Author: jk, Odaily
Around early morning on February 13th Beijing time, X platform user Vee (@theveeman) asked CZ in a tweet thread: "CZ, do you have a pet dog?"
The recently unusually active CZ said: "Yes, not a Shiba Inu, but a Belgian Malinois."
As soon as the news came out, about a hundred people in the comments replied: What's the dog's name? Tell us its name and photo! Oh, I love dogs, I used to volunteer at an animal shelter in the US, I just can't help but ask, what's the dog's name? We really just want to see how cute your dog is!
Of course, these people all had the intention of creating a MEME coin. And CZ was well aware of this, so he later posted a tweet:
"An honest newbie question. How does this work? If I share my dog's name and photo, will people create a MEME coin? How do I know which one is the 'official' one? Or does it not matter at all? (I see a lot of people asking for the name and photo.)"
Afterwards, several KOL accounts in the comments explained the mechanism of MEME coins, including the consensus mechanism that among several MEME coins of the same name, one larger one will eventually become the "official" MEME.
Then after a series of Twitter interactions, CZ later tweeted:
"Now I have the answer. (MEME coins are) an interesting way of operating. I'll take about a day as usual to really think about this big decision. Respect privacy, or expose the dog's information for the cause? Oh, maybe even interact with a few MEME coins on the BNB Chain."
Subsequently, someone tweeted in the comments: "Just post a random dog photo with a random name, the effect should be the same." CZ replied: "No, that would be lying. If I do it, I'll do it right. Just sharing a photo and name of a dog."
The full story ends here. But the eagle-eyed netizens haven't let this go: they've dug up all kinds of clues about CZ's dog from various old information. On this point, there are many different opinions, with some saying the name is Perry, some saying Bean, some saying Maverick, and even Cleo and other various names. Subsequently, of course, various MEME coins have appeared frequently.
Some have even dug up a post from the Binance official account in 2020, which compiled the pet names of several Binance employees at the time, and speculated that one of them might be CZ's:
There are also people who have posted a photo of a dog wearing Binance clothes, pretending (or not pretending) that it's CZ's dog:
There are also foreign KOLs who, through very old Chinese articles and translation software, have tried to prove that CZ has another dog, a Springer Spaniel named Sadie:
There are even people offering a bounty of $100,000-$200,000 to CZ's acquaintances to find out the dog's name, which just shows how crazy this world can be:
Some even say, who knows CZ's former cellmate, they must have talked a lot in the four months, so you can ask that person if they know the dog's name.
Currently, if CZ really releases a MEME, it is most likely to be issued on the BNB Chain, and it is unknown whether it will be one of the above-mentioned names that have been speculated about. MEME enthusiasts have already rolled up their sleeves and are ready to interact with BNB on the chain. It is also possible that under the current environment, CZ chooses not to issue this MEME. In any case, the answer will be revealed tomorrow.
