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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First link you sent is a scam, the token is not part of the protocol atm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The second link is literally to their own web page.

Regardless of whether its part of the "protocol", it's part of the project.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The token is optional and can be used for tipping, allowing you to earn some money by posting on Plebbit. However, using the platform is completely free.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You don't need a new token to do any of that. You could do it with one of the thousands of existing ones.

You do, however, need a new token if you want to rug pull a bunch of random clueless "investors".

If I'm a betting man, this entire project is 95% scam and 5% project, and that's me being generous.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't need to develop a project for 3 years to rugpull it. Rug pulls are low effort

The founder funded this with more than half a million of his own money to build it, if he just wanted to pump and dump a token there are easier ways

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

There's a first time for everything bo.