MoonTard

Meet the tardigrade; Moonshot's unofficial animal mascot and the only living organism on the moon.

We've all got a bit of tard in us.

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

The fabled lunar tardigrade has arrived to claim its rightful spot as @moonshot’s animal mascot.

The $tard is the only living creature on the moon. Following a lunar spaceship’s crash landing on the moon’s surface, a colony of spilled tardigrades adapted, survived and now continue to thrive. And yes... this is all true: https://t.co/OKXxuSlTOj

The tard refuses to give up. The tard may be a little funny looking — maybe even a little dumb — but its determination keeps it alive. We can all see a little bit of tard in us.

CA: ELq8a8gYzGbryguTU8JHy6NYR56Ji6g3NtPhHRs5moon

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

baby tards

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green tendies for every tard

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@moonshot moonillions
tardillions

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

gmoontard, cult

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

Stay tuned

Stay tarded

[Bob The Builder @bobthebuildaaa]

$TARD rebranding is in effect.

Stay tuned for some sick new content.

Who needs a pfp?

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

Stay tarded, my friends.

[Bob The Builder @bobthebuildaaa]

The $TARD thesis

Figured I’d put this out there to make it more clear why I love this project so much and to have a bit of a working whitepaper for our community’s branding and selling points.

First of all, I’ve supported and loved @moonshot from the day they launched. They’ve proven to be the most in touch with meme culture with a primary focus of theirs being on strong communities (the most important fundamental to any long term project imo). From the very start, their listing selection has been top notch, so when I saw that they had rolled out their launchpad I knew I wanted to be involved in any way possible.

Time and time again we’ve seen that every chain and launchpad crowns an animal mascot. ETH has $PEPE, BNB has $FLOKI, Hype has $PURR, Solana has $WIF... more specifically Pump Fun has #MOODENG and Bonk has $Hosico. After reading this I’m confident you will understand why $TARD is the best contender as Moonshot's animal mascot.

Key narrative points

1. Tardigrades (or tards) are emblematic of crypto meme culture in too many ways to count. In my time trading memecoins, I’ve learned that CT favors three things above all else: animals, things that are retarded, things that are chad-like. These three components have played into nearly every single runner we’ve seen on Solana.

The Tard embodies ALL THREE.

It’s an animal. It’s retarded looking (and literally called a tard). And yet it’s also the biggest genetic beast of a creature known to man.

It can go 30 YEARS without food or water, can survive without oxygen, can thrive in -300°F and 300°F, and can live in the vacuum of space. It has survived multiple mass extinctions and has been on earth for 500 million years — predating the dinosaurs by 250 million years. Scientists have hypothesized that the tardigrade actually came from space. These things are so unlike any earthly creatures that people legitimately think they are aliens. Bottom line, these things are the most elite creatures of all time — no comparison.

All of these features resemble your average shitcoiner in a weird way. We’re all a little tarded (maybe even a lotta bit), yet we are resilient to extreme conditions, go where others dare to go, and defy the odds of what society tells us is fruitful.

Every one of us can find a little bit of tard in us. Our willingness to wake up after being rugged 10x in a row and still push forward. Our ability to thrive in an industry that we've been told is doomed to fail. We've been around longer than people expected, we've been through days that felt like crypto mass extinctions, yet we are resilient. We make our own rules... just like the tardigrade. It's the real life animal counterpart to the shitcoin trader.

That combination of tardedness and basedness is what keeps us in the game. It’s what allows 18 year olds to make 10 times their teacher’s yearly salary in a month.

We are all tards.

2. The tard is the only lunar-dwelling animal. Look it up. It’s actually super fascinating. A failed lunar mission spilled tards all over the moon’s surface, and because of their incredible resilience, they are able to survive in the harsh lunar temperatures. Even without food or water, they can continue to live. What better animal to resemble all of us moonboys than an animal that literally lives on the moon.

3. The tard has an existing normie cult of fans. It may be a little nerdy, but there’s a lot of scholars, scientists, and just regular ass people who truly praise these things. After reading up on them, I can see why. We’ve seen huge figures such as Joe Rogan and Neil Degrasse Tyson cover their existence extensively.

4. Lastly… the name is simply perfect. A gift from the gods. The universe has blessed humankind with the presence of this godlike creature and we have decided to literally call it a tard. I mean come on… that’s just golden. A ticker $TARD coin should’ve already hit a billion in this shitcoin market, and these little animals just so happen to be the perfect tokenizable asset to carry that name.

All of this matched with a growing community of diehard $TARD cult members culminates in the perfect recipe for Moonshot's next blue chip memecoin.

It’s early days for this project and for the Moonshot launchpad in general, so I feel grateful to be able to be in on the ground floor of a project with such potential.

Come join us in spreading the word of the most based animal known to man. It's science meets shitcoining. It's alien tek meets human civilization.

Stay tarded, my friends.

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

First $TARD space went great!

MOONTARDS ON TOP.

https://t.co/3q9SRzYUHn

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

Join the new space. Technical issues fixed

https://t.co/fr2iCtvYHs

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New space. Technical issues on the last one.

Let's get it tards.

https://t.co/3q9SRzYUHn

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New space. Technical issues on the last one.

Let's get it tards.

https://t.co/3q9SRzYUHn

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

MoonTards on top! https://t.co/3q9SRzYUHn

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

WE ARE LIVE!

https://t.co/RtvOVyshuN

[Bob The Builder @bobthebuildaaa]

Y'all are clearly underestimating the strength of the $TARD.

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

First $TARD space in 35 mins!

See you all there.

https://t.co/8b8Up8uiJf

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

tardphone

@moonshot

[Bob The Builder @bobthebuildaaa]

Every shitcoiner is just a moontard at the end of the day.

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

@moonshot What if the meme already lives on the moon?

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@bobthebuildaaa tarded

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@moonshot gmoonshot

there’s a little creature coming for that number 1 spot

[MoonTard @tardsonsol]

gmoontard