Eth Chan
| Eth Chan | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Shiro |
| Year | 2025 |
| Medium | Digital illustration |
Eth Chan is an ongoing daily digital art series created by Shiro, artist and prominent Remilia community member, featuring an anime-style character conceived as a mascot for the Ethereum blockchain. The series began in May 2025 under the running title "Day X of drawing eth chan until 10,000 ETH," with each installment depicting the character alongside the current ETH price and a brief caption reflecting Shiro's sentiment for that day. Individual entries in the series are minted as open-edition NFTs on Manifold.
Background
The name "Eth Chan" combines "ETH," the ticker symbol for Ethereum, with the Japanese honorific -ちゃん (-chan), commonly used in anime and internet culture to personify abstract subjects as endearing young characters. The character premise positions Eth Chan as a devoted figure whose existence is tied to Ethereum reaching $10,000 — a price target that functions as both a narrative device and a reflection of Shiro's genuine belief in Ethereum's trajectory.
Shiro launched the series on X in May 2025, posting the first drawing with the caption announcing the ongoing commitment.[1] Subsequent entries were minted as open-edition NFTs through Shiro's Manifold contract, with each edition remaining open for a limited period before closing.
Series
Each daily entry in the series records the ETH price and 24-hour volume at the time of posting, embedding a snapshot of market conditions into the artwork's metadata and caption. Shiro typically pairs this data with a short phrase or sentence — ranging from personal reflections to expressions of encouragement — giving the series an intimate, diary-like quality. The caption for day fourteen read "因为你我永远不会放弃 — because of you I'll never give up,"[2] while day twenty-nine noted "eth chan pocket, x banner version. keep her close."[3]
The visual style draws on Shiro's broader aesthetic vocabulary — neochibi character design, Japanese street fashion, and Y2K internet sensibility — consistent with her other work including Shishi and Oh... I See.
Reception
The series attracted broad attention within the Ethereum community. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin followed Shiro on X during the series' early run, an act widely interpreted as an endorsement of the character.[4] Buterin's engagement carried additional resonance given his own public association with Milady Maker, the flagship NFT collection of Remilia Corporation, whose community Shiro is part of.
The character's popularity prompted several third parties to launch unauthorized memecoins bearing the Eth Chan name and imagery, all unaffiliated with Shiro. Commentary in the Ethereum community noted the tension between the permissionless nature of on-chain deployments and the exploitation of an independent artist's work without consent or compensation.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ @shiro57102 (May 9, 2025). "Day one of drawing eth chan until 10k". X. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Eth-chan day fourteen by Shiro". Manifold Gallery. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Eth-chan day twenty-nine". Manifold. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ↑ May 25, 2025. "ETH Chan ($ETHCHAN) Becomes an Ethereum Mascot Through a Viral Art Series". MevX Blog. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
- ↑ @_Enoch (May 20, 2025). "She is ETH chan. Her ticker is ETH. The worst part is now that Shiro has supply if it does go well she deserve to make and keep money from it. But any artist who ever does that actually serves as ammo for these scumbags to go "See? Shitcoins are good! We made people gamble on art against the artist's wishes and our cabal massively extracted value from a community that had previously just been enjoying that artist's work but we gave them some money that they didn't actually want to get this way in the first place so we're actually doing a good thing!" Of course it's fair game for postauthorship permissionless Ethereum but it's completely unensouled behavior and merits all derision and spite that can be mustered.". X. Retrieved February 20, 2026.