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About Degentalk

A note from Goombas, Co-Founder & Strategic Chaos Officer

This Ain't a Platform. It's a Symptom.

Degentalk isn't your next web3 startup. It's not a DAO pretending to be decentralized. It's not another Discord where alpha goes to die.

It's what happens when the internet's most unhinged financial minds demand a home.

We built this because every other platform got neutered. Sanitized interfaces. Soft mods. "Community guidelines." Years of watching brilliant degenerates get buried under waves of "gm" posts and pinned whitepapers no one reads.

I've been in the trenches — sketchy Telegrams groups like "1xLongKidneyCalls", backchannels where real alpha leaks at 3am, forums where one wrong take gets you socially liquidated before the market even opens.

So we said f*** it. Let's build the last stop before the moon.

What Degentalk Actually Is

A gamified combat zone where shitposting is a career path.

  • Your XP is your credibility
  • Your post history is your portfolio
  • Your reputation score is your net worth
  • Your last hot take is your résumé

This isn't "community building." This is organized degeneracy — structured just enough to evolve, raw enough to matter.

Why Everything Else Failed

Bitcointalk → A museum that somehow still outperforms your favorite DeFi protocol

Telegram → Scam roulette where admins vanish faster than liquidity

Discord → Channel spam simulator where alpha gets lost between NFT memes

Reddit → Mod jail with karma cops

Twitter → Engagement farming w/ character limits.

Crypto didn't need another chat. It needed a proving ground.

The Unwritten Rules Now Written

  1. Reputation > Everything. Your wallet can lie. Your post history can't.
  2. Quality shitposting is an art form. Master it or stay lurking.
  3. Say "gm" = instaban. This ain't your wellness retreat.
  4. Alpha leaks through cracks. Stay alert or stay poor.
  5. Be funny or be right. Preferably both. Never neither.
  6. No seed phrases. No VC worship. No LARPing as Satoshi.
  7. Everyone's down bad. Winners just hide it better.

Who Belongs Here

The Gamblers who calculate odds better than tokenomics

The Traders permanently fused to the 15-minute chart

The Forum Rats who remember when rep counts meant respect

The CT Refugees tired of threading for clout

The Survivors still here after every rug, bust, or "temporary pause"

You don't need a whitelist. You don't need connections. You just need conviction and a healthy dose of market PTSD.

The Roadmap If We Don't Get Rugged First

Now

  • XP-driven progression system
  • Reputation-gated forums
  • Tipping economy that actually works
  • Cosmetics that flex harder than your PFP

Soon™

  • Class System: Gambler / Whale / Prophet / Influencer / Reformed Beggar
  • Flex Cases: Signature art, custom flairs, rain multipliers
  • Events: Jackpot threads, XP decay, leaderboard seasons
  • Mutations: Forums that evolve based on unhinged degeneracy levels

Eventually

  • A DAO so cursed it might actually work
  • On-chain reputation if we survive that long
  • Whatever chaos the community manifests next

Final Transmission

We didn't launch to moon. We launched to last.

To be the forum people screenshot at 4am. The place where your not alone — Even after making some questionable financial decisions. The arena where being right matters less than being memorable.

"Degentalk isn't perfect. But it's honest. And in a space full of exit scams masquerading as ecosystems, that's rarer than profit."

Welcome to the last real forum on the internet.

— Goombas

Co-Founder & Chief Degen

Strategic Ops Overlord

Recovering Shitcoin Philosopher

Still Up 3% Lifetime (Before Tax)