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MASTR · 2024–2026

All publications · 25

Original investigations, critical essays and the conversations behind them. Read by subject, follow a thread, or find a person or project in the source texts.

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KOLs & promotion

The August 2025 guide for crypto newcomers

– Only interact in your wallet with coins you’re sure about, coins sent to you are most likely meant to drain your wallet.

Research & analysis2 min
KOLs & promotion

Scams like $SWIF are pure psychology.

How they operate, what they post, all proven techniques to farm followers and drain them when the time comes.

Commentary & rants2 min
KOLs & promotion

Attention and incentives · 11 Aug 2025

I’m totally aware that I could get far more impressions, followers, and likes by simply calling out Dex scams…

Commentary & rants1 min
Networks & infrastructure

Solana: security and verification · 10 Aug 2025

Day after day, I watch the same patterns repeat: coins bonded end up trending on Dex with inflated, bot-driven fake volume, only to rug shortly after. Almost all of them.

Commentary & rants2 min
KOLs & promotion

Trump: Web3 culture · 5 Aug 2025

I’ve gone head-to-head with big names like @bubblemaps over $BMT and exposed fake “scam exposers” like ScamR and many more.

Commentary & rants2 min
Market structure

$BONK and the entire @bonk_fun hype...

I've stayed out of it for a long time because, to be honest, I’m slowly running out of energy to keep fighting against what feels like 90% of CT on my own.

Commentary & rants2 min
KOLs & promotion

Pumpfun: paid promotion · 3 Aug 2025

I never shill projects where I lack deep internal insights (team, structure, long-term vision, much more).

Commentary & rants1 min
Networks & infrastructure

Congratulate us if you see this, we are almost unique in this space.

Exactly nine months ago, we took the leap and brought $MASTR into this world, not as a meme, not as a hype machine, but as a token with a mission. A mission deeply tied to real utility: providing insurance for $MASTR holders and…

Commentary & rants2 min
KOLs & promotion

Scammer collection here 👇👇 Need YOU ALL ❗

Let’s build a full list of accounts that shilled scams: ➤ X handles ➤ Cashtags ➤ Contract addresses (if you have them) ➤ Screenshots (if you have them)

Commentary & rants1 min
KOLs & promotion

Pumpfun: paid promotion · 29 Jul 2025

Launch token low effort jpeg token Bundle the whole supply Shill to followers Dump it on day one or wait a few days

Commentary & rants1 min
KOLs & promotion

X: paid promotion · 23 Jul 2025

KOLs turned that into a business model: flashing rented Ferraris (if they even managed to pay the lease) and photoshopped wallets.

Commentary & rants1 min
KOLs & promotion

Bitcoin: Web3 culture · 10 Jul 2025

Sure, if the dollar continues to lose value that drastically, then yes, those prices might become realistic someday.

Research & analysis1 min
Politics & conflicts

Web3 culture · 18 Jun 2025

Also home to the most corrupt institutions and the president himself father of the biggest scams we have seen in crypto yet.

Commentary & rants2 min
KOLs & promotion

Attention and incentives · 7 Jun 2025

But I’m not here to chase clout. I’m not tweeting daily hype, pretending every day is altcoin season, or replying “GM” just to stay visible.

Commentary & rants1 min
Market structure

Decentralisation and control · 4 Jun 2025

When you ape into scams, when you chase pumps, when you dump on others — you’re not just wrecking yourself. You’re wrecking all of us.

Commentary & rants2 min
Networks & infrastructure

Solana: building useful products · 3 Jun 2025

We don’t usually shout out ultra-positive takes – but #Solana is on a different level. The speed of innovation, the developer energy, the sheer momentum… lets be honest: it’s unmatched.

Commentary & rants2 min
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