The rebrand is almost done. Here is exactly what happens to the token.
The
@gitlawb rebrand is in its final stretch. The new name, site, GitHub org and packages are being finalized now, and we'll announce them the moment everything is registered and verified. Nothing changes for you until then.
The one thing people keep asking about is the token, so here is the plan in full.
The GITLAWB contract cannot be renamed. Its name and ticker are fixed on-chain and are not ours to change. So instead of touching it, we are wrapping it.
What the wrapper is
- A new contract on (Base or Robinhood [TBD]), [NEW NAME], ticker [NEW TICKER].
- Every [NEW TICKER] is backed 1:1 by a GITLAWB held inside the contract. Deposit GITLAWB, receive the same amount of [NEW TICKER]. Unwrap back to GITLAWB at any time, in any amount, and you get exactly what you put in.
- Nothing can be minted except against a deposit. The only way a [NEW TICKER] comes into existence is a GITLAWB going into the contract, and it is burned when that GITLAWB comes back out. The supply of [NEW TICKER] always equals the GITLAWB the contract holds.
- No owner, no admin key, no pause, no fee, no tax, no recovery function. The deployer holds no special rights.
- It is OpenZeppelin's standard ERC20Wrapper with no custom logic. The contract is the OpenZeppelin ERC20 and ERC20Wrapper code plus the constructor that names the token and points it at GITLAWB. Nothing else.
On auditing
We are not commissioning a separate audit, because we are not adding code to audit. The wrapper is OpenZeppelin's own audited, widely deployed code. What we do instead: pin the exact OpenZeppelin release, run unit and fuzz tests that prove the supply always equals the GITLAWB held, run a fork test against the real GITLAWB contract on Base, run static analysis, deploy to Base Sepolia first, publish verified source on Basescan and Sourcify, and perform the first wrap and unwrap ourselves.
What this means for holders
- Nothing is required of you. Your GITLAWB stays yours and keeps working exactly as it does today. Wrapping is optional and reversible. No deadline, no snapshot, no airdrop, no swap window. Nothing expires.
- The existing GITLAWB liquidity stays where it is and totally locked forever; it isn't ours to move. A new pool for [NEW TICKER] will be seeded at launch so the wrapped token has its own market from day one. Because the two are redeemable 1:1, arbitrage keeps them close.
- Going forward, everything we build and ship carries the new name. GITLAWB remains the asset underneath it.
How to stay safe
- There will be exactly one official contract address. It will be published here, on the official X account, and on the site, and nowhere else.
- The only transaction you will ever be asked to sign is a wrap or an unwrap, on that verified address.
- Nobody from the team will ever DM you a contract, ask you to send tokens anywhere, or ask you to "migrate" by hand. Anyone doing that is a scammer.
- Until the address is published, any [NEW TICKER] you see is fake.
Why this way
A wrapper is the smallest possible change. It gives the token its new name without a new supply, new tokenomics, or any moment where you have to trust us with your tokens. Every claim above is checkable in the contract, and we'd rather you checked.