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Meme

Token
0x84965cf265d7...b80b5d5e38cf
HomesteadContract #14KExact Bytecode MatchEdit this contract
Deployed April 13, 2016 (10 years ago)Block 1,330,011

Early puzzle token experiment with a fun name and unique supply mechanics.

Homestead EraVerified Source

Historical Significance

One of the first meme coins with public minting and public supply control.

Context

On April 13, 2016, 13-year-old Matt Beton deployed a small, 0-decimal token contract named Meme. Because he could not buy crypto at his age, he mined ETH on a GTX 970 to experiment on mainnet. The token name was inspired by a close friend who was obsessed with memes and had even built a meme-sharing social platform, so Meme became, by name and intent, one of the earliest true meme coins.

Matt minted 257 tokens and turned to other things in life.
The story comes full circle, as he is now a Masters graduate in Mathematics from Queens College, Cambridge.

Back in 2016, a code snipped of the rewardMathGeniuses() function could be found on ethereum.org, yet it only made it on-chain twice. Once in 2016 and again in 2017.

Token Information
Logo
Meme logo
via RPC
Token Name
Meme
Decimals
0
Key Facts
Deployer
Matt Beton(0x45ede7...b668e0)
Deployment Block
1,330,011
Deployment Date
Apr 13, 2016, 08:08 PM
Code Size
901.0 B
Gas at Deploy
401,846
Transactions by Year
20161
20258

Description

Minting was gated behind an on-chain riddle: rewardMathGeniuses() dispenses one 0-decimal token if you submit the exact cube root of the current challenge. However, submitting a non-perfect cube as nextChallenge, mints a final token and locks the supply forever.

Sadly, the symbol() function does not return a ticker symbol.

Nine years after deployment, tschoerv unearthed the contract and hard-capped the total supply at 690,420 tokens.

Source Verified

SolidityExact bytecode match(901 bytes)
Compiler: soljson

Exact bytecode match (init + runtime). Runtime: 901 bytes. Creation: 1256 bytes init + 192 bytes args. Based on ethereum.org token tutorial with owned inheritance, address centralMinter param, and rewardMathGeniuses cubic root puzzle. soljson v0.2.2 through v0.3.2 all produce identical output.

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

Opcodes901
Unique Opcodes107
Jump Instructions45
Storage Operations23

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