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GavCoin

Token
0x0b8d56c26d8c...3503d974de06
Tangerine WhistleContract #25KSource VerifiedEdit this contract
Deployed October 19, 2016 (9 years ago)Block 2,468,249

Token created by Gavin Wood (Ethereum co-founder), with a buyin/refund Dutch auction mechanism. ABI matches the official gavofyork/gavcoin GitHub repository.

Tangerine Whistle EraVerified Source

Historical Significance

One of the earliest named tokens on Ethereum, created by co-founder Gavin Wood. GavCoin is historically significant as an early experiment in token sale mechanics (buyin/refund with price tranches), predating the ICO boom of 2017. It also served as one of the first dapps built on the Parity client, showcasing the Parity API and name registry integration.

Context

Deployed during the Homestead era, shortly after DevCon2 in Shanghai (September 2016). Gavin Wood had recently co-founded Ethcore (later Parity Technologies) and was building the Parity Ethereum client as an alternative to Geth. The GavCoin dapp was an early demonstration of Parity's dapp integration capabilities. ERC-20 had been proposed (EIP-20, November 2015) but was not yet widely adopted as the standard token interface.

Token Information
Logo
GavCoin logo
via RPC
Token Name
GavCoin
Key Facts
Deployment Block
2,468,249
Deployment Date
Oct 19, 2016, 01:50 PM
Code Size
1.9 KB
Gas at Deploy
603,510
Transactions by Year
2016108
2017159
201836
20191
202162
20222
20231
202426
202550
20261

Description

The contract defines a token with subdivisible units and a dynamic issuance model based on tranches. Tokens are sold in fixed-size tranches at increasing prices, with each tranche raising the token price by a fixed increment. Purchases generate on-chain receipts that become refundable after a defined activation period, allowing holders to return tokens for ether at their purchase price. Transfers, approvals, and allowances follow an ERC-20–style interface, while issuance and refunds are handled directly by the contract.

GavCoin was deployed by Gavin Wood (gavofyork on GitHub) as part of the early Parity ecosystem. The contract implements a basic token with a continuous sale mechanism — users could send ETH to the contract and receive GavCoin tokens at a price that increases with total supply. The contract includes standard token functions (transfer, approve, transferFrom) plus a built-in buy mechanism.

The token was created after Wood left the Ethereum Foundation in January 2016 and co-founded Ethcore (later Parity Technologies) with Jutta Steiner. GavCoin was used as a reference dapp in the Parity wallet interface, demonstrating how Parity could display and interact with token contracts. The source code was published on GitHub under the gavofyork/gavcoin repository.

GavCoin is notable as a personal experiment from one of Ethereum's most influential architects — the person who designed the EVM, proposed the Solidity language, and wrote the Ethereum Yellow Paper.

Source Verified

Etherscan verified
Heuristic Analysis

The following characteristics were detected through bytecode analysis and may not be accurate.

Detected Type: Token
Has ERC-20-like patterns

Bytecode Overview

Opcodes1,915
Unique Opcodes178
Jump Instructions75
Storage Operations66

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