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Luckycoin ($LKY) is a cryptocurrency that launched in May 2013, by an anonymous developer called LuckyC.
In August 2024 a backup of the Luckycoin blockchain from 2013 was discovered and the chain was revived from block 81,743, thus enshrining as much of the history of Luckycoin as possible in the current actively mined chain.
Luckycoin could be considered the oldest active 'memecoin' in existence at the time of writing. Although the concept of memecoin hadn't taken hold back in May of 2013 it's clear that Luckycoin offers no utility and instead was described by LuckyC as 'Fast, Fun & Fair' with a playful introduction on the Bitcoin Talk forums.
What's the Dogecoin connection?
Luckycoin is the coin that Billy Markus forked to created Bellscoin and is an important part of the Dogecoin lineage, which in Markus' own words goes:
Considering that Markus stated he spent only 10 minutes forking Luckycoin to create Bellscoin, and just 2 hours (mostly changing the font to Comic Sans) to create Dogecoin, it's clear that Luckycoin forms an intrinsic part of the Dogecoin lineage.
How many Luckycoin are there in circulation?
Luckycoin's maximum supply is approximately 20 million coins. It's an approximate amount due to Luckycoin's 'Lucky Blocks' which randomly offer 2x, 5x or 58x opportunities.
You can view the circulating supply here on this very page under Total Supply or find more detail on this community built website.
It's worth bearing in mind that approx 8 million $LKY were mined in 2013 and could potentially be deemed lost forever if the holders no longer have access to those 11 year old wallets. There are of course no guarantees that this is the case though.
Where can I buy Luckycoin ($LKY)?
You can buy Luckycoin right now on NonKYC where it is tradeable against USDC.
What are the Luckycoin blockchain tokenomics?
Luckycoin offers 1 minute block times, with halvings occurring every 100,000 blocks. You can find more details on Luckycoin's halving schedule here.
Can I mine Luckycoin?
Yes. Luckycoin is a Proof of Work cryptocurrency which uses the Scrypt algorithm.
Who is behind the Luckycoin revival?
A community of passionate volunteers who believe in preserving a piece of blockchain history.
The live Luckycoin price today is $1.57 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $149,245 USD. We update our LKY to USD price in real-time. Luckycoin is up 9.59% in the last 24 hours. The current CoinMarketCap ranking is #692, with a live market cap of $30,414,790 USD. It has a circulating supply of 19,326,319 LKY coins and a max. supply of 20,000,000 LKY coins.