Tropico Agency (TPO), a separate token deployment from 11 October 2016.
Historical Significance
This contract is part of Ethereum’s early token history. Its precise address matters because a shared symbol or suggestive name is insufficient to identify a token.
Context
By late 2016 and early 2017, Ethereum projects were issuing tokens for a widening range of experiments and presales.
Token Information
Key Facts
Description
Tropico Agency was deployed on Ethereum mainnet on 11 October 2016 at block 2,422,106. Its archived token metadata records the name Tropico Agency and symbol TPO.
A second TPO contract named Tropico Hedge was deployed by the same address two months later. This entry records the contract’s identity and chronology. A contemporary explanation of its intended use has not been verified.
Heuristic Analysis
The following characteristics were detected through bytecode analysis and may not be accurate.
DAO Fork Era
The controversial fork to recover funds from The DAO hack.
Bytecode Overview
External Links
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