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HISTORY: 10 years ago today, Rare Pepes entered crypto history.
On September 9, 2016, an anonymous creator known as “Mike” posted RAREPEPE, the first card of the Rare Pepe project, on the Counterparty platform.
The Series 1, Card 1 “Nakamoto” card was issued in a limited supply of 300 and became an early example of tokenized digital art on Bitcoin’s ecosystem.
Years before the NFT boom, Rare Pepes showed that memes, art and digital ownership could be tied to blockchain-based assets.
The project eventually grew into 1,774 official cards across 36 series, becoming one of the most notable early chapters in crypto-art history.