AI Summary
PepeCoin's creators explain why they built a dedicated proof-of-work blockchain for the meme coin, how it stands out from thousands of other meme tokens, and why mining ensures fairer distribution than staking.
- PepeCoin was created because no dedicated blockchain existed for the "Pepe" meme culture—most meme tokens are made on platforms like Pump.fun or Ethereum and lack their own ecosystem.
- The team chose proof-of-work mining over proof-of-stake because PoW rewards those who secure the network (miners) rather than the largest holders, enabling fairer coin distribution.
- PepeCoin uses merged mining, the same technology that secures Dogecoin, making it an attractive and proven security model.
- On CoinMarketCap, only about 50 proof-of-work coins have verified market caps; PepeCoin ranks as the second-largest PoW meme coin after Dogecoin.
- Most PoW chains are "ghost chains" with little active mining, while PepeCoin maintains a live, operational network.
- The project positions itself as "community first," prioritizing people and culture alongside real blockchain infrastructure.
- The vast majority of meme coins are purely tradable tokens with no utility or ecosystem, whereas PepeCoin offers a full standalone chain.
For anyone interested in mining or meme coins, PepeCoin's proof-of-work approach provides a rare opportunity to earn coins through hashrate rather than capital, and the project's unique position as a top-tier PoW meme coin makes it worth watching.
Transcript
Can everyone hear me okay? Oh yeah, oh yeah everything is fine. I was going can you hear me? Yeah, yeah, yeah
Okay, that's everything. I mean, I think my mic my mic wasn't working so I mean it was a small introduction from my side
Habit connect guys as he is taking so everything works well from my side
Good to connect good to see you that's our first meeting probably and you know
I have lots of things to discuss, right?
We're a little bit late, but I think everything is is going really well right now
So who's behind the PFP of peppercoin? How is going and I mean what's up? What's new?
Yeah, not much
just
What we've been doing is we've
Don't work it on a merch store. So that's mostly where my time has been going
How about you? I mean pretty well pretty well
Let me I don't know what's going on with my microphone
I hope you can hear me now, but yeah, I mean I'm doing pretty well
I've been waiting for the space for a few days for sure from the from the end of the previous week
So have you to help it to be here because again as I said we have lots of things to discuss
I think our community is also super interested in all more about you especially about mining side of it because yeah
I mean
I think we could start right I think Maria could probably join our stage feel free to send you send me a request and
You know I'm you yourself, but I think we could start right so
I would love to start with just you know kind of a small introduction from your side
so why was the
Pappacoin created and why you choose Papp as a symbol because you know
It's like a cultural identity like kind of cultural symbol especially on the crypto field
and I would love to learn more like
why you've chosen it and
Why you're still with Pappacan
Right, yeah, so when it comes to cryptocurrencies, I
I'm kind of like old school. I like the blockchains
Yeah, like dogecoin like like coin Bitcoin
And as far as I'm concerned there is no
Pappacoin you know you there's no
You know before this project there was no
blockchain that you could actually that was dedicated for Pappa so
Essentially it just didn't exist
You know a lot of people make token tokens like all the time like they're you know making tokens on pump up on or
You know a theorem or whatever
But they just they you know they're they're tradable you can trade them
But you can't really use them in the way that you can use you can't develop an ecosystem around them
In the way that you can with something that's on its own chain and so that was what really
Sparked the interest in creating a Pappacoin
That was on its own blockchain
The good one and another quick question from you why
Why mining why not staking so in this year of you know kind of more
Let's say sustainable chains why you've chosen the the mining side of the crypto
I believe in proof of work. I think the proof of work is much better
well
There's a
There's a different a big difference in the distribution of coins when it comes to proof of work versus proof of stake
proof of stake tends to
Help the bigger holders
So the larger the larger bag that you have the larger that your your bag is going to grow
And so that does
Doesn't do a great job of distributing the coins
Whereas with mining you have the people who are essentially securing the network the most with mining and hash rate
Those people are the ones that are being rewarded and not necessarily the people who have the biggest holders
So anybody can go out
Buy an asick miner and start mining on the network and they can earn more coins than even the largest holders of the coin and I think that that's
That's something that was very attractive to us and plus
You know on top of that the
The fact that merged mining was something that you know doge coin is secured with that was also
enticing to
Secure Pepe coin with that same technology
Definitely and just a quick addition. I think I mean to be honest right now is the best time to joining like any mining
Side of the crypts of field because we see especially on the mining sector of the of the any any pools you'll take
It's kind of a small pilot right into the
Adderly into the infrastructure and I mean to be honest from my side
The mining even a bit coin is falling the mining is growing in case of a special in case of like fundamental product
You're providing for the users for the companies. I mean, and that's why we're making this space
It's right. So I mean amazing answers. I think we could switch to let's say more kind of
uh, you know kind of an exposure from your side because that's kind of you know an average question that
Usually, I mean especially me asking any any projects that we're talking with
On the sessions and the chats everywhere. So I would love to learn more what
makes
Epic coin different from other meme coins because usually I mean from my experience when I'm searching
I mean, I mean when I open like let's say coin
Goi-maki cap right to the meme coin section. I'm scrolling. I'm checking. I mean that's amazing. Luke's dope
The artwork is is great. I mean, but on the other hand, there is like nothing special from from
Most of the projects on the meme on the meme side especially. So yeah, that's the first question
And the second one is how does peppercoin
combine this kind of meme culture and the real blockchain technology and especially mining because
it's not like an average saying when you're a dropping a meme coin and you're like
I'm also going to be on the mining side of it. So I would love to know more about this type of
Top of questions from yes, I
Yeah, so to go to coin market cap
So if you actually go on coin market cap right now and you sort by you know meme coins, there are you know
Thousands and thousands of coins. I think probably probably tens of thousands of coins or
Actually, you know, that's interesting that you say I think I saw stats from pump.fun that they had created something around
13 million tokens since 2023 and I think that that was quoted in 2025
um, so
It's it's it's more probably in the millions of tokens though they might not all be listed on coin market cap
Um, but the point is is that on coin market cap they have you know, there's tons and tons of tokens out there
But on coin market cap there is a proof of work section
That you could open up and if you go onto that section there are
under 200 coins proof of work coins on coin market cap
and of those 200 coins
I think only about 50 of them have verified market caps. They're actually alive
And if you drill into each one of those you'll see probably I would say that
Most of those chains are ghost chains not very many people are if any are mining them
Of those 25
Pepe coins sits in the top or of those 50 pepe coins sits in the top 25
and of those 25
there are
I believe there are two meme coins now this this data might be out of date. I'm going off top of my head um, but
um
There is you know, at the top 25 there is doge coin which sits in the number one proof of work meme coin and pepe coin is number two
So pepe coin is the number two proof of work meme coin
Um, and so there really is no other meme coin like pepe coin other than doge
Um, there are a few other
script chains that have popped up recently
They're doing uh fairly well
They're all merge minaboo as well
But in terms of the vast majority of meme coins there is really nothing like pepe coin so
um
Yeah, I think we're we're doing something that's very unique
And what was your second question if you could repeat that please? Oh, oh, yeah sure
So I mean the second one was uh, how you're combining the meme culture
The blockchain technology and I think especially mining because again
It's not like an average thing when you're launching a mean token and you're like connecting it to the mind like it's really interesting concept to be honest
Yeah, yeah, so um
What we do like everything we do at pepe coin is
People first so so we say that we're a community first coin and what that means is basically
Our focus is on people
So it's it's on uh, you know relationships with people
You know real connections
I you know a lot of people in crypto that try to you know kind of
creative uh, you know
Community of bots make themselves look like they're that they've grown a lot
Um, I think there's some music playing
Can anyone listen is it only me who's listening to what's
I can I can hear some music
Wait, let me check it out this pretty strange
Uh, okay
All right, um
So like I was saying you know, we're uh, community first and our focus really is on people. That's what that means
um, and so
What we're trying to do is we're trying to create a place where people can come
And you know, we have a lot of people that are brand new in crypto and never just like pepe coin is their first coin ever
um, and
What pepe coin
What we're trying to do a pepe coin is be like a safe place for people to learn about
blockchain blockchain technology
Uh, learn how to you know manage their coins in a safe way
And basically just ask questions and get to know people in the community
And I think you know, I saw a message in our discord just this morning
I forget exactly who it was to set up, but they were um, you know, they're basically saying that
You know
They were gonna stick around and and they were
Um, like no matter what happens with the coin they you know, they're the friendships and the people they have gotten to know and the community
is the main reason why they
um
Would are sticking around and and dedicating themselves and I think that that's really important because
um, when you create real relationships with people when they come in they see the same faces and they talk to the same people every day
And they get to know the people that are actually in the community
uh, that creates real human connection
And that's something that you really can't fake and it's something that I think that
gives Pepe coin at strength
And I think that will make the long term will make our community extremely resilient to any kind of market conditions
Um, and I think that that is
That's our strength is our focus on people
And that's that's the approach that we've uh, went with and I think
We're doing a really good job with that
I mean, that's for sure remember because I mean again coming back to your stats about the fond fun
There is another stats. I don't remember the actual number but from this mean token is that you've been
Talking about this kind of millions of tokens. I think more than 80 maybe 90% of them being just dumped right was kind of a Ponzi seeing
I mean low cap
projects overall no community just kind of great dark zone right and that's really great to to see the project
They're like combining not only this kind of
Neme narrative and only community side of it but also kind of a technology
So I mean, that's that's probably why we're just you know
decided to connect and you know just to continue our amazing collapse
So yeah, I mean, that's great
And I just want to like slightly move to the
To another member of EMCD Maria. I hope you were with us. So would love to
Also, how is going first of all and secondly feel free to unmute yourself and continue the discussion here
Hi everyone team. Thank you for the introduction. I hope everyone is doing great and
I think that we can continue
um as previously uh you mentioned about um
script
Merch mining so I would love to speak a little bit about
technology behind peppy coin
Maybe you can explain a little bit what exactly is merge mining and how does it work
because actually
Previously, I didn't know about that
And let's say what advantages does merge mining provide compared