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Anatoly Yakovenko publicly challenged developers to launch a trademark-free blockchain fork named Gorbagana within 48 hours, declaring he would be “severely disappointed” if the chain failed to materialise.
Pseudonymous developer MidTermDev delivered on Anatoly Yakovenko’s 18 June 2025 “48-hour” challenge by launching the first operational Gorbagana blockchain and its $GOR token less than 24 hours after the tweet.
Day-to-day control of the Gorbagana project passed to the pseudonymous developer “Sarv Shaktiman,” while original organiser Gabriel Shapiro kept only a “chairman-style” advisory post.
Gorbagana attained a market capitalisation exceeding US $34 million less than 48 hours after the testnet went live, highlighting the speed at which crypto-meme projects can generate real value.
Gabriel Shapiro opened a public donation wallet to support Gorbagana development, raising US $20 000 in the first six minutes and almost US $40 000 overall.

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