Mastercoin ICO (2013): Sale History, Figure & Outcome
Mastercoin was a protocol layer built on Bitcoin, launched in July 2013. It conducted the first documented token sale in cryptocurrency history, raising funds through Bitcoin contributions.
| Token | Mastercoin (MSC/OMNI) |
|---|---|
| Sale year | 2013 |
| Category | protocol layer on Bitcoin |
| Chain | Bitcoin (Omni) |
| Documented figure | $5,000,000 |
| Outcome | inactive |
| Data tier | 1 — hand-verified |
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What the record shows
The Mastercoin sale collected approximately USD 5 million worth of Bitcoin sent to a published address on the Bitcointalk forum. Its protocol layer was later renamed Omni and became the foundation for the first version of Tether. The project is now inactive, though its technical contribution endured.
Era context: the genesis years (2013–2016)
The 2013-2016 period marked cryptocurrency's first token sale era. Mastercoin's forum-based sale demonstrated the fundraising model, while Ethereum's 2014 sale would later provide the dominant platform for such offerings. These early experiments established patterns before The DAO incident in 2016 revealed critical vulnerabilities in smart contract systems.
This sale is one of the 20 entries in our The Genesis Years (2013–2016) era archive, part of the complete history of crypto presales — a sourced dataset where every figure links to the page that shows it.
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Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-funded_crowdfunding_projects
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_coin_offering
This page is historical research built from a sourced dataset — not a recommendation to buy anything. Token sales are high-risk. Money figures appear only where the cited source shows one. Corrections with sources: support@bmic.ai.