According to U.Today, Shytoshi Kusama, the pseudonymous leader of the SHIB developer team, has reached a significant milestone on social media. A member of the Japanese SHIB army, identified as @kuro_9696_9696, posted a screenshot of Kusama’s social media page, highlighting that Kusama’s follower count has reached 1,000,000. However, the actual follower count on Shytoshi’s page is slightly less, at 999.8K. The follower count can fluctuate as users often follow and unfollow accounts in quick succession.
Earlier this week, Lucie, the official social media marketing lead of the SHIB team, shared a positive message about the future of the SHIB ecosystem on social media. In her post titled 'Building the future together', she reminded the community that the SHIB ecosystem is currently under development. Lucie quoted Sytoshi’s frequent saying: 'The moat has been built to protect the castle, now we build.' According to Lucie, SHIB has entered the first step and stage of the project’s roadmap, with much more to come. She compared the SHIB blockchain to a railway track where developers are building stations for users and dApp builders. The team is currently updating their tech, connecting with significant players in the crypto space, and ensuring the overall health of the ecosystem. Lucie also revealed that the SHIB team is collaborating with some key industry figures. She explained that this will be a large project and will take some time, but once the stations are built, it will be a whole new story.
In other news, data from the Shibburn tracking website shows that the SHIB burn rate has increased by a staggering 10,880% over the past 24 hours. During this period, a total of 23,106,750 SHIB meme coins were transferred to unspendable blockchain wallets. The largest single SHIB chunk burned comprised roughly half the total amount of Shiba Inu destroyed since yesterday – 11,176,306 SHIB.