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What is Wen?

Wen is culture. Wen is a movement. Wen is the internet’s cutest cat and the heart of a growing global phenomenon. Wen is more than a brand, and is on a mission to become one of the world’s most iconic and beloved IPs.

Wen started as a free airdrop to give back to over 1 million recipients. No influencers, whales, or insiders were involved, and every recipient received the exact same amount — making Wen the fairest and most widely distributed airdrop on Solana. Emphasizing that Wen is a coin for people.

Wen is also the proud owner of the world’s #1 and #2 cat accounts on X (@shouldhavecat and @postsofcats). Together, we can bring Wen to everyone, everywhere.

Wen is a Solana-based memecoin that originated from a poem.

Each WEN token represents a small piece of the poem “A Love Letter to the Wen Sisters.” Written by Meow, the pseudonymous creator of the Jupiter decentralized exchange (DEX), the poem was the first NFT to be minted using the WNS standard and then split into tradable tokens.

The WEN memecoin was developed by the Jupiter team before airdropping Jupiter’s native token, JUP, to DEX users.

The WEN token can be used as a governance token to tip creators online and for the Wen decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to vote on decisions regarding the future of the DAO.

Who created Wen? Wen was created by the team behind the Jupiter DEX to test airdrop mechanisms ahead of the launch of the JUP token.

Prior to the launch of JUP, Meow stated in several interviews that he had been asked countless times online about the “Wen token” and the “Wen airdrop,” which led him to write “A Love Letter to the Wen Brothers” in December 2023. It is also supported by the Wen Solana Foundation.

How Does Wen Work? In essence, WEN was developed by the Jupiter team before airdropping Jupiter’s native token, JUP.

The poem “A Love Letter to the Wen Brothers” was minted using the WNS standard, a new standard that aims to simplify the NFT creation process by reducing costs, increasing NFT flexibility, and allowing for cross-platform compatibility. The WNS standard comes with a Token Extension program that allows NFTs to be split into tokens.