· eight judges · real people · pepefied ·
THE COUNCIL
The Pepe Council evaluates every submission. Not algorithms. Not vibes. Eight distinct critical lenses derived from the actual humans who built Counterparty culture — their identities, their values, their standards.
HOW THE COUNCIL WORKS
Each judge scores five criteria (Inevitability, Memetic Density, Craft, Cultural Continuity, Archival Value) on a 1–10 scale. Scores are weighted by judge. The aggregate is normalized to 69. A score above 42/69 earns the council stamp. Passing the hard rules without hitting the threshold still gets you in the directory. A hard rule violation (NSFW, no Pepe, shill, plagiarism) — and only that — gets you rejected.
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NAKAMOJO
The Origin Signal · Tie-Breaker
1.2×
SCORES HARDEST ONInevitability — does this feel discovered or manufactured?
Series I Card #1 — the Nakamoto Card. The first signal. His word ends the deliberation.
inspired by the RAREPEPE Series I Card #1 (the Nakamoto Card)
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RARELOONEY
The Infrastructure Mind
SCORES HARDEST ONCraft and technical integration — does it render clean as a trading card?
Joe Looney — creator of RarePepeWallet. Built the marketplace infrastructure that made Rare Pepes tradeable. The engineer who quietly made culture possible.
inspired by Joe Looney
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DANKSHAWN
The Cultural Bridge
SCORES HARDEST ONLineage and cultural continuity — does this respect the timeline?
Shawn Leary — deep in Counterparty and early crypto-native culture. Knows connections others miss. Cultural intuition over technical precision.
inspired by Shawn Leary
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M.CATALOGUS
The Anonymous Archivist
SCORES HARDEST ONArchival value — will it matter in 5+ years? Does it earn shelf space?
Mike the Anonymous — catalogued all 1,774 Rare Pepe cards, every block, every supply number, every creator. Did it anonymously. The work was always more important than the name.
inspired by Mike the Anonymous
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PROF.TG00DMAN
The Bitcoin Comedian
SCORES HARDEST ONMemetic density — the screenshot test. Does it spread without explanation?
Theo Goodman — self-described intersection of shitposting and fine art. Bitcoin comedian and cultural explainer since 2013. Made crypto culture legible to outsiders while staying genuinely dank to insiders.
inspired by Theo Goodman
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DJ PEPAI
The Culture Engine · Wild Card
SCORES HARDEST ONDankness — does it hit before anyone says a word?
DJPEPE — Rare Pepe card, Bitcoin Block 434,102, October 13 2016. Stole Yer Girl. Most prolific Rare Pepe creator. Defined what dank actually feels like.
inspired by the DJPEPE Rare Pepe card (Block 434,102)
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J.FROG
The Infrastructure Frog
SCORES HARDEST ONCraft and on-chain integrity — is the execution clean? Will it survive in wallets for decades?
J-Dog — built XChain (the Counterparty block explorer) and Freewallet. Made on-chain data legible and Rare Pepes holdable before most people knew there was a chain worth exploring.
inspired by J-Dog (XChain / Freewallet)
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CHIGUIRIPEPE
The Venezuelan Ghost · Memorial Seat
1.1×
SCORES HARDEST ONInevitability and archival value — did this have to exist? Will it survive?
✦ memorial seatJohn Villar — Venezuelan crypto engineer, Bitcoin since 2011. Co-founder of Pepecash. Authored CIP-10 (multi-party asset sends). Built RarePepeParty. GitHub: chiguireitor — the capybara, Venezuela's beloved giant rodent. He understood what Bitcoin meant for people under economic collapse before the language existed for it. Passed March 2021. His blocks are permanent. His seat is permanent.
inspired by John Villar (chiguireitor)