Catcoin
Catcoin is the original cat-themed cryptocurrency, launched in December 2013 as a feline answer to the just-exploded Dogecoin. Born from a Bitcointalk joke that 'the obvious next step after a dog coin is a cat coin,' it predates every whisker-branded token that came after and is regarded as the first cat meme coin in crypto history.
Origin
On December 21, 2013, forum user kr105 (Carlos Pizarro), a Senior Member on Bitcointalk, posted the pre-announcement thread topic 380130, '[ANN] Catcoin - Scrypt meow!' The coin's genesis block and wallet followed on December 23-24, 2013. It was a straightforward Scrypt proof-of-work coin: 21 million max supply, 50 CAT block reward, 10-minute block time, halving every 210,000 blocks, zero premine — Bitcoin's economics wearing a cat costume, released directly in the wake of Dogecoin's viral rise.
Spread
The [ANN] thread grew to 400+ pages of miners, traders and cat-meme posters during the 2013-2014 altcoin mania. Catcoin got exchange listings and a passionate community, becoming the canonical 'first cat coin' referenced whenever the cat-vs-dog meme-coin rivalry comes up. It is catalogued on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, CoinPaprika, FXEmpire and CryptoSlate, and is repeatedly cited by crypto media as the pioneer of the cat meme-coin category.
Legacy
Catcoin is the ancestor of the entire cat meme-coin genre (POPCAT, MEW, and countless others). More than a decade later the original creator kr105 returned: thecatcoinproject.org publishes a memoir posted from the same 2013 Bitcointalk account, and the Solana token below is presented as his fresh Solana-era continuation of the Catcoin name, distinct from the still-running 2013 L1 chain.
The Chain Trail
MemePedia tracks 1 Catcoin memecoin across Solana.
Key facts
- First cat-themed cryptocurrency, launched December 2013 as a response to Dogecoin
- Announced on Bitcointalk topic 380130 by Senior Member kr105 (Carlos Pizarro)
- Scrypt algorithm, 21M max supply, 50 CAT block reward, 10-min blocks, zero premine
- Genesis / wallet release December 23-24, 2013
- Listed on CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap and other trackers as the original 'CAT'
- Regarded as the pioneer of the cat meme-coin category that later produced POPCAT, MEW, etc.
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The tokens that claim Catcoin
Every token we can tie to this meme, and which contract appeared first. The original is marked OG; the rest arrived to ride the name.
| # | Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap | Liquidity | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Catcoin $CATCOIN | $0.0000730 | -10.82% | $73.01K | $30.31K | — |
Combined live market cap for Catcoin: $73.01K across 1 coin. Market data is live from DexScreener; figures are not investment advice.
The on-chain receipts for $CATCOIN, pulled straight from the chain.
On-chain report
via helius · updated 1d agoHeld by the top 10 wallets.
- 1. 6fNW…5D2D16.92%
- 2. ZtTX…c8LL2.31%
- 3. 6yGL…nGMf2.13%
- 4. 47nV…bwhi2.07%
- 5. EM5w…UGWp1.79%
- 6. G89t…Rvnw1.70%
- 7. 6VZ3…yAaY1.66%
- 8. 4agv…9Cq71.64%
- 9. 4pt5…Nqhe1.61%
- 10. 5cQg…wboK1.60%
- Top 10 wallets hold 33.4% of supply — moderately concentrated.
- Deployment predates the scanned history — earliest date is a lower bound.
Facts pulled directly from the chain via Solscan-grade data. Not financial advice.
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