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FirstBlood(1ST)

Token
0xaf30d2a7e90d...b7d2f6f15bc7
DAO ForkContract #24KSource VerifiedEdit this contract
Deployed September 25, 2016 (9 years ago)Block 2,320,114

FirstBlood (1ST) was an ERC-20 token for a decentralized esports tournament platform. Its September 2016 crowdsale was notable for selling out rapidly, making i

DAO Fork EraVerified Source

Historical Significance

FirstBlood was among the earliest post-DAO crowdsales on Ethereum and one of the first projects to apply blockchain technology to the esports industry. Its rapid sellout demonstrated continued investor appetite for Ethereum token sales even in the uncertain months following the DAO hack and hard fork. The 1ST token sale helped establish the pattern of fixed-cap, fast-selling ICOs that would characterize the 2017 token boom.

Context

FirstBlood launched during the DAO Fork era (July–October 2016), a period when the Ethereum community was rebuilding confidence after the DAO exploit and contentious hard fork. The rapid success of the FirstBlood sale — just two months after the fork — was an early signal that the ICO model would persist and accelerate despite the DAO crisis.

Token Information
Logo
FirstBlood logo
via RPC
Token Name
FirstBlood
Symbol
1ST
Decimals
18
Key Facts
Deployment Block
2,320,114
Deployment Date
Sep 25, 2016, 12:25 AM
Code Size
3.4 KB
Gas at Deploy
1,296,452
Transactions by YearPartial (capped)
20161,370
201746,647
20181,983

Description

FirstBlood's 1ST token contract was deployed during the 2016 ICO wave on Ethereum and used as the core token for the project's decentralized esports product vision. Project materials describe 1ST as the token for platform participation, with smart-contract settlement and on-chain token distribution after the presale.

FirstBlood was a decentralized competitive gaming and esports platform that allowed players to challenge each other and earn rewards in cryptocurrency. The project launched its token crowdsale on September 25, 2016, deploying the FirstBloodToken contract with the symbol 1ST. The sale attracted overwhelming demand and completed in minutes, raising approximately 5,500 ETH.

The platform aimed to provide trustless match verification using oracles and witness nodes to validate game outcomes on-chain, removing the need for a centralized arbiter. Over its operational lifetime (2016–2025), FirstBlood hosted hundreds of thousands of tournament events for competitive gamers worldwide.

FirstBlood was later rebranded to Dawn Protocol. The platform announced discontinuation of services in March 2025, marking the end of one of the earliest blockchain-powered esports ventures.

Source Verified

Etherscan verified

Historian Categories

TokenCrowdsaleGamingEsports2016 ICO Era
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

Opcodes3,434
Unique Opcodes219
Jump Instructions211
Storage Operations138

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