC officially classifies Bellscoin ๐ as a DIGITAL COMMODITY
Not a security, not an unregistered investment, not illegal and free to list @krakenfx@krakenpro@arjunsethi
$BELLS ๐๐
$bells is the most logical billions coin
one of the world's highest hashrate
Billy's coin / dogecoin lore
smart contracts PoW
miner profits
scarce PoW
animal crossing
no word salad bullshit just facts. 10b+