Crypto Gloss

Fedoracoin

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title: “FedoraCoin”

slug: “fedoracoin”

type: “coin”

description: “FedoraCoin (TIPS) is a cryptocurrency launched in December 2013 based on the internet meme of a man in a fedora hat tipping his hat with the phrase ‘M’lady’ — one of hundreds of joke altcoins created during the 2013–2014 altcoin proliferation era, with a total supply of 314 billion TIPS and no significant adoption.”

tags: [fedoracoin, tips, meme-coin, 2013-altcoin, joke-coin, mlady, fedora-meme, dogecoin-era, altcoin]

related_coins: [“dogecoin”, “litecoin”]

FedoraCoin (TIPS) is a meme-based cryptocurrency launched in December 2013, themed around the internet meme of a man tipping a fedora hat while saying “M’lady” — a cultural joke mocking the self-styled chivalrous internet commenter archetype — with a ticker that double-references both the hat-tipping gesture and the act of tipping crypto coins. Like most of its peers, FedoraCoin had no meaningful technical innovation, served no unique use case, and was primarily a speculative and humorous community experiment from the Dogecoin-inspired meme coin wave of 2013–2014.

The Fedora Meme

The “tipping fedora” / “M’lady” meme originated on forums around 2012–2013, mocking the trope of the self-styled chivalrous commenter who addresses women as “m’lady.” It was particularly popular on Reddit and 4chan during the era of FedoraCoin’s launch. The coin’s branding played fully into this: hat-tipping mascot imagery, the double-meaning “TIPS” ticker, and community messaging around “tipping m’lady” with crypto.

Key Statistics

Stat Value
Ticker TIPS
Launch December 2013
Blockchain Scrypt PoW (Litecoin fork)
Total supply ~314 billion TIPS
Block time ~60 seconds

The total supply of ~314 billion TIPS references π (pi) × 10¹¹ — another in-joke layered into the coin’s design.

The 2013–2014 Altcoin Explosion

FedoraCoin launched in an era when creating a new cryptocurrency was trivially easy: fork the Litecoin codebase on GitHub, change the name and logo, mine the genesis block, and post to Bitcointalk. Hundreds of coins launched this way, including:

  • Dogecoin — the one that succeeded long-term
  • PotCoin — cannabis industry theme
  • Reddcoin — social media tipping
  • Coinye — Kanye West parody (quickly sued out of existence)
  • Dozens of others now completely forgotten

Most survived only as Bitcointalk threads and GitHub repos. FedoraCoin is remembered primarily because it appeared on CoinMarketCap during the 2017 alt season, when retail investors speculated on any listed coin.

History

  • December 2013 — FedoraCoin launches on Bitcointalk; small meme community forms
  • 2014–2016 — Coin operates; minimal trading; original community disperses
  • 2017 — Alt season briefly resurfaces TIPS on CoinMarketCap; negligible price movement
  • 2018–2024 — Effectively dormant; technically operational but no active development or community

Common Misconceptions

  • “FedoraCoin pioneered meme coins.” — Dogecoin launched the same month (December 2013) and is the genuine originator of the meme coin category. FedoraCoin was one of dozens of contemporaneous joke forks.
  • “TIPS has utility as a tipping coin.” — While the “TIPS” branding implies tipping, FedoraCoin was never meaningfully used for social tipping; Reddcoin was a more serious (if ultimately unsuccessful) attempt at the same concept.

Social Media Sentiment

  • r/CryptoCurrency: FedoraCoin appears only in historical threads about “forgotten altcoins” or 2013–2014 nostalgia.
  • X/Twitter: Mentioned in “weirdest crypto ever” lists; zero active trading community.
  • Discord: No known active community; the coin is fully dormant.

Last updated: 2026-04

Related Terms

See Also

  • Reddcoin — serious social tipping coin launched in the same 2014 wave
  • PotCoin — niche-use altcoin from the same era
  • Dogecoin — the meme coin that succeeded where FedoraCoin and its peers did not

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