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BasedHype (BASEDHYPE) is a community-driven meme token on Base, an Ethereum Layer-2 network. BaseScan's token page describes it as launched in July 2025 and frames it as a symbolic protest against unsustainable tokenomics in crypto rather than as a protocol token with a stated utility layer.

The token contract is at 0x84a9183C9D11146d8E6A820Dfc675a61B11EaDeb on Base. BaseScan identifies it as an ERC-20 with 18 decimals and a maximum total supply of 10,000,000,000 BASEDHYPE.

The public GitHub project presents BasedHype as a Solidity token project. Its sample BasedHype contract uses OpenZeppelin ERC20 and Ownable, names the token BasedHype/BASEDHYPE, and mints 10 billion units (scaled by 10^18) to the deployer. The deployed address is instead shown by BaseScan as a verified minimal-proxy ERC-20 using a StandardToken implementation, so the repository sample should not automatically be treated as the exact deployed bytecode.

BasedHype's stated problem is cultural/economic: it positions itself as a response to token launches whose supply schedules, allocations, or inflationary incentives are viewed as unsustainable. The project uses a meme-token format to express that critique and build a community around it.

It is not documented as solving a conventional infrastructure problem such as payments, interoperability, or decentralized computation. As with other meme tokens, demand depends heavily on community attention, liquidity, exchange access, and continued operation of public channels; the token's market behavior should not be confused with guaranteed utility or value.

BASEDHYPE is transferred as an ERC-20 on Base. BaseScan reports 18 decimals, a 10-billion maximum supply, and a verified StandardToken implementation behind a minimal proxy. Standard ERC-20 methods exposed in the verified ABI include name, symbol, decimals, totalSupply, balanceOf, transfer, approve, allowance, increaseAllowance, and decreaseAllowance.

The verified ABI also exposes initialize(owner_, name_, symbol_, decimals_, totalSupply_), ownership functions (owner, transferOwnership, renounceOwnership), and a VERSION view. This indicates that the deployed contract is initialized/proxy-based rather than simply being assumed identical to the small GitHub sample.

The GitHub sample constructor mints the full 10 billion supply to the deployer and includes an owner-only burn function. However, BaseScan's verified deployed ABI does not list that burn function and instead shows the StandardToken proxy ABI. Users should therefore rely on the deployed contract and its verified implementation when evaluating permissions, supply behavior, and upgrade/proxy risk.

Trading liquidity is visible on Base DEX venues; Dexscreener identifies a Uniswap Base pair for BASEDHYPE/WETH and the token contract address above. A BaseScan token page links the project website, X account, and a documentation/transparency-hub URL, but those links should be checked for current availability before use.