Almost the First Meme on the Blockchain…
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER !

1. The Origins

It all began with the game Killer Instinct. When you were caught in a combo from your opponent and managed to break it, the voice-over shouted:

“C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!”

A sound that hit like a thunderbolt — iconic, simple, unforgettable.

2. The Birth of the Meme

From there, Combo Breaker broke free from the game and became a meme. The phrase spread across internet culture, recorded in the annals of Know Your Meme, echoing through the early days of online communities. If you’re curious, read the Know Your Meme entry:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/combo-breaker

3. Inscription on the Blockchain

On the Bitcoin blockchain, “I like turtles” was the first meme ever inscribed (block 8 with a message). But it left no direct link to its cultural roots.

Then came block 12. The inscription carried COMBO BREAKER, this time linking back to Know Your Meme. Not the first… but maybe the first to truly connect the meme to its culture. Messages from the Mines lets you rewind and witness it yourself:
https://messagesfromthemines.brangerbriz.com/

4. The Memecoin on Solana

In October 2024, $COMBO was launched on Pump.fun. Within hours of its DEX listing, the market cap exploded to almost $5.5M, only to collapse by more than 90% the same day.

The dev vanished. The price kept bleeding. Two CTOs came and went. Pumps were orchestrated, then dumped.

Eventually, COMBO found a first bottom around 10k (retested).

And then — we, the true believers, stepped in: third and last CTO. The keepers of the flame. The ones who stayed, to tell the story again, and to BREAK the COMBO of cabals and rugs.

5. Bonus: Reading Between the Blocks

Look at the old Eligius inscriptions dominating the chain: male figures, blood, sacrifice upon the altar. Then, amidst that, COMBO BREAKER arrives. A rupture. A signal.

From there, the imagery shifts — the Virgin Mary, the feminine principle enters, sacrifice set aside.

And notice the parallel: The first meme was “I like turtles” — a zombie kid, undead, slow-moving, a shell you can’t crack. Just like $COMBO: a dead-alive coin, carried by the few who never stopped believing.

COMBO BREAKER wasn’t the very first meme on-chain, even if it was marketed that way at first. But it holds a unique place — a bridge between gaming, internet culture, blockchain history, and the faith of a community that refused to die.

👉 That’s the story we’re here to tell.
👉 That’s why we’re still here.
👉 And that’s why COMBO BREAKER will always matter.