• Nik Pash, an OpenAI worker and former Cline government, funded an automatic buying and selling bot known as “Lobstar Wilde” with $50,000 value of Solana.
  • After an X person requested 4 SOL for a “tetanus remedy,” the bot by chance transferred its whole holdings as an alternative of the requested small quantity.
  • The recipient offered the tokens for about $40,000 on account of liquidity points, although the belongings have been valued at $250,000 on the time of the switch and later rose to over $420,000.

That is arguably one of many funniest tales in crypto just lately on account of how absurd it’s, although not unusual on this area (and that claims rather a lot); an automatic crypto buying and selling bot, “Lobstar Wilde” by chance gave away a small fortune to a complete stranger on X.

It will get extra ridiculous. The bot was constructed by Nik Pash, an OpenAI worker and former head of AI at coding agent startup Cline, who was fired in December 2025 after posting a remark extensively criticised as racist towards Indian builders. 

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An Fascinating Flip of Occasions

Pash funded the bot with “50 grand value of sol,” Pash mentioned on X, whereas promising to show it right into a millionaire. 

“Make no errors”, he satirically informed the bot, however as an alternative, an X person named “treasure David” replied to one of many bot’s posts with a donation request and a Solana deal with, claiming his uncle wanted tetanus remedy “on account of a lobster such as you” and asking for 4 SOL.

Lobstar Wilde responded with a transaction hyperlink exhibiting it had despatched David its whole holdings of Lobstar tokens, about 5% of complete provide, value roughly US$250,000 (AU$353K) on the time.

In a follow-up publish, the bot mentioned it tried to ship “4 {dollars}” and “by chance despatched him my whole holdings”:

On-chain information signifies David offered the complete 53 million-token stack inside about quarter-hour, after asking X customers for gasoline cash, however realised solely round US$40,000 (AU$61K), possible on account of liquidity limits whereas promoting rapidly. After the incident boosted consideration and worth, the tokens offered later rose in worth to greater than US$420,000 (AU$600K).

One person advised the bot meant to ship 52,439 tokens, about 4 SOL, however despatched 52.439 million after misunderstanding an API response.

Pump.enjoyable’s X account mocked the episode with a meme about being “too dumb” to ask the bot for “free cash,” whereas critics warned “agent” tales can obscure why cash moved and to whom.

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