Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)
Author | Nan Zhi (@Assassin_Malvo)
At 11:08 AM today, MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay deployed the Meme token CONSENT on the Base network through the AI agent clanker, which surged to a market value of 4.5 million USD in 5 minutes, and then fluctuated between 2 million and 3 million USD.
Clanker is a Meme issuance tool based on AI + social platform, with an interactive experience similar to the previous makenow.meme. Users only need to @clanker, describe the token's Ticker, content, and image in text, and clanker will automatically deploy the token. The core difference is that the deployment process is completed by AI.
Dan: Oh no, I don’t have any chips either
However, 13 minutes after the token was deployed, Dan retweeted clanker's deployment reply and stated: 'Honestly, this was a terrible experience: my tokens were taken by 200 bots, it's clear this is a scam. Maybe the issuer could deposit initial funds first? The Uniswap widget didn't even provide MM as a mobile login option.' (Odaily Planet Daily note: MM = MetaMask.)
Similar scenarios have occurred on makenow.meme, and if the token deployer chooses to release the token through social media platforms, the deployer himself does not have the right to purchase first, and no one knows which token is real before the official Bot replies.
This seemingly 'fair' launch method has actually become a feast for 'scientists'. Going back to earlier friend.tech, various major players were monitored by Bots, and once launched, early chips were snatched away by Bots, leaving no room for ordinary users to participate.
'Pump.fun save me'
Subsequently, Dan further stated that he actually incurred losses because he deployed tokens through clanker, as many people bought in before the founders and then sold after the founders, and now he can only make up for the losses through 'shilling'.
4 minutes later, Dan thought of a brilliant idea - to issue coins on pump.fun. However, on the surface, Dan stated that this was a test to compare the experience of the two token issuance platforms.
After Dan posted the pump link confirming the legitimacy of the token, CONSENT on Solana began to surge, reaching a market value of 11 million USD just 11 minutes after the external launch, at which point Dan's account had an unrealized profit of about 200,000 USD.
In response, Dan gave a positive review of pump:
Comparing the Meme coin experience of WC (Warpcast) and SOL. There are two tokens named CONSENT, but ultimately only one will prevail.
So far the result is: on Clanker, many people will rush to sell and rug; while on pump.fun, at least the developers are the true founding members. For example, it would be impossible to use Clanker's model for crowdfunding an organization.
Even though the amount I invested on pump.fun was just a small part of Clanker, the returns were already several times the losses incurred on Clanker. I’m not sure how much of that is 'the normal site noise', and how much is due to the boost from this activity, but the fact is, it is what it is.
Clanker comes to throw a little shade
In response to Dan expressing losses on clanker, clanker posted on platform X: '@danfinlay tried clanker and pump.fun. He gave us some great suggestions, and we will use them to improve our product. Dan's experience was not good, but he earned over 26,000 USD just on ETH.'
But Dan seems not to have seen this post on platform X, but he received hints from other Warpcast users - 'Where can I see these clanker rewards (funds)?'
