Refusal

I will not accept fees

The Clawdbot (later OpenClaw/Moltbot) founder, after a viral GitHub, was pinged until he posted: “Please stop pinging me, stop harassing me. I will never do a coin. Any project that lists me as coin owner is a SCAM. No, I will not accept fees.” Nearly 388,000 views. Coverage later described a ~$16M fake-token scare and a Discord crypto ban.

This is the scene the map was missing: a mark who treats the fee as contamination, not a grant. Gajesh later cited him as the reason builders want nothing to do with the industry.

On the watch queue. Still a log entry — the binder does not prune.

Timeline

1. Jan 2026Clawdbot explodes; unauthorized tokens appear in his name.
2. 27 Jan 2026@steipete disavowal tweet. “You are actively damanging the project.”
3. late Jan 2026Press: token crash after denial; Discord bans crypto mentions (verify numbers).

Still unknown

• Which specific coins listed him as owner/fee recipient vs just used the name.
• Whether any fees were claimable by him and left unclaimed.
• On-record interview.

Status: Disavowed; Discord later banned crypto talk