Meme coins can be said to be the main narrative of 2024, and there will be some short stories of getting rich from time to time. While the VC coins on the exchange are still falling all the way, there are still some opportunities to make money on the chain. So how many golden dogs have appeared in the market in the past year, and how many people have caught them?

Take the break of the current market, we can review and summarize, roughly calculate the Golden Dog data of different chains, and learn more about whether the wealth-making effect of Meme coins is real and how strong it is.

1. Which chains have the most golden dogs?

The three chains with the highest frequency of Jingou Meme coins are SOL, Base, and BNB.

Other chains will also have scattered golden dogs, but the probability is lower.

(1) The Solana chain has low cost, high performance and relatively complete meme coin tools, such as pumpfun, so this public chain can be said to have the soil for meme coin development and gold-burning dogs.

(2) Base has significantly increased its number of golden dogs, but its maturity is still not as good as Solana.

(3) BNB Chain is an old public chain that relies on Binance's strong promotion and has also emerged many Golden Dog projects.

(4) Ethereum has a high gas fee and a low winning rate of Meme coins, but once a cash dog appears, the wealth effect is strong.

(5) On Tron (Tron), star projects such as SUNDOG have appeared before, and have risen with the help of SunPump, but the window period is very short.

(6) Emerging chains such as Sui/Aptos have a relatively new ecosystem and few golden dogs.

The next data statistics are mainly concentrated in these chains.

2. How many golden dogs have appeared in these chains in the past year?

We can count more quantitatively here.

First define what a Golden Dog is, mainly in three dimensions:

Growth: The increase reaches more than 50 times after it is launched.

Market value: The peak market value exceeds US$100 million.

Popularity: Having significant community support, or attracting large-scale traffic in a short period of time (such as celebrity endorsement)

According to this statistical definition, we can roughly count:

(1) Solana

About 1500-2000 new trading pairs per day, about 550,000-730,000 Meme coins in one year.

The proportion of those who meet the "Golden Dog" standard further narrowed to about 0.1%-0.3%. Considering the volatility and data conservatism, only 10%-20% may meet the "Golden Dog" conditions, that is, 55-219.

Combining the actual activity, it is conservatively estimated that the number of golden dogs on Solana in the past year is 100-150.

(2) Base

About 2,000-3,000 new trading pairs per day, about 730,000-1.1 million Meme coins in a year.

The proportion of high-quality projects is lower than that of Solana, and the proportion that meets the "Golden Dog" standard is about 0.05%-0.2%. Considering the volatility and data conservatism, only 10%-20% may meet the "Golden Dog" conditions, that is, 36-220.

Considering that the Base ecosystem is relatively new, it is estimated that the number of Golden Dogs in the past year is 50-80.

(3) BNB Chain

About 500-1,000 new trading pairs per day, about 180,000-3 within a year60,000 Meme coins.

Golden Dogs account for about 0.1%-0.2%. Considering the volatility and data conservatism, only 10%-20% may meet the "Golden Dog" conditions, that is, 18-72.

Conservatively estimated that the number of golden dogs in the past year was 30-50.

Ethereum has fewer daily trading pairs due to high Gas fee restrictions, and the proportion of Golden Dogs is low. It is supported by top projects. It is conservatively estimated that the number of Golden Dogs in the past year was 10-15.

Tron chain is mainly driven by the SunPump boom, with medium daily trading pairs and limited number of golden dogs. It is conservatively estimated that the number of golden dogs in the past year is 10-20.

Emerging chains (such as Sui, Aptos, Bitcoin Runes) have immature ecology and few golden dogs. It is conservatively estimated that the number of golden dogs in the past year was 5-15.

3. What is the time distribution of these meme coins and gold dogs?

To display it more clearly, I divided the time into four quarters (2024 Q2, Q3, Q4 and 2025 Q1), and counted the number of "Golden Dog" Meme coins by chain.

（1）Solana占主导地位：每个季度金狗数量最多，2024 Q2和2025 Q1为高峰（30-40个），2024 Q2是Meme币热潮的初期，2025 Q1则是Meme币的顶峰。

(2) Base grows rapidly: from 10-15 in Q2 to 15-25 in Q4, reflecting capital inflows and ecological maturity in 2024.

(3) BNB Chain is generally stable: Q4 has increased slightly (10-15), mainly due to the strong promotion of founder CZ, but the overall new addition is limited.

(4) Ethereum is sparse: only 2-5 per quarter, high gas fees limit the outbreak.

（5）Tron有短时高峰：Q3因SUNDOG和SunPump达5-7个，后续回落。

季度分布上则相对均衡：总数205-330个，平均每季度50-80个，Q4（56-90个）为全年高峰。

4、到底有多少人抓住了金狗了呢？

“抓住金狗的地址”指的是获取了10倍以上涨幅的地址数，这类地址通常是项目上线后短时间内（数小时至数天）买入的早期参与者，或者在价格低谷精准抄底的人。

10倍涨幅机会主要集中在“金狗”爆发初期，窗口通常只在数小时内。

因此，巨鲸和早期投资者占据了大部分利润，而大多数地址在价格高位买入，错过10倍窗口。

总的来看，Solana和Base因低成本和高交易量，占比可能略高（2%-5%）；以太坊因高Gas费，占比更低（0.5%-2%）。

5. To summarize

(1) Distribution of golden dogs: Solana, Base and BNB Chain are the three most active chains of golden dogs, among which Solana performs best due to low cost and high performance;

Solana has produced 100-150 golden dogs in the past year, 50-80 Base and 30-50 BNB Chain;

In the past year, Solana has produced 100-150 golden dogs, 50-80 Base and 30-50 BNB Chain;

（2）金狗特征与时间分布

金狗定义：涨幅50倍以上、峰值市值超1亿美元、具有显著社区支持；

2024年Q4是金狗数量最高峰， 生56-90个金狗项目；

(3) Actual profit situation

Profit opportunities are mainly concentrated in early participants within a few hours after the project is launched;

About 2%-5% of the addresses on the Solana chain receive more than 10 times of the profit, about 90,000 to 360,000 addresses;

(4) Market characteristics

Multi-chain hotspot rotation is the norm, and it is difficult to prepare sufficient liquidity on each chain;

Even if the overall market conditions are not good, local hotspot opportunities will still appear;

Anyway, the on-chain casino may temporarily shut down, but will not close.

I still believe that Meme coins will have a second spring, and we can be prepared.