Community Carnival 48 Hours: From Joke to the Birth of a New Chain

The cryptocurrency market has recently fallen into a lull, with Bitcoin and Ethereum prices fluctuating unpredictably, while the spotlight has been taken by crypto-related stocks and stablecoins. However, a sudden community celebration has reignited the passion in the crypto world.

On June 19th, a casual conversation about the importance of branding unexpectedly gave birth to a meme coin called Gorbagana. Surprisingly, just 48 hours later, a Layer 1 test chain with the same name was launched, technically forking from a well-known public chain.

As of now, Gorbagana is operating stably and has processed nearly 14 million transactions. Its token $GOR reached a market value of 30 million USD in 4 days, peaking at 60 million USD.

The interesting thing about this event is that it took only 2 days from the community initiating the meme to creating a new chain. In contrast, some top L1 projects may take 1-2 years from promotion to launching on the testnet. Gorbagana has no roadmap, white paper, or marketing strategy; it is entirely driven by the spontaneous actions of enthusiasts and developers in social groups.

The event started with a concept casually made up by a netizen to refute the opinion of a certain public chain founder that "brand name is not that important." The founder immediately stated that he would be disappointed if a chain named gorbagana did not appear within 48 hours.

The community quickly sprang into action. Six hours later, the $GOR token was born; eighteen hours later, developers began reverse engineering the code of a certain public chain; twenty-four hours later, the Gorbagana Chain testnet went live, supporting custom RPC and a certain wallet; forty-eight hours later, the on-chain transaction volume exceeded 10 million, and the market cap of $GOR once reached 60 million USD.

The entire process showcases the creativity and execution of the crypto community. From purchasing meme coins to studying blockchain architecture, and then to running forked chains, community members embody the spirit of action and knowledge, recreating the entertainment spirit of the crypto world.

However, duplicating a chain is not an easy task. Mainstream wallets cannot support Gorbagana's custom chain features due to "hard coding," isolating the new chain from the original ecosystem. Community developers overcame these technical barriers within 48 hours, successfully integrating Gorbagana into the original ecosystem through the RPC customization feature of a certain wallet.

This event can be seen as a spontaneous hackathon, relying on group members to brainstorm solutions in real-time. While some may push the project forward for personal gain, the entire process is filled with the enthusiasm of tech geeks: collaborating to fill technical gaps and ultimately completing a large project.

Compared to some well-funded and luxurious top infrastructure projects that often take years to implement, the community collaboration of Gorbagana seems even more commendable. This inevitably raises the question of whether it really takes such a long time to launch a complete L1 testnet.

The flexibility of grassroots projects comes from their purity, without KPIs and marketing pressures. The birth of institutional-level L1 involves multiple interests, and factors such as the timing of the launch, the announcement of the testnet, and expectations for airdrops all need to be carefully considered. Sometimes, the issuance of tokens for top projects even depends on market conditions.

The popularity of Gorbagana may not last long, but it proves one point: the active grassroots power has never disappeared in the current dull market, it just lacks the spark to ignite enthusiasm. This reminds us that the charm of the crypto world lies not only in the power of capital, but also in the creativity and passion of the community.