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.

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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