knowyourcatList a cat · Free 03 / CULTURE & CONTEXT
Original cats. Community characters. Stories worth keeping on file.
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Toshi’s project website says the name combines Brian Armstrong’s cat with Satoshi Nakamoto. The blue cat is its community mascot, presented by the project as the Face of Base.
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Hyperliquid introduced PURR as its first HIP-1 native token. The project’s announcement places it in the launch of on-chain spot trading, rather than identifying a pre-existing viral cat or a separate celebrity pet. The cat mascot belongs to that community story.
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The wide-mouth cat is Oatmeal. A preserved post from its owner describes the original clip as Oatmeal chirping at a bug. Popcat.click turned the image into a popping game with a country leaderboard.
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Mog’s project calls its mascot Joycat: a grinning cat in reflective sunglasses. It describes the character as enjoying life and staying unbothered by outside judgment.
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In the project’s fictional story, MEW is the cat hero of a world dominated by dogs. Its narrative pits MEW against Shibatoni and his henchmen. These are fictional characters, not real-world events.
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Hajimi is a Chinese internet expression associated with cats and playful humming. The Hajimi project describes its adaptation from a song lyric into wider cat culture. Its BNB token is one project using that expression; the word’s popularity is not proof of token ownership of the meme.
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Keyboard Cat began with Charlie Schmidt’s 1984 footage of Fatso. Schmidt uploaded it in 2007; the Play Him Off remixes spread in 2009. Bento and Skinny later carried on the character. The Base token project’s licensing statement is a separate claim from this documented video history.
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Several unrelated projects use the name Kitty. The current Hello Kitty project now has its own source-matched file; the intended match for the original shorthand roster entry remains unresolved. The other candidates remain here for comparison.
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Michi’s community website presents the cat as the infinite meme. Its gallery invites people into a growing world of cat remixes. The earliest original photograph and its ownership remain a research gap.
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Nubcat is the illustrated mascot presented by the nub community. The project website pairs its silly, compact cat character with a Solana token. Its artwork and social presence are the starting point for this file, rather than an invented real-cat biography.
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Catwifmask presents a masked cat as a repeatable community character. Its project site has a gallery and cat-led media alongside its Solana token. The name refers to this MASK project candidate, not every masked-cat token.
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Hehecat builds around a mischievous cat reaction and the written laugh “hehe.” The source establishes this Solana project and its identifier; the first photograph and earliest meme post still need evidence.
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Sharkcat combines a cat with shark-costume imagery. The project’s current site hosts memes, a maker, cinema, and a story archive. Claims about rights to particular cat photos must be checked separately from a token’s use of those photos.
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Mini is a small illustrated cat character shown in the MINI project’s animations and group artwork. The website credits its site and art to @plutoplato on Telegram. The Solana token is filed separately from the artist’s work.
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Bongo Cat is a simple animated cat edited to play percussion and other instruments. The interactive bongo.cat website credits StrayRogue for the artwork, DitzyFlama for the meme, and Eric Huber for the site. Token projects using the character are separate from those creators.
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The spinning cat is Ethel. Know Your Meme records owner correspondence tracing the photograph to January 2019, then a Bilibili spinning edit on April 12, 2023. The repeating sound and rotation became a remix format. The OIIAOIIA Solana token is a later, separate project.
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Giko is a Japanese Shift-JIS art cat associated with early message-board culture. Know Your Meme documents competing 1998 and 1999 origin dates, distinguishing the drawing from its developing personality. The Solana GIKO token is much later and does not own that history.
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Smudge is the white cat at the dinner table in Woman Yelling at a Cat. A June 2018 Tumblr photograph was later paired with a frame of Taylor Armstrong and Kyle Richards from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The two-image format spread in 2019. The WYAC project’s stated Taylor Armstrong connection does not settle the cat photograph’s rights.
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Meowl is a Photoshop cat-owl hybrid. Know Your Meme traces the image set to a 2013 Weibo post by zhumaokele, with Melonpi’s cat face on an owl body. Multiple Solana tokens use the image; none is selected as the definitive roster match.
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Glorp’s community presents an alien-like cat character and a shared collection of memes. Its public Telegram profile supplies the Solana mint and links the project’s website and art channel. The character’s first creator and earliest post remain open research questions.
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Nyan Cat is the pixel-art flying cat with a pastry body and rainbow trail. The original nyan.cat site explicitly says there are no official Nyan Cat coins. Multiple Solana projects use the name; their permission or reward-sharing claims must not be treated as creator endorsement.
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The el gato project presents the internet-famous standing cat and an interactive meme maker. Its site publishes the Solana mint. This establishes the project and its chosen character, while the original photograph’s creator still needs a source.
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Bingus is associated with a wide-eyed hairless cat seen being petted. Know Your Meme traces the viral name to 2020-era sharing and notes uncertainty around the original Chinese source. The Solana token’s directory listing does not establish creator affiliation.
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The supplied Solana name matches several different projects. One Gary on Sol community links a cat design to Joshua Taylor; another uses the “thank you Gary” idea. These are candidate identities, and the original reference is not resolved by either claim alone.
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Cashcat builds its identity around Cash Cat, a former working name associated with Robinhood. Its project website uses a cash-holding cat mascot and links to a 2021 post recalling that name. Robinhood’s asset statement separately describes this historical connection.
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Simon’s Cat is the animated cat created by Simon Tofield. The token documentation describes an August 2024 launch and a presence on BNB Chain and Solana. Creator IP and token deployment evidence are kept in separate source records.
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Wen’s project uses a white cat mascot and the crypto expression “wen.” Its site supplies a Solana mint and brand material. The character’s creative credits and project chronology still need fuller documentation.
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Wiki Cat presents itself as a community project with an educational identity. Its own site and community profile identify the WKC token and BNB contract. Education and community claims remain attributed to the project.
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The current Miggles project site presents the cat mascot and Base token. Older directory domains can lead elsewhere; this file uses the current miggles.io source. A project’s Coinbase-related narrative does not independently establish authorization.
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Mochi’s project presents a cat-themed community on Base. Its association with Brian Armstrong’s cat is a project narrative, not independent evidence of his endorsement of a token. The published Base contract identifies this MOCHI project.
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Hosico’s creator website documents the real cat. The Solana token is a separate community project; a creator portrait does not establish endorsement. Different old and newer token identifiers require a sourced migration trail.
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The Catwifhat community site presents the CWIF cat-with-hat project and a media gallery. Other CATWIF and WIF projects exist, so the exact token remains a separate check.
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CatSlap’s website presents slap-themed cat imagery and an interactive game around the SLAP token. The project’s game and reward claims are distinct from the provenance of any reused reaction footage.
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The Ket project presents its yellow cat character and publishes an Avalanche contract. Its whitepaper and community material identify the project’s chain. The cat portrait is separate from other orb-themed product artwork.
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The Hemule project describes its mascot through a story about Vitalik Buterin’s cat. This is a project account; it does not establish Vitalik’s participation or token endorsement. The site publishes an Ethereum contract.
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Boba Cat presents a cat-led community and animal-welfare narrative. Its documentation distinguishes a newer BOBA token from legacy PSPS. Claims involving Billy Markus or charitable impact require direct corroboration.
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Ginnan’s current project site presents a cat character, branded animation, and a Solana mint. A separate ginnan.io project describes an older token; the two are not treated as interchangeable.
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The BananaCat community site links an Ethereum and Base project. The meme image of a cat in a banana costume also appears in other tokens. This expansion entry is distinct from the unresolved Solana Bcat reference.
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The catcoinbsc.com project presents an orange cat and publishes its BNB contract. Other Catcoin sites identify Solana or other-chain tokens. This record is specifically the BNB project.
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The Nya site presents NYA branding and a contract address, with a multichain project context. The precise supported deployment set is still being checked; an address string alone is not enough to assign it to a chain.
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Tsuki’s project and linked community pages supply a Solana contract and a cat-led identity. Narrative or celebrity connections in community material remain uncorroborated unless their original sources are filed.
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Ethereum, Solana, and Robinhood Chain projects use Lmeow naming. Their sites describe different projects and addresses. No single portrait or deployment is chosen as the definitive identity in this disambiguation file.
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The Solana Pajamas project’s public Telegram portal supplies a project identity. Its website was unavailable during review. Claims about early internet-cat video history need the original video and uploader, not a token marketing summary.
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The Catwifbag community’s Telegram portal identifies the BAG project. Claimed connections to dogwifhat’s owner or photographer need direct evidence; the shared meme format alone cannot establish licensing.
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Kitten Haimer’s Linktree preserves the project’s branding and community destinations. Its old website did not provide a reliable research page during review. Current project control, the exact mint, and media credits remain open.
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Ski Mask Cat’s project page supplies its Base token contract and a profile-picture maker. It is distinct from Ski Mask Dog and from Solana Catwifmask. Access to a portrait tool does not grant a blanket artwork license.
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The CATE Ethereum site explicitly describes itself as a meme or parody community and says it is not affiliated with Kabosu, Tsutsuji, or a particular real-world cat. This is distinct from a Solana TSUTSUJI project.
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The Grumpy Cat creator site identifies Tardar Sauce and preserves the original photo. Several tokens borrow the name. That creator record establishes the cat’s identity, not authorization for any particular token.
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The project pairs a contemplative cat with jokes about hesitation and overthinking. Its website includes a cat decision button, a profile-picture tool, and a collection of community memes. The original photograph and its earliest circulation are still being researched.
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Golden Kitty uses a golden cat trophy as its mascot and presents itself as a fan tribute to Product Hunt’s Golden Kitty award associated with Robinhood in 2015. This is the project’s chosen cultural reference; the token is a separate creation.
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CateCoin’s project website dates its launch to May 2021 and describes a cat-themed community with games and decentralized applications. Its rivalry-with-dogs framing is part of the project’s branding. Claims to be the first cat coin are not established here.
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Nacho is the feline mascot of a community project connected to Kaspa. The website describes an ecosystem of community tools including Katscan, KatBot, KatGov and KatPool. Each tool’s current operation needs separate review.
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RayCat presents a cat character with a businesslike persona. The project’s website pairs the mascot with a rewards narrative and identifies a Solana deployment through StonkFun. The reward mechanism is a project claim, not a promise from KYC.
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Billion Dollar Cat, also called Billy, is a cat character built around the Bitcoin Runes community. The project website offers a meme archive, profile-picture tools, printable artwork and a 3D model. It reports a mint completion date of May 30, 2024.
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Anonymous Cat is the cat identity presented by the ZCAT launch page on StonkFun. The page identifies a Solana token trading against ZEC. The character’s first artist and original media still need attribution.
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The Solana CATE project presents a golden cat, a nine-lives narrative and the idea of a cat sister to Dogecoin. This is a distinct community project, separate from BNB CateCoin, Ethereum CATE and Robinhood CATE.
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This CATE project presents a laser-eyed cat community on Robinhood Chain. Its website supplies a different contract from the Solana, Ethereum and BNB projects using the same ticker.
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This Solana project uses Hello Kitty imagery, a gallery and sticker culture to organize a community around a familiar character. Sanrio’s character history is separate from the history of this token.
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Cets On Gold presents a slender golden cat, downloadable artwork and community stickers. Its BNB token project uses gold imagery and a stated XAUT reward mechanism as its central story.
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