# BOOK OF MEME (BOME)

> Darkfarms' Solana meme coin BOME went from zero to a reported $1.6 billion market cap.

- Owner: Darkfarms
- Kind: App & software
- Sector: Finance
- Seed date: 2024-03-14
- Peak date: 2024-03-18
- Spread Score: 38 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Press loop, Controversy, Platform jump

## Summary

Artist Darkfarms opened a BOME presale on March 13, 2024, and the Solana token launched on March 14. Within days it spread through Chinese and English crypto communities, X and Reddit, and trade press reported a $1.6 billion market cap and insider-trading concerns.

## Timeline

- 2024-03-13 — Darkfarms (X) — Darkfarms opened the BOME presale, before public trading began.
- 2024-03-14 — Darkfarms (Open web) — BOOK OF MEME, a Solana meme coin by the artist Darkfarms, launched.
- 2024-03-14 — BitMart (Open web) — BitMart scheduled BOME trading to open at 15:00 UTC on launch day.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/book-of-meme-bome

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “BOOK OF MEME (BOME).” Case HIS-00817. Spread Score v1.2: 38/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00817