Peanut the Squirrel
pnutWhat is Peanut the Squirrel?
Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) is a Solana-based meme token whose branding references Peanut, an orphaned squirrel that became an internet celebrity before New York authorities seized and euthanized him in October 2024. The token is a crypto asset inspired by that public event, not a legal claim on the animal, Mark Longo's sanctuary, or any associated property.
The current official site presents PNUT as a tradable token: it publishes the Solana mint address, a stated 1,000,000,000 supply, burned liquidity, and links to Jupiter, Raydium, exchanges, and wallets. No current official product beyond token trading is documented in the reviewed materials.
What problem does Peanut the Squirrel solve?
PNUT does not document a conventional protocol problem such as payments, lending, or decentralized infrastructure. Its stated purpose is cultural: preserving and circulating the Peanut story through a community meme token and making the asset tradable on Solana markets.
The underlying historical issue was separate from the token. Independent reports say Peanut was an illegally kept wild animal under New York rules, was seized on October 30, 2024 after a potential rabies exposure and bite, and was euthanized for testing. That event explains the meme's subject but does not create token-holder rights or a legal relationship to the animal.
How does Peanut the Squirrel work?
PNUT is represented by a Solana SPL mint. The official site identifies mint 2qEHjDLDLbuBgRYvsxhc5D6uDWAivNFZGan56P1tpump, says the network is Solana, publishes a 1,000,000,000 supply, and states that liquidity was burned. Users acquire and exchange it through Solana-compatible venues such as the Jupiter/Raydium routes linked by the project site.
Solana's token documentation explains that a mint can contain mint and freeze authorities. The reviewed public pages did not provide a reachable, authoritative readout proving PNUT's current mint-authority or freeze-authority values, nor did they document an upgradeable custom program, bridge, vesting schedule, staking, treasury, or governance system. Therefore this record does not claim that supply is permanently immutable or that holders can vote, redeem, receive revenue, or exercise ownership rights. The absence of a documented authority readout is itself a due-diligence risk.
Key facts
- Canonical ticker: PNUT; chain: Solana; official mint: 2qEHjDLDLbuBgRYvsxhc5D6uDWAivNFZGan56P1tpump.
- The official site states a supply of 1,000,000,000 PNUT and says “LP: BURNT.”
- The official site directs users to acquire PNUT through SOL swaps on Raydium or Jupiter and links a Solscan token page.
- The token’s subject is Peanut, an orphaned squirrel who became a social-media star before New York authorities seized and euthanized him in October 2024.
- PNUT holders receive no documented legal ownership of Peanut, the sanctuary, merchandise, reserves, or any other real-world asset.
- No reviewed official material documents governance voting, staking rewards, redemption, revenue sharing, vesting, bridge support, or a roadmap product beyond token trading.
- The current mint/freeze authority state was not verifiably readable from the reviewed public explorer endpoint; Solana documentation says these authorities can respectively mint new units or freeze token accounts when present.
- The official site’s “zero taxes” statement is a project claim about trading taxes; it is not evidence that the token is immutable, risk-free, or free from venue fees and slippage.
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What is PNUT?
PNUT is a Solana SPL meme token branded around Peanut the Squirrel, an internet-famous orphaned squirrel whose seizure and euthanasia were reported in late 2024.
What is the official PNUT contract?
The official PNUT site identifies 2qEHjDLDLbuBgRYvsxhc5D6uDWAivNFZGan56P1tpump on Solana. Verify the mint independently before sending funds because similarly named tokens can exist.
Do PNUT holders own Peanut or the animal sanctuary?
No such ownership right is documented. PNUT is a crypto token inspired by a news and social-media story; the reviewed sources provide no contract, redemption agreement, or legal instrument giving holders rights to the animal, sanctuary, or related assets.
Does PNUT have governance, staking, or revenue sharing?
The reviewed official site and technical sources do not document governance voting, staking rewards, fee sharing, redemption, or revenue distributions. Those rights should not be inferred from holding PNUT.
What is PNUT's supply?
The official site states 1,000,000,000 PNUT and says liquidity was burned. It does not provide a vesting schedule. The current mint-authority state was not verifiably readable from the reviewed explorer endpoint, so readers should not assume the supply is permanently immutable solely from the displayed supply.
What is live today versus planned?
The live, documented function is trading the Solana token through linked DEX routes and exchange markets. No separate live utility product or roadmap was documented in the reviewed official materials.
What are the main PNUT risks?
PNUT has meme-market and liquidity risk, uncertain holder rights, and unresolved authority risk: Solana mint/freeze authority fields can materially affect supply and transferability, but this review could not verify their current values from a reachable explorer page. It also has impersonation risk because unrelated tokens can reuse the Peanut name.
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