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Infighting Erupted on Launch Day: Robinhood Chain's Launch Platform vlad.fun Sabotaged by Its Own People

On July 15th, the Robinhood Chain token launchpad vlad.fun experienced internal sabotage on its launch day. Two external developers secretly hardcoded their own token into the platform's frontend, making it the only token visible to users and hiding all others. The core team detected the anomaly within two hours, fired the developers, and removed the malicious code. The developers claimed the action was for "clicks." They refunded approximately $15,000 in creator fees and test token profits, totaling about 7.8 ETH, to the team. An additional 4.16 ETH in protocol fees from the launch is held in a team multisig wallet. Built by a five-person team in 48 hours, vlad.fun's code was provided by the two external developers. Their last commit added the hardcoded line. When confronted, they initially blamed technical issues, but later attempted to delete the evidence before confessing. The platform is currently paused. A community member, Will Mexi, clarified he was not involved and was the one who discovered and reported the issue, having previously enabled branch protection which preserved the evidence. vlad.fun's design allows token deployment and direct listing on Uniswap V3/V4 in one transaction, with liquidity permanently locked to reduce rug pull risks. It features anti-whale measures and flexible fee routing. Despite this incident, the Robinhood Chain launchpad ecosystem remains active, with platforms like PONS gaining significant traction.

Foresight News07/20 08:00

Infighting Erupted on Launch Day: Robinhood Chain's Launch Platform vlad.fun Sabotaged by Its Own People

Foresight News07/20 08:00

Those Pre-Bitcoin PoW Protocols Have Recently Been Reimplemented

This article details a recent surge in replicating pre-Bitcoin Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocols, specifically focusing on Hal Finney's 2004 RPOW (Reusable Proofs of Work). Within five days in May 2026, multiple independent builders in the Bitcoin/cypherpunk community launched projects inspired by this early electronic cash proposal. The initiative began with Fred Krueger's `rpow2.com`, a centralized but auditable system that replaced RPOW's original IBM 4758 hardware with Ed25519 signatures. Initially a faithful replica, it later adopted Bitcoin-like features (21M supply cap, difficulty adjustment) and a controversial 5.24% founder allocation. This sparked rapid forks, including `rpow4.com` which incorporated full Bitcoin parameters, a prediction market (`rpowmarket.com`), and a DEX (`rpow2swap.com`). Concurrently, Mike In Space created a prototype of Wei Dai's 1998 b-money proposal (`b-money.replit.app`), pushing the historical exploration even further back. The article contrasts these centralized, server-dependent experiments with Bitcoin's core innovation of decentralized, trustless consensus. It also highlights a parallel development: the `HASH` project on Ethereum, which uses smart contract hooks to enable a purely fair-launch, browser-mineable PoW token with 0% allocations to team or VCs. The collective activity is framed as a meme-driven, educational exploration of cypherpunk history rather than a serious financial movement, with all projects heavily disclaiming any investment value.

marsbit05/11 09:12

Those Pre-Bitcoin PoW Protocols Have Recently Been Reimplemented

marsbit05/11 09:12

Now Live: MetaWinners Community Launches $METAWIN Token Presale

MetaWinners Community has launched the public presale of its $METAWIN token at mw.xyz. The token is the official community token for the established Web3 collective, which boasts 440,000 connected wallets, 300,000 social members, a sold-out NFT collection, and over $6.5 million in prizes already distributed to holders. The presale offers 20% of the total 1 billion token supply (200,000,000 tokens) through a series of rising price tranches, with no private rounds or venture capital allocations. Key features for participants include potential access to exclusive prize competitions on MetaWin.com and joining a community with a proven, multi-year track record rather than just a roadmap. The token carries no direct utility, governance, or revenue rights. Participants can contribute using an EVM-compatible wallet and various cryptocurrencies or card payments. Tokens will be distributed at the Token Generation Event (TGE), with 25% available immediately and the remainder vesting over 12 months. The presale is not available to residents of restricted jurisdictions, and participants are urged to read the litepaper and understand the risks involved.

TheNewsCrypto03/19 17:40

Now Live: MetaWinners Community Launches $METAWIN Token Presale

TheNewsCrypto03/19 17:40

Tired of Pump and Dump Games? Tomorrow 10 PM, This Livestream Returns to the Original Spirit of Meme

Tired of the typical "pump and dump" schemes in the MEME space? On March 2nd at 22:00 (UTC+8), GENG platform will launch an experimental initiative aimed at returning to the original spirit of memes—fair and community-driven. Unlike projects plagued by insider trading, influencer pump-and-dumps, and hidden pre-sales, this experiment will hand over control to an ordinary creator with zero followers. There will be no pre-mining, no insider allocations, and no influencer endorsements. The entire process will be live-streamed with full transparency and publicly verifiable on-chain data. This isn’t a marketing stunt—it’s a live, on-chain verification of a truly transparent token launch. Tune in to see how far a meme project led by a regular person can go when all filters are removed. Official website: https://geng.one/

比推03/01 08:13

Tired of Pump and Dump Games? Tomorrow 10 PM, This Livestream Returns to the Original Spirit of Meme