A token contract with built-in escrow functionality, combining the dapp-bin BasicCoin interface with deposit and withdrawal operations.
Historical Significance
One of the earliest combined token and escrow contracts on Ethereum, predating ERC-20 standardization.
Context
Deployed during Ethereum Frontier week 1 (August 2015).
Key Facts
Description
A token and escrow contract deployed at block 52,313 (August 2015). Combines a full BasicCoin token implementation (sendCoin, coinBalanceOf, approve, sendCoinFrom) with deposit/withdraw escrow operations using bytes32 identifiers. Includes owner management via transferOwner and ownerWithdraw.
Source Verified
near_exact_match: all function selectors confirmed via openchain.xyz. Source structure reconstructed from bytecode analysis.
Heuristic Analysis
The following characteristics were detected through bytecode analysis and may not be accurate.
Frontier Era
The initial release of Ethereum. A bare-bones implementation for technical users.
Bytecode Overview
External Links
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