THE BACKSTORY OF WAGMI ππ
The WAGMI idea started a decade before blockchain. On the forums nicknamed "iron temples" a Russian Australian guy named Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian became a legend for his perfect physique. He used "WAGMI" as a chant to push people to change their lives. When he died in 2011 at just 22, the phrase turned from a simple motivator into a symbol of his tragic story.
It popped up again in 2021 during the GameStop frenzy. WallStreetBets users turned WAGMI into a battle cry against big hedge funds, like a war for the little guy.
Then it hit crypto through NFT Twitter in mid 2021. Fancy projects like Bored Ape Yacht Club used it as a joke; dog coins like Shiba Inu meant it for real. By late 2021, almost every memecoin whitepaper slapped "WAGMI" in there not for any real feature, but as core backstory.
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