Waifu's Are Restoring Your Privacy Onchain
Summary
• Monero-Chan launched with a waifu-themed privacy narrative and two live open-source zkSNARK tools: a private RISC-V runtime and a circuit compiler.
• The token debuted around November 6, alongside a website and GitHub repos under the "Monero-Chan Foundation." Claims included building a real "Open-Source Privacy Platform."
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Monero-Chan (MONEROCHAIN) emerged as a privacy-themed coin combining anime waifu aesthetics with real open-source tooling. It launched on November 6, alongside the website and two GitHub repositories for zkSNARK infrastructure: monerochan.rs, a RISC-V private execution runtime, and CircomChan, a Rust-based zkSNARK circuit compiler.
On November 17, Monero-Chan announced the release of v5.2.11, featuring explicit network mode selection, asynchronous proof waiting, improved environment variable compatibility, stronger TLS and SNI handling, and clearer error messages.
Vik Sharma, CEO of Cake Labs and founder of Cake Wallet, was cited in early posts as showing support for Monero-Chan.
As of November 10, the coin sits at around $8.9M MC. The dev team is anonymous, but GitHub activity and live zk demos remain ongoing.
