Author

Joseph Moore
Website: https://www.josephmoorebooks.com/billionairely
Token Contract: 0x2e134842BeEa73B454b9E462bAb1B544F7d7644f
Network: Ethereum (ERC-20)
Symbol: BNLY
Total Supply: 1,100,000,000 BNLY

Abstract

Billionairely (BNLY) is not an investment vehicle, speculative asset, or meme coin. It is an educational tool created to demonstrate how crypto market capitalization--commonly touted as a signal of legitimacy or scale--can be manipulated with trivial amounts of capital.

BNLY is also a historical thought experiment, drawing a parallel to 19th-century 'shinplasters'--unofficial, low-value paper currencies used in times of economic strain. It serves as a case study for the way perceptions of wealth, value, money, and legitimacy are created, lost, or maintained.

Purpose and Educational Objectives

BNLY exists to teach three core ideas:

1. Market Cap is a Mirage
Market capitalization is calculated as:
Token Price × Total Supply = Market Cap
But that price often comes from a tiny liquidity pool. For BNLY, this meant pairing 100 tokens with $100 USDC, setting a price of $1 per token. Multiply that by the full supply (1.1 billion), and you get a nominal market cap of $1.1 billion--despite only $100 ever changing hands.

2. Shinplasters, Redux
In the 19th century, shinplasters were small-denomination, privately issued notes used when hard currency was scarce. Though often valueless or unbacked, they functioned as currency within local systems. BNLY is a modern shinplaster--visually legitimate, technically functional, but economically hollow. It challenges the public to ask: What backs value, and who controls the illusion?

3. Friction in the Crypto Ecosystem
Creating and listing BNLY involved navigating token creation, wallet configuration, liquidity provisioning, logo submission, explorer verification, and indexer recognition. These layers show that while crypto is 'decentralized,' it is also incredibly opaque and operationally gated.

Disclaimers

BNLY is not a currency, not an investment, and not intended for active trading. There is no roadmap, no team, and no utility. It exists purely for educational purposes to demonstrate how market cap works, explore historical parallels in financial trust and perception, and illustrate the friction involved in launching a crypto token. Any use is for education and recreational use only. There is no guarantee of value now or in the future.  

Use Cases in Education

BNLY may be used by:
- Professors teaching financial history or digital economics
- Historians of 19th-century currency and private scrip
- Crypto skeptics or critics illustrating hype mechanisms
- Developers or recreationalists building sandbox examples of ERC-20 tokens

Tokenomics Summary

Token Name: Billionairely
Symbol: BNLY
Type: ERC-20
Network: Ethereum Mainnet
Total Supply: 1,100,000,000 BNLY
Decimals: 18
Liquidity Pool: 100 BNLY : 100 USDC
Price at Launch: $1.00 per BNLY
Market Cap: $1.1 billion (nominal)

Learn More

Website: https://josephmoorebooks.com
Explorer: https://etherscan.io/token/0x2e134842BeEa73B454b9E462bAb1B544F7d7644f