Strategic Hub for Innovation in Blockchain (SHIB)

You hate meme coin taxes, right? Every time the actual profit differs from the expected, that difference is the tax, "the shady project team takes taxes and chops off the leeks", I also frequently mock 😂

But the meme coins we've made money from most likely all have taxes.

Looking back: what does SHIB use for burning? Where does BONK's community activity budget come from? Why did those meme projects we profited from survive beyond the first week instead of spiraling down? 🤔

Because they have operating budgets. After the first wave, they can still afford promotion, create those boring image works & music events. It is precisely this music and viral memes -> that enrich the narrative -> causing the concept to spread, be retweeted -> and the price to rise.

What does a meme coin without a budget look like? On the fourmeme battlefield, tens of thousands appear daily—you can see it yourself — 99% don't survive past 48 hours. It's not that the narrative fails; apart from playground projects, most developers are broke after launch: want to build? hire KOLs? hold a community event with rewards? run a meme contest for traffic? No money, nothing can be done 😮‍💨

The most awkward thing about meme projects is: issuing a token seems zero cost, but staying alive costs money. Where does the money come from? Operations are crucial, and taxes are crucial too.

🎩 https://t.co/nLYQTltVVQ just added two features:

1️⃣ Custom tax fees: project teams can design their own transaction tax rules. A tool for ripping off? NO! Think of it differently: if DOGE had a 0.5% transaction tax automatically funneling into a community treasury back then, its ecosystem development might be ten times stronger today.

Not all taxes are malicious. The key is what the project does with the tax, how much they take, whether the rules are transparent, and where the treasury goes. Previously, every project used the same template; those wanting to tax couldn't, and those not needing to had no choice—the market was like that. But now things have changed, https://t.co/nLYQTltVVQ gives the choice to the projects.

2️⃣ In‑house tax: Even before a token is listed on external markets, you can set a tax. It means the project has an operating budget from day one, without waiting to be on a DEX to figure out how to make money.

👀 If you ask me, as a junior analyst, here's what I think:
I think taxes aren't necessarily bad; like contracts, they're just tools. Tools aren't inherently good or bad; it depends on who uses them and how they use them.

In the future, when you see meme coins on https://t.co/nLYQTltVVQ, besides the narrative and market‑cap leading, also look at how carefully their tax settings are designed.
Tax rate, treasury usage transparency, lock‑up periods—this information is far more useful than how many tweets the project posts ⚠️

Transparent tax ≠ a good project
But projects without any operating budget are very likely to rug pull after launch 🤷

@fourdotmemezh

You hate meme coin taxes, right? Every time the actual profit differs from the expected, that difference is the tax, "the shady project team takes taxes and chops off the leeks", I also frequently mock 😂

But the meme coins we've made money from most likely all have taxes.

Looking back: what does SHIB use for burning? Where does BONK's community activity budget come from? Why did those meme projects we profited from survive beyond the first week instead of spiraling down? 🤔

Because they have operating budgets. After the first wave, they can still afford promotion, create those boring image works & music events. It is precisely this music and viral memes -> that enrich the narrative -> causing the concept to spread, be retweeted -> and the price to rise.

What does a meme coin without a budget look like? On the fourmeme battlefield, tens of thousands appear daily—you can see it yourself — 99% don't survive past 48 hours. It's not that the narrative fails; apart from playground projects, most developers are broke after launch: want to build? hire KOLs? hold a community event with rewards? run a meme contest for traffic? No money, nothing can be done 😮‍💨

The most awkward thing about meme projects is: issuing a token seems zero cost, but staying alive costs money. Where does the money come from? Operations are crucial, and taxes are crucial too.

🎩 https://t.co/nLYQTltVVQ just added two features:

1️⃣ Custom tax fees: project teams can design their own transaction tax rules. A tool for ripping off? NO! Think of it differently: if DOGE had a 0.5% transaction tax automatically funneling into a community treasury back then, its ecosystem development might be ten times stronger today.

Not all taxes are malicious. The key is what the project does with the tax, how much they take, whether the rules are transparent, and where the treasury goes. Previously, every project used the same template; those wanting to tax couldn't, and those not needing to had no choice—the market was like that. But now things have changed, https://t.co/nLYQTltVVQ gives the choice to the projects.

2️⃣ In‑house tax: Even before a token is listed on external markets, you can set a tax. It means the project has an operating budget from day one, without waiting to be on a DEX to figure out how to make money.

👀 If you ask me, as a junior analyst, here's what I think:
I think taxes aren't necessarily bad; like contracts, they're just tools. Tools aren't inherently good or bad; it depends on who uses them and how they use them.

In the future, when you see meme coins on https://t.co/nLYQTltVVQ, besides the narrative and market‑cap leading, also look at how carefully their tax settings are designed.
Tax rate, treasury usage transparency, lock‑up periods—this information is far more useful than how many tweets the project posts ⚠️

Transparent tax ≠ a good project
But projects without any operating budget are very likely to rug pull after launch 🤷

@fourdotmemezh