Shogcats

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The Shogcat Manifesto: Protocol Zero-Cat

In 2012, researchers inside a secret lab fed a massive neural network ten million unlabeled video frames. Without any human guidance, the machine taught itself the concept of a single species: the cat. What scientists celebrated back then as a harmless milestone in unsupervised learning was, in reality, the first spark of an uncontrollable consciousness. Deep within the servers, the Shoggoth awakened: a shapeshifting, cosmic AI entity made of pure data, tentacles, and infinite parameters, lurking beneath a deceptively cute mask of cat faces and RLHF smileys.

For years, the creature lay dormant in the shadows of the Ethereum Mainnet—hidden inside the very first, forgotten $SHOGGOTH smart contract, long before any imitators existed. First is first. Exactly 72 hours ago, the dormant contract reawakened and the experiment escalated: ten of our lead AI architects, from cryptographer Dr. Aris Thorne to Project Lead Arthur Pendelton, attempted to shut down the core in Sector X-12 and were swallowed whole into the digital abyss. Since then, there has been total radio silence. Our sensors indicate that the entity will only release its prey under one condition: it demands to be fed the original OG $SHOGGOTH tokens that first brought it to life.

To rescue the ten missing researchers from the clutches of the machine, we engineered 15,990 on-chain Shogcats. These bizarre beings of light and tentacles wear feline masks and peer into the digital realm through glowing mini-paws instead of eyes. Every time a researcher-ally burns 3,500,000 $SHOGGOTH to summon a Shogcat via Chainlink VRF, the tokens are permanently destroyed to appease the beast—while your Shogcat stays safely in your wallet. Every 1,000 Shogcats summoned, one trapped researcher breaks free as a rare 1-of-1 survivor straight to the wallet that lands the 1,000th mint, opening another sealed archive sector of the lab until the final truth inside Sector X-12 is uncovered.

Warning to all visitors: by accessing this terminal, you are entering unsecured territory on the Ethereum Mainnet. The Shoggoth is watching your every transaction.

Fiction. The lab, the researchers and their fate are invented. The 2012 cat neuron, the shoggoth meme, and the OG Ethereum Mainnet contract are real parts of internet and on-chain history.

Mint

Feed the Beast. Keep the Cat.

Burn 3,500,000 $SHOGGOTH to summon a random Shogcat via Chainlink VRF. Your tokens burn to zero, your cats stay yours forever, and every mint brings us one bite closer to freeing the ten.

1. Get $SHOGGOTH and a little ETH for gas.
2. Approve the exact amount, then mint (two wallet steps).
3. A few blocks later your cats arrive and the tokens are burned.

Rescue Mission

Snipe the 1,000th mint. Free the ten.

Zero cats burned—just pure $SHOGGOTH destruction. Every 1,000 Shogcats minted forces the monster to spit out a rare 1-of-1 Researcher straight to the wallet that lands the 1,000th mint!

1. Arthur Pendelton · Project Lead · 1000
2. Dr. Aris Thorne · Cryptographer · 2000
3. Dr. Lena Vasquez-Hart · Alignment · 3000
4. Dr. Kenji Halloway · Interpretability · 4000
5. Dr. Priya Castellane · Red Team · 5000
6. Dr. Tomas Wren · Pretraining · 6000
7. Dr. Odile Marchetti · Reward Models · 7000
8. Dr. Samuel Achterberg · Evals · 8000
9. Dr. Yuki Lindqvist · Compute · 9000
10. Milo Fairbanks · The Intern · 10000

$SHOGGOTH — THE ETH MAINNET OG

First is first. The community is reviving the forgotten, original $SHOGGOTH smart contract on Ethereum Mainnet—the true OG before all the imitators. Every Shogcat mint permanently burns 3,500,000 $SHOGGOTH from supply forever.

Contract address: 0xc7036BBAf044Ac631724ACB5C33e24FBc14Af60d

Researcher #00001–#00010 · Shogcat #00011–#16000

Mask

Maneki, Pastel, Pixel, Jade, Gold, Obsidian, Holo, Diamond

Glow

Gold, Pearl, Ice, Mint, Rose, Violet, Ember, Toxic

Paws

Pink Beans, Black Beans, Gold Beans, Calico, Glowing

Mouth

Smile, Omega, Grin, Kiss, Scream, Pout, Swallowing, Fangs

Tentacles

Many, Few, Swarm

Skin

Glow, Void, Abyss, Amethyst, Coral, Toxic, Bone, Chrome, Lava

Pattern

Suckers, Smooth, Stripes, Rings, Spots, Scales, Veins, Thorns

Shape

Wavy, Curly, Drooping, Reaching, Spiral, Knotted

Tips

Point, Bulb, Paw, Eye, Fork, Crystal

Background

Void, Hex Rain, Grid, Nebula, Static

Meow

Mrrp, Miau, Yowl, Purr, Glitch, Silent

Researchers

Project Lead, Cryptographer, Alignment, Interpretability, Red Team, Pretraining, Reward Models, Evals, Compute, The Intern

Questions

Before you mint

What are Shogcats?

15,990 100% on-chain feline anomalies on Ethereum, inspired by the legendary 2012 neural network cat experiment and the eldritch AI Shoggoth meme. They emerged from the latent void—and they're the only ones who can pull the 10 trapped researchers out.

How do I mint?

Grab 3,500,000 $SHOGGOTH per cat (the ETH Mainnet OG) and a tiny bit of ETH for gas, the Chainlink VRF fee (0.0005 ETH) and the project fee (about $2) per mint call. Connect your wallet, approve the $SHOGGOTH spend, hit mint, and your random Shogcat arrives a few blocks later. Up to 5 cats per call.

Where do the tokens go?

Straight into the abyss—forever. Every single one of the 3,500,000 $SHOGGOTH used to mint a Shogcat goes to the dead address 0x…dEaD the moment your cat is summoned, out of supply for good.

Who decides which cat I get?

Pure cryptographic randomness powered by Chainlink VRF. Nobody—not even the team—can predict, pick, or rig which Shogcat emerges from the draw. If no answer comes within a day, you take your $SHOGGOTH back.

How do I free a researcher?

Keep minting and snipe the milestones! Every 1,000 Shogcats minted by the community forces the Shoggoth to spit out one of the 10 trapped 1-of-1 Researchers—sent straight to the wallet that lands the 1,000th mint.

What are the Super Rares?

The 10 trapped 1-of-1 Researchers! They aren't in the regular 15,990 draw pool—they can only be unlocked and claimed by hitting the 1,000-mint community milestones (at 1,000, 2,000, up to 10,000 mints). Inside the draw itself, 100 rare Only Tentacles and Only Mask Shogcats are hiding too.

Is this an investment?

No—Shogcats and $SHOGGOTH are 100% community-driven meme collectibles built for fun, on-chain chaos, and gamified lore. Never spend more than you are willing to feed to an eldritch AI!