Original author: Nan Zhi, Odaily
Reposted by: Lawrence, Mars Finance
At 11:08 am today, MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay deployed the Meme token CONSENT on the Base network through the AI agent clanker. The token rose to a market value of $4.5 million in 5 minutes, and then fluctuated in the range of $2 million to $3 million.
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, provide a text description of the token's Ticker, content, and image, 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 forwarded clanker’s deployment response and stated: "Honestly, this is a terrible experience: my tokens were taken by 200 bots, it’s obvious this is a scam. Maybe the issuer should deposit initial funds first? The Uniswap widget didn’t even offer MM as a mobile login option." (Odaily Note: MM = MetaMask.)
A similar scenario also occurred on makenow.meme. If the token deployer chooses to publish the token through social media platforms, the deployer 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 the earlier friend.tech, various big V's were monitored by bots, and once they went online, the early chips were immediately taken by bots, leaving no room for ordinary users to participate.
"Pump.fun save me"
Dan further stated that he actually lost money by deploying the token through clanker because many people bought in before the founder and then sold after the founder. Now he can only make up for the loss by "shilling".
Four minutes later, Dan thought of a brilliant idea—issuing a token on pump.fun. However, on the surface, Dan stated that this was a test to compare the experiences of the two token issuance platforms.
After Dan published the pump link confirming the token's legitimacy, the CONSENT on Solana began to soar, reaching a market value of $11 million in just 11 minutes post-launch, with Dan's account showing an unrealized profit of about $200,000.
Dan gave a positive evaluation of the pump:
"Comparing the Meme coin experience of WC (Warpcast) and SOL. There are two tokens named CONSENT, but only one will ultimately win. So far, the results are: on Clanker, a lot of people get robbed and rug pulled; while on pump.fun, at least the developers are genuine founding members. For example, it’s impossible to crowdfund an organization using Clanker’s model. Even though the amount I invested on pump.fun is just a small part of Clanker, the returns have already surpassed the losses incurred on Clanker several times. I’m not sure how much of this is just ‘the normal site noise’ and how much is due to the activity’s boost, but for me, that’s the reality."
Clanker, let’s have a little confrontation
Regarding Dan's claim of losing money on clanker, clanker posted on platform X stating: "@danfinlay tried clanker and pump.fun. He gave us some great suggestions that we will use to improve our product. Dan's experience wasn't good, but he made over $26,000 just on ETH."
But Dan apparently did not see this post on platform X, although he received hints from other Warpcast users—"Where can I see these clanker rewards (funds)?"
