RarepepeCards
RarepepeCards are a collection of digital trading cards featuring Pepe the Frog that were minted on the Counterparty platform, a protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain. The project emerged in the mid-2010s from contributions by members of the Bitcoin and crypto art communities. Each card is issued as a distinct Counterparty asset, allowing creators to assign rarity, provenance, and limited editions. The cards are stored on the blockchain and can be bought, sold, or traded using Counterparty-enabled wallets and often with Bitcoin as consideration; trading occurred primarily on crypto forums and marketplaces rather than mainstream exchanges.
The project helped popularize on-chain collectible art before the rise of Ethereum-based NFT standards. It inspired
In later years, as NFT markets migrated to newer platforms and standards, on-chain experiments like RarepepeCards