Memetics & Attention · Practice
Internet Culture & Memecoins
From Dogecoin to pump.fun: what memecoins are, why attention and community are their only fundamentals, launch mechanics and bonding curves, the brutal math of who wins, and the risks (rugs, insiders, bots).
Step 1 of 4 · Overview25 min read ·
Key idea
Prereqs: Reflexivity & narratives; Girard. Next: Building an audience in public; Memetic case study. Sources: Chainalysis and Solidus Labs reports on rug pulls; pump.fun public stats; Dogecoin whitepaper (2013 joke). Highly speculative assets: education only.Next: 1. What they are