𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝘼𝙡𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣’𝙨 𝙐𝙏𝙓𝙊 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡, 𝘼𝙡𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 (𝙙𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙨) 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. With it’s testing from late 2024 @oylwallet made an official announcement 📢 about alkanes on 21st Jan 2025 and by 15th of March 2025 you could now mint tokens on alkanes. With $Diesel as the first token by Oyl and $Methane following a couple of days later. Since the $Methane mint went live around 17/18th March 2025, as the first alkanes community token. The growth of Methane token have in some way impacted the growth of the alkanes ecosystem. In May 2025, the Methane token foundation @MethaneFund was announced with @moffat2021 playing a key role. Its focus was on empowering the Methane community and strengthening the Alkanes ecosystem. This began with Twitter spaces which averages to around 300 listeners,per space and had alkanes and methane as the center of the conversation. The last space on 24th of June had other communities like the @Alkanesbee and Pi contributing to the conversations. To offline Irl meetups bringing slakes conversations to local communities. A prime example is their third Alkanes-focused meetup held in Shanghai on June 14, 2025. These gatherings provide a platform for developers and enthusiasts to explore Alkanes’ technical capabilities, discuss its market potential, and network with like minded innovators. Although a planned event in Chengdu was canceled, the Foundation quickly pivoted, with community leader @moffat2021 kicking off their first international stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, demonstrating their commitment to global outreach. The foundation comprising of 50 members have been privileged to get almost all the spots to orbitals collections from @AlkanePandas airdrop to @Alkanesbee and more opportunities. Deliberate efforts like this impacts the growth of alkanes. As alkanes continue to grow we have other projects that have helped increase its popularity like ➪ @AlkanePandas ➪ @Fartanium ➪ @Alkanesbee ➪ ALKAMIST by @0xBunzy and @hathbanger $MIST ➪ @unisat_wallet integration And many more