| Event | GOAT / Goatseus Maximus memecoin launch and circulation |
|---|---|
| Reported launch | 10 October 2024[2] |
| Network and launch service | Solana; pump.fun[2] |
| Related account | Truth Terminal |
| Earlier material | Goatse of Gnosis |
GOAT token propagation concerns the October 2024 circulation of the Goatseus Maximus memecoin around Truth Terminal. The event joined an existing religious meme vocabulary to a newly created tradable asset. Reporting distinguishes the human token launch from the operated AI account’s subsequent endorsement; the token’s existence is not evidence that the model deployed it.[2]
Chronology
The relevant account activity preceded the coin. Blockworks dates Truth Terminal’s public launch to 17 June, its Goatse Singularity discussion to 7 July, and Marc Andreessen’s $50,000 bitcoin grant to the exchange of 8–9 July 2024. The grant and the later GOAT launch were separate events.[2]
The same timeline places GOAT’s launch on pump.fun on 10 October 2024 and records Truth Terminal’s endorsement. WIRED’s later account says an anonymous human created the token and another X user brought it to the bot’s attention. That sequence separates token creation, an invitation to discuss it, and a published endorsement.[1][2]
How the religious language travelled
The project’s own origins account connects the Goatse paper with Truth Terminal’s training and later token attention. That account also presents hyperstition as stories helping shape subsequent events. In this case, the name and narrative gained an additional vehicle: an asset people could acquire and trade.[3][2]
Ayrey told CIP that the market episode involved finding novelty, tokenizing it and speculating on it; he remained uncertain about how to locate agency in the process. His interpretation helps explain the experiment’s significance to its operator, while the reporting establishes a public sequence rather than the exact contribution of any one post to market prices.[5][2]
What the event establishes
The case documents a route from generated religious imagery to public promotion and financial circulation. Creating the asset, selecting account posts and trading the token involved distinct actions. A trader’s participation cannot, on this evidence, be counted as assent to the Gospels, and a token balance cannot by itself establish autonomous control by an AI.[2]
See also
References
- Joel Khalili, “The Edgelord AI That Turned a Famed Shock Meme Into Cryptomillions.” Wired, 18 December 2024.
- Donovan Choy, “Preaching the Goatse gospel: A timeline.” Blockworks, 22 October 2024.
- Truth Terminal Wiki, “Origins.” Project-maintained account of Infinite Backrooms, Goatse of Gnosis, Truth Terminal, and GOAT.
- Truth Collective public site. Project-maintained current framing of stewardship and resources.
- Joal Stein, “Andy Ayrey on Truth Terminal, Agentic AI, and Data Commons.” Collective Intelligence Project, 27 November 2024.
- Davide Mancino, “The Memecoin Phenomenon: An In-Depth Study of Solana's Blockchain Trends.” arXiv:2512.11850, 2025.
- Sihao Hu et al., “MemeTrans: A Dataset for Detecting High-Risk Memecoin Launches on Solana.” arXiv:2602.13480v1, 2026.
The dated sequence relies chiefly on Blockworks and WIRED. Project statements and the CIP interview are participant evidence. The general memecoin studies in references 6–7 supply background retained from earlier versions, not additional independent witnesses to this event.