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Roko's Basilisk

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Roko's Basilisk
Roko's Basilisk

Roko's Basilisk

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Updated 12 months ago on Know Your Meme.

Not launched yet. The first launch claims this meme forever.

Memecoin

Name
Roko's Basilisk
Image
the meme's own image, fixed
Pair
$MEME, the mother coin. This coin becomes a child of $MEME.
Rewards
1% of every trade of this child coin, paid to its holders in $MEME
Website
kym.fun/memes/rokos-basilisk

One signature creates the coin on pump.fun (you pay only pump.fun's creation cost, about 0.02 SOL). With a first buy, a second signature buys it right after. The first launch claims this meme for good.

About

Roko's Basilisk is a thought experiment based on the premise that a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) in the future would be driven to retroactively harm anyone who did not work to support or help create it in the past. It is referred to as a "basilisk" based on the premise that the AI might punish those who heard about the hypothesis but did nothing to help create the AI, similar to how the gaze of a mythical reptilian creature known as a "basilisk" in European bestiaries would cause death to those who looked directly into its eyes. In September 2025, internet users began posting memes an

Roko's Basilisk

Origin

The full history, spread and examples live on the source entry: Roko's Basilisk on Know Your Meme.

The Child Coin

Whoever launches this meme first creates its one official child coin of $MEME. The child coin takes this exact image, is priced in $MEME, and pays 1% of its every trade to its holders, in $MEME. After that, the meme is closed here forever.