shipped on arc · goodest builder · est. hackathon day

the builder
was in the room.

227 teams shipped at the Arc hackathon. one of them had four legs and a hat. meet Buildog — the goodest builder on the Economic OS.

A $ ship
📜 the lore

every hackathon has winners.
this one had a builder.

227 teams. AI agents paying each other in sub-cent USDC. Oracles, ad exchanges, pay-per-second video. The future of the internet economy, built in one weekend.

And in the middle of it all — photographed, documented, undeniable — a dog. Wearing the hat. Posted by the chain itself. Seen by tens of thousands. Named by no one.

The humans got the prizes. The dog got the timeline — and a name: Buildog. $BUILDOG is the community giving the goodest builder his ticker. On the chain where he shipped.

receipts: it's on the official timeline. go look. we'll wait.

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@arc · hackathon recap
Our recent hackathon brought in 227 submissions exploring what becomes possible when AI agents, APIs, content, and real-world services can all be monetized with sub-cent USDC payments…
the builder, in the room, wearing the hat 🐶🧢 [ save the real photo as dog.jpg next to this file — it will show up here ]
❤ 560 · ↻ 161 · 41K views — and one very good boy

ships while you sleep.
barks while you fud.

Buildog doesn't pitch VCs. Buildog doesn't write whitepapers. Buildog does one thing and one thing only: show up, wear the hat, and ship.

buildog@arc:~/creed
zero utility (as promised)
100% dog
backed by photographic evidence
native to Arc, the Economic OS
pays for treats in sub-cent USDC
🦴 barkonomics

tokenomics.json

buildog@arc:~/token
$ cat tokenomics.json
{
  "supply": "1,000,000,000", // one per good boy
  "tax": "0/0", // dogs don't do paperwork
  "liquidity": "burned", // keys buried in the backyard
  "utility": "dog"
}
✓ verified. good boy.
1B
total supply
one billion dogs. no mints, no tricks. well — one trick. sit.
0/0
tax
the dog works for treats, not taxes.
100%
lp burned
keys buried in the backyard. even he can't find them.
🗺️ the shipmap

git log --oneline

(this is a meme coin. these are jokes. the dog is real though.)

a1c0ffee

phase 1 git init

launch token. bark once. take a 14-hour nap on the keyboard. accidentally deploy to mainnet.

b0rkb0rk

phase 2 ship memes

flood every timeline. every agent demo gets a dog reply. become the unofficial QA department of the Economic OS.

900dboy1

phase 3 get the hat (officially)

polite letter to the team asking for one (1) verified hat pic. include treats. include a pull request.

valha11a

phase 4 merge to main

the dog becomes the unofficial mascot of the chain. every sub-cent payment carries a little bark.

"i don't write code.
i AM the codebase."
— buildog, probably
🦴 how to get some

four easy steps.
even a dog shipped a token once.

Add the Arc network to your wallet.
the Economic OS. the dog's home chain.
Bridge USDC over to Arc.
sub-cent payments, full-size dog.
Open the DEX, paste the contract, swap for $BUILDOG.
double-check the CA. the dog would.
Done. welcome to the kennel. 🦴
now go touch grass. he does it daily.
contract address
TBA — launching soon. anything else is a scam.
❓ fetch. asked. questions.

faq

Is this affiliated with Arc, Circle, or the hackathon organizers?
No. We just think the goodest builder deserved a ticker. This is fan fiction with a dog. Community-made, community-run.
Is he a bulldog?
No. Not a bulldog. A buildog. Three kilos of fluff, three hundred kilos of shipping. Do not let the size fool you — he was in the room and you weren't.
Is the dog real?
Yes. Photographed at the hackathon, wearing the hat, posted on the official timeline. We didn't invent him. We just noticed him.
What's the utility?
Dog. The utility is dog. (Technically: agent-to-agent belly rubs settled in sub-cent USDC. But mostly: dog.)
Will it go up?
Dog goes up. Dog goes down. Dog does not read charts. Never spend money you can't afford to lose — the dog insists.
Who's behind this?
Builders who were also in the room. Or wish they were. Some people who really like dogs and shipping.

good boy.
great chain.

the builder the leaderboard forgot. the ticker the timeline demanded. the meme that fetches itself.

🦴 buy $BUILDOG
🦴 buy $BUILDOG
🦴 coming soon — not launched yet. follow @Buildog9 for the CA.