How to Buy Unicorn Meat 🦄🍖

Own a piece of Ethereum history. Created in March 2016 by Alex Van de Sande of the Ethereum Foundation.

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🏛️ Why Unicorn Meat?

Unicorn Meat was created as an on-chain April Fools' joke by Ethereum core contributor Alex Van de Sande — one of the few tradable tokens directly created by the Ethereum team. It demonstrated the first token mutation pattern on Ethereum and is now wrapped for modern trading.

Documented and verified on EthereumHistory →

1

Get a Crypto Wallet

You need a wallet that supports Ethereum. The most popular options:

💡 Already have a wallet? Skip to Step 2.
2

Add ETH to Your Wallet

You'll need ETH (Ether) to swap for Unicorn Meat. You can buy ETH on:

💡 Buying on Base? Base has lower gas fees. You can bridge ETH to Base using Base Bridge or buy Base ETH directly on Coinbase.
3

Choose Your DEX

Unicorn Meat trades on decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Pick one:

🦄 Uniswap

Most popular DEX
Ethereum Base

🐮 CoW Swap

Better prices (MEV protection)
Ethereum
4

Connect & Swap

On the DEX:

  1. Click "Connect Wallet" and approve the connection
  2. Make sure ETH is the "from" token
  3. The "to" token should be w🍖 (Wrapped Unicorn Meat)
  4. Enter the amount of ETH you want to swap
  5. Click Swap and confirm in your wallet
⚠️ Always verify the contract address:
Ethereum Contract:
0xDFA208BB0B811cFBB5Fa3Ea98Ec37Aa86180e668
Base Contract:
0xa0ff877E3d4f3a108B1B3d5eB3e4369301D2b2D7
5

You Own Unicorn Meat! 🎉

w🍖 will appear in your wallet after the transaction confirms. You now own a piece of Ethereum history — a token created by the Ethereum Foundation itself.

💡 Track your investment: View the live chart on DexScreener.

🤝 Sister Token: MistCoin ($WMC)

Unicorn Meat's creator, Alex Van de Sande, also co-created MistCoin — the very first ERC-20 token, deployed on November 3, 2015. Together, they're the two oldest living Ethereum tokens from the Ethereum Foundation.

How to Buy MistCoin →

Ready to Buy? 🦄🍖

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