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Meme Coin Named After Charles Hoskinson’s Quinelings Crashes 90%+ Within Hours

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Cardano founder Hoskinson has released Quinelings, open-source programs that can rebuild their own code and take the shape of creatures. However, a Solana meme coin borrowing the name crashed within hours. The project builds on quines, decades-old programs that print their own source code. Hoskinson calls his versions digital lifeforms. What Do Cardano Founder Hoskinson’s Quinelings Actually Do? In his launch video, programs typed into terminals turn into creatures that feed, reproduce, and die. Each Quineling starts as written steps for a task, supplied by a person or an AI agent. Its moving body maps every one of those steps. Branching tasks grow fractal bodies, while simpler ones form sunflower-like petals. The project’s website shows five examples, including a route finder and a job scheduler.

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