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
