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What we can cite

Primary beats press. Low-confidence X posts stay in the binder as field notes, not as statistics.

primaryConf. High2026-01-15
BAGS and the Creator Economy
Steve Yegge / Medium
LinkedIn ping, Schwab interrogation, $68–75k claim, disclosure that he receives $GAS royalties, thesis that Bags is a stock market for creators.
Use: Primary on the origin case. Don’t paste long stretches.
pressConf. High2026-01-20
Memecoin Venture Capital
Matt Levine / Bloomberg Money Stuff
Levine frames Bags fee-routing to Yegge as a joke that is also a financing technology. Closest existing long-form language.
Use: Sympathetic frame that already cleared a Bloomberg column. Not a substitute for the map.
essayConf. High2026-01-17
Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers
seangoedecke.com
Buying $GAS/$RALPH does not unlock the tools. “From a technical perspective, the answer is nothing.” Frames Bags as airdrop-PnD-as-a-service; donations would be more efficient than routing casino volume.
Use: The opposition brief. Quote, then let Yegge answer.
essayConf. Medium2026-01-26
Funding Open Source?
DSHR’s Blog
Walks the $GAS launch, Yegge post, peak, dump. Estimates losses to traders vs take for promoters and Yegge. Treat figures as claimed, not gospel.
Use: Secondary reconstruction until we redo the chain.
platform docConf. High2026-02-13
GitHub Creator Fee sharing is here
@Pumpfun
Allocate creator fees to any GitHub account via the Pump mobile app.
Use: The product decision that scaled the play from Bags one-offs to daily Pump flow.
platform docConf. High2026-02-15
Pump.fun GitHub Creator Fee claiming guide
Medium (@pumpdotfun_)
Addressed to people who did not launch the coin. Claiming “signals to a community that you have acknowledged the token.” Warns not to claim multiple. This is the primary tracking device.
Use: Read as a legal document. Screenshot the “signals interest” paragraph.
platform docConf. High2026-05
pump-sdk GitHub recipient notes
@pump-fun/pump-sdk
Initialize social fee PDA before adding GitHub recipient. Organizations not supported; fees can be permanently lost. Wrong platform value can ban the coin.
Use: Mechanism note + a dark-comic detail (orgs brick the money).
onchainConf. Medium2026
PumpFun GitHub social fee claim monitor
github.com/nirholas/pumpfun-claims-bot
Telegram feed of first-time GitHub claims, credibility scores, fake-claim detection (instruction fired, zero lamports).
Use: Shows an industry exists to watch the exact moment a mark claims.
x fieldConf. Medium2026-01-17
This model is broken
@NotSoEasyMoney
Assign fees to someone who never wanted a coin → bag holders beg them to claim → then attack them as the responsible “dev.” 120k views.
Use: Best vernacular description of the social violence after the claim.
x fieldConf. Low2026-01-17
90% of bag tokens
@Yennii56
Web2 devs forced to claim → snipers full clip → chart to 0. Only KOLs in contact with the mark make money.
Use: Hypothesis to test with one reconstructed coin, not a statistic to treat as fact.
primaryConf. High2026-08-26
LinkedIn InMail → Flurry coin
@0xlucipher
First Pump.fun trade in his life. Fees pointed at GitHub. He claims and tries to bond.
Use: The live reconstruction if Yegge is treated as history.
pressConf. High2026-06-19
Pump.Fun’s Bounties Platform Is a Black Hole of Circular Grifting
WIRED (Miles Klee)
Not the fee-claim play, but the same company, same attention-extraction physics. Adjacent, already documented. Do not reuse as cover for this map.
Use: Adjacent: same company, same attention physics. Not the fee-claim play.
crypto pressConf. Medium2025-09-03
Pump.fun’s New Fee Model Hands Out $2M in 24 Hours
Decrypt
Project Ascend dynamic fees. Dune cited. Shows creator fees as a growth lever, not a side quest.
Use: Money section backdrop.
crypto pressConf. Medium2026-03-25
Pump.fun locks creator fees after “vamping”
crypto.news
Alon: one post-launch fee-recipient change. Vamping = point fees at a trusted wallet, then yank them back. Cousin of the mark play.
Use: Adjacent mechanism: fee destination as a confidence trick.
onchainConf. Mediumlive
Pump.fun Creator Earnings
Dune / @adam_tehc
~$1.92M claims/24h and ~$11.88M/7d as observed Aug 2026. Not filtered to GitHub marks.
Use: Commission a fork query for social PDA claims only.
x fieldConf. Low2026-02-19
GitHub Fee-Sharing Spoof Exploit
@0xstrawberrylad (via quote threads)
create_fee_sharing_config used to make dashboards look like a GitHub official claimed.
Use: Must independently re-read the txs before publishing.
crypto pressConf. Medium2026-02-22
GitHub fee sharing as identity capture
Marsbit / HTX reprint
The point is not that fees can be split — it is that the sink is now a GitHub account, plugging developer identity into the meme factory’s funding pipe.
Use: Chinese-language analysis that already saw the strategic meaning of GitHub as the identity rail.
primaryConf. High2026-01-27
I will never do a coin
@steipete
“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.” ~388k views.
Use: The refusal scene. Pair with later Discord-ban coverage; verify $16M figure independently.
primaryConf. High2026-02-21
A casino wearing a builder’s name
@gajesh
Unsolicited Base token; refund $17k / 545 wallets. Third time that month. Names CONWAY/Sigil and Steinberger. “Tokens are a mechanism for strangers to monetize someone else’s reputation.”
Use: Mechanism in the mark’s own language. Verify the refund tx before the number leads.
x fieldConf. Medium2026-08-25
Change your GitHub to his name
@OnchainCop
Find an employee with no public git → rename your GitHub → backdate commits → launch → claim fees → “OMG its real.”
Use: Opens the impersonation variation. Need one reconstructed case before it leads.
x fieldConf. High2026-08-25
Sending to ur github
@Robinhood_BRO / @BrianRoemmele
Celebrity mark. Claim UI fails. New mint posted anyway. Second account drops github.com/BrianRoemmele.
Use: Same-day contrast with Lucipher’s successful InMail.
x fieldConf. High2026-08-24
Charity coin pitched to LCFA
@SolvigantWander
Public reply to Lung Cancer Foundation of America: $SLEEP on Pump, ~$1900 fees, “pumpfun policy they will match,” “claim the fees & give a shout out.”
Use: Exhibit of the charity-mark script. Confirm with LCFA before implying they took it.
crypto pressConf. Medium2026-01-12
The Get Bagged feature
DEV / sivarampg
Anyone can launch a coin using your content without permission; you verify and claim. “Like creating a stock for your company without permission, but you’d still receive dividends.” Flags trademark.
Use: Productized name of the play. Prefer Bags’ own docs alongside this.
platform docConf. High2025-09+
Up to 100 fee claimers
Bags API docs
Multiple fee claimers identified by social provider (twitter, kick, github) and username. Partner keys. Wallet/v2 endpoint across GitHub, Kick, TikTok, Twitter.
Use: Shows industrial fee-routing, not two-person splits.
platform docConf. High2026
bankr launch --fee @partner
Bankr docs
Fee recipient: X/Farcaster handle, ENS, or wallet. Redirects make only that address able to claim.
Use: EVM rail in the mechanism section.
platform docConf. High2026-04-27
Charity Coins Disclaimer
pump.fun/docs/charitycoins
Creator fees routed to Donate.gg for verified nonprofits. Pump says it does not induce donations; conversion/off-ramp is Donate.gg’s problem.
Use: Legal/disclaimer read next to the LCFA DM.
platform docConf. Mediumobserved 2026-08
We handle the PumpFun launch
socialify.fun
Deploy through Socialify; they launch on Pump and redirect dev fees to verified social creators. Live FAQ: creator pastes a unique claim code in bio; scraper watches; deployer can reclaim unclaimed gifts. 19+ platforms including GitHub, TikTok, X, Pornhub. “Small service fee.” Custodial wallets generated server-side.
Use: Middleman variation. Ambush + clawback. Pair with $SOC mint.
platform docConf. High2026-02-15
Pump.fun GitHub Creator Fee claiming guide (full read)
Medium (@pumpdotfun_)
Addressed to people who did not launch the coin. Claiming “signals to a community that you have acknowledged the token.” After claim: make a public statement with a template, consider buying supply, stay active, use fees for marketing. Claim only one “canonical” token. Intercom “may connect you with an affiliate.” Affiliate-coded app link join.pump.fun/HSag/x.
Use: Exhibit A and the sensor map. Screenshot the “signals interest” and the press-release template.
x fieldConf. High2026-08-24
VC script + Medium guide on Scotty Beam
@jozzzeey
“devs have raised 6-7 figures through this structure it's like crypto vc… claim fees through this link using your github” + official Medium URL.
Use: How the guide is deployed as a hunting license.
x fieldConf. Medium2026-06-20
He claimed Bags so hunt him on Pump
@RedOval93
Prior Bags claim used as conversion proof. New Pump mint to github.com/metaspartan.
Use: Repeat-mark variation.
x fieldConf. Medium2026-05-14
Crowdfunded donation sitting on GitHub
@voidinzin → @oliviazzzu
119k-view OSS post. Fees “sitting there for almost two weeks.” Offer to explain how to claim.
Use: Unclaimed-pile + help-desk voice.
x fieldConf. High2026-03-16
Easy 10x if you track first-time GitHub claims
@nichxbt
Telegram feed of first-time GitHub social fee claims. Fake-claim filter. Sold as alpha.
Use: On-chain sensor already industrialized.
platform docConf. Highobserved 2026-08
Pick any TikTok or X creator
sprk.gg (cached)
Launch a coin for your favorite creator on pump.fun; they earn fees. Claim via Sign in with X or a TikTok bio link. Site 404 DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND on 25–26 Aug 2026. TOS snippets still indexed.
Use: Killed rail. Archive remaining index hits. Do not lead with it.
primaryConf. High2024-10-24
Someone launched a $PROJECT89 token. Perfect timing.
@whyarethis
Woke up to a Pump coin on his ARG. 524k views. Posted a SOL wallet and said he would spend $PROJECT89 on AI-given missions. The stay.
Use: Contrast with Steinberger’s refusal — same family of unsolicited coins, opposite aftermath.
primaryConf. High2025-08-19
Given 1% and a smile
@project_89
He didn’t launch the token. 1% and a smile. Others made millions. No fees, no LP, no contract. “We didn’t launch this token. We didn’t choose the constraints.” A meme coin made on the work of the AI artist without his consent. CTO then migrate.
Use: Names the variation. The aftermath that is not refusal and not a GitHub claim.
primaryConf. High2025-10-04
The bridge is crossed
@project_89
Migration complete. New CA CJjraBaedPnKzjnag12i7PVo5pSP6cB9heV8zr89bonk. Trading fees on the new token will fund the studio. Team keeps 10% after burns.
Use: The cashflow they could not take on Pump, taken after a year of being the face.
platform docConf. High2025-07-18
Creator Fees for Community Takeovers
@Pumpfun
1.2M views. Eligible: still on curve or PumpSwap; Raydium pre-Mar 20 2025 out. “Indisputable proof that the community wouldn’t survive without the CTO lead.” Conflicts: no redirect. Form + [email protected] only. Final tweet: links after this are a scam.
Use: The honest CTO path. Contrast with migrate.fun’s reprint. The closing scam-warning shows Pump knew impersonators would ride the claim.
platform docConf. Mediumobserved 2026-08-25
Helping communities migrate Over $20M in liquidity
migrate.fun
Active project snapshot: CAT CAT ~30% migrated. Powered by $EMBLEM / Emblem Vault. Create / Stake / projects list.
Use: Industrial rail. $20M is a homepage claim — do not treat as fact.
x fieldConf. Medium2025-07-16
First successful migration, 77% / 869 SOL
@MigrateFun
TNSR → HUSTLE. 200% mcap during window. 77% migrated. 869 SOL unlocked (~92% of trapped LP). Later: unmigrated tokens “flow back to the team.” Quote-tweeted Pump’s CTO-fee thread: “Why accept crumbs?”
Use: Unmigrated-capture P&L. Verify on-chain before the numbers lead.
primaryConf. High2026-08-19
How to migrate Catcoin and claim MFT
@MigrateFun
SOL: one tx. BNB: two wallets, migrate then claim MFT. Dual-chain unification into a Pump relaunch. migrate.fun/migrate/mig221. 26 Aug: 30.61% of 1B CAT deposited; 50M CAT = 1 MFT.
Use: The holder-facing claiming guide. Sensor. Pair with the impersonator DMs from the same week.
platform docConf. Highobserved 2026-08-26
CAT Migration 30.61%
migrate.fun/migrate/mig221
Total migrated 306,147,072.987 of 1,000,000,000 CAT. Remaining 693,852,927.013. Time remaining ~12d. Homepage window 18 Aug 9:00 PM – 7 Sep 4:20 AM. Rate 50M CAT = 1 MFT. Powered by Emblem Vault. Dual buttons: Migrate on Solana / Migrate on BNB.
Use: Live window numbers. Remaining is not treasury until close. Canonical URL.
primaryConf. High2026-08-19
We will NEVER DM you first
@catcoin
Migration live at migrate.fun/migrate/mig221. “This is the ONLY official migration link.” NEVER DM first; ignore DM’d links. Repeated 19, 20, 22 Aug: no help desk, no support account, no representatives who will ask you to DM.
Use: Official warning that names the impersonation surface. The how-to and the warning are the same week.
x fieldConf. High2026-08-22
You are the scammer
@Ovickyoung
Under @catcoin’s scam-warning: “I entered the application you shared for migration but the coins can't be claimed..you are the scammer.” @MigrateFun_CTO: claim from the claimpad, follow back, step by step. Costume engineers pile on.
Use: Named holder who used a sent app. Not yet a confirmed drain — they could not claim. The reply graph is the cluster.
x fieldConf. High2026-08-22
Synchronize your wallet with the contract deployer
@MigrateFun_CTO
To @Dandy09097, who could not connect a wallet: “You’ve to manually synchronize your wallet with the contract deployer to allow you migrate your $CATCOIN successfully. Kindly send a message for step by step guide.” Bio: “Migrate your liquidity anywhere | DM for requests and support.” Recycled Twitter id 1604493720.
Use: The drain script in public. Pair with official “we have NO support account.”
x fieldConf. High2026-08-25
Withdraw from Gate.io, then DM
@CptoOvejaNegr
Display name “Kirk Behke | CTO.” Bio: Head of Customer Care @pepetocoin @migratefun @catcoin @deepsnitchai. To @ttvtt0304 (CATCOIN on Gate): move to Phantom/Trust, then “send us a direct message so we can assist.”
Use: CEX-holder variant of the same DM. Named holder + costume identity.
primaryConf. High2026-08-25
Considering withdrawing BNB liquidity
@catcoin
“We are considering withdrawing liquidity from BNB Chain to encourage more holders to migrate their BNB Chain CATCOIN. We would like to know your opinion before proceeding.”
Use: Coercion lever, not yet pulled. Watch through window close.
platform docConf. High2026-06-17
Blue checks reserved for CTO
@MigrateFun
Migrations must authenticate with X. Gold check if the account matches a paid DEX (official project). “Blue checks are reserved for CTO and individual set ups.”
Use: They productized the distinction between official team and CTO. The check is the blessing.
platform docConf. Highobserved 2026-08-26
How creators prove ownership and claim their dev fees
socialify.fun/docs (JS bundle)
Choose a creator by typing a username. Claim code in bio; backend scrapes. “Fees remain in escrow indefinitely. The deployer can reclaim them at any time.” “Socialify captures 100% of those fees… minus a small service fee.” Wallets generated server-side.
Use: Exhibit for ambush + clawback. Screenshot the reclaim sentence.
onchainConf. High2026-04-16
$SOC on Pump.fun
Pump frontend-api-v3
Socialify / SOC. Mint J8WUkk…pump. Creator FJ3rPDt…. Created 16 Apr 2026 20:06 UTC. ATH ~$8,992 at 20:09. Last trade 18 Apr. Website socialify.fun, twitter x.com/SocialifySolana. Still on curve 26 Aug. usd_market_cap ~$2.7k (Pump market_cap field ~28 is SOL-unit, not dollars).
Use: The wrapper’s own coin. Dead on arrival. Operator breadcrumb.
x fieldConf. High2026-08-21
Launch a coin for your favorite creator
@sprkdotgg
“Show them how much they mean to you… Launch a coin for your favorite creator and help turn their influence into an ecosystem they can own. CA: 3SDw6gFxanA1XzbVazzKuiwWDbiXtpgTxii7rHY1pump.” Follow-up: 9.6% locked 10 years, paid DEX.
Use: The four-day wrapper speaking. Pair with the 404.
platform docConf. Mediumobserved 2026-08-26
Creator may claim the fee wallet by proving control
sprk.gg/terms (cached; site 404)
Search-index remnants: X via Sign in with X; TikTok via unique sprk.gg link in bio. “Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by TikTok, X.” [email protected] / [email protected]. Full text not recovered — archive before the index drops it.
Use: Killed-rail TOS. Low-confidence until archived.