--- title: MemeCore's consensus citation now points at a page we can actually read description: We cited a MemeCore press release we could not read. Two validator details are withdrawn, the citation is repointed, and no score changed. url: "https://hardyindex.com/news/memecore-consensus-citation-repointed" section: What changed type: index-change published: 2026-08-31 updated: 2026-08-31 chains: memecore methodology_version: 1.4 --- # MemeCore's consensus citation now points at a page we can actually read **We've repointed MemeCore's consensus citation to a version of the launch release we can actually read, and withdrawn two claims that don't appear in it: real-time election of the top seven validators, and a validator set refreshing about every seventy seconds. No score changed. The rating still rests on verifiable detail.** *Published 31 August 2026. The rating below is current as of 2 October 2026. This is a security-readiness assessment, not investment advice.* Two validator details came from a search summary rather than the source itself, so they're gone. ## What moved, and why [MemeCore](https://hardyindex.com/chains/memecore) was published earlier the same day, as part of [four layer 1s added under the coverage rule](https://hardyindex.com/news/four-layer-1s-added-under-the-coverage-rule). Its consensus description cited a press release URL that refuses automated clients with a 403 response. Our source checker reports a 403 as a bot policy rather than a dead link. That's accurate, and it's also what hid the real problem. Nobody had read the page. The details written into the profile came from a search-engine summary of it. A syndicated copy of the same release can be read normally. We checked the profile against it, repointed the citation there, and removed what the readable version does not say. ## What held up and what came out Most of the summary matched the readable release: the launch date, the description as an EVM-compatible layer 1, the Proof of Meme design combining Proof of Authority with delegated Proof of Stake, the ten-block validator rotation, and the seven million token self-stake floor for validators. Two details appear nowhere in it. Both are withdrawn: - That the top seven validators are elected in real time. - That the validator set refreshes roughly every seventy seconds. Dated facts behind the profile - **13 August 2024**: NIST publishes FIPS 204, the final standard for ML-DSA, a lattice-based digital signature scheme. Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/204/final - **9 September 2025**: MemeCore launches as an EVM-compatible layer 1 using Proof of Meme, with a ten-block validator rotation and a seven million token self-stake requirement for validators. Source: https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/memecore-launches-layer-1-blockchain-to-structure-the-meme-coin-economy/ ## What this does not mean This is a correction to a citation, not a reassessment. The migration dimension scores the same as it did this morning. The reasoning there turns on a small, identifiable group being able to agree a signature scheme change, and the ten-block rotation plus the self-stake floor support that on their own. The withdrawn numbers were never load-bearing. It also doesn't change anything about the chain's cryptography. MemeCore signs with ECDSA on secp256k1, inherited from EVM compatibility, and no post-quantum scheme has been named or proposed for it. FIPS 204 exists and is final; adopting it is a separate decision that nobody at MemeCore has announced. **Where this stands today.** - [MemeCore](https://hardyindex.com/chains/memecore): Tier 5: Exposed, Hardy Score 8.5 of 100. As rated by the Hardy Index, current as of 2 October 2026. Ratings change when the evidence does, and every change is recorded at https://hardyindex.com/changelog.md. ## If you hold M Nothing here should change how you read the rating. The tier is where it was, and the reason is unchanged: a chain using standard Ethereum-style signatures with no stated migration plan. If a scheme is proposed, that's the event worth watching, not a citation swap. What you can now do is check us. Follow the source on the profile and you'll reach a page that loads and says what we say it says. That was not true this morning. > **The general lesson.** An unreadable page is an acceptable citation only when someone verified its content at the time it was written down. It is never acceptable for a page nobody read. We're recording that in the [changelog](https://hardyindex.com/changelog) rather than fixing it quietly. ## Where to go next - [MemeCore: the full rating](https://hardyindex.com/chains/memecore.md): every dimension score, with the source behind each one. - [Which is the most quantum-resistant blockchain?](https://hardyindex.com/guides/most-quantum-resistant-blockchain.md): One question, one answer, with the working shown. This page is a summary of the Hardy Index, which is the live ranking behind it. - [Which crypto is quantum proof?](https://hardyindex.com/guides/which-crypto-is-quantum-proof.md): Plenty of projects call themselves quantum proof. Here is the independently checked version, and why the phrase itself is worth handling carefully. ## Sources Every dated event above carries its own primary source. These are those sources, checked on the dates shown. 1. [MemeCore launches layer 1 blockchain to structure the meme coin economy](https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/memecore-launches-layer-1-blockchain-to-structure-the-meme-coin-economy/): CryptoSlate (syndicated press release) (primary, checked 31 August 2026) 2. [FIPS 204, Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/204/final): NIST (primary, checked 31 August 2026) 3. [Go-MemeCore client source](https://github.com/memecore-foundation/Go-MemeCore): MemeCore Foundation (primary, checked 31 August 2026) 4. [MemeCore documentation](https://docs.memecore.com/): MemeCore (primary, checked 31 August 2026) --- Cite as: The Hardy Index, "MemeCore's consensus citation now points at a page we can actually read", https://hardyindex.com/news/memecore-consensus-citation-repointed, published 31 August 2026.