Degen perspective: Dexscreener making a moonshot is using its weakness to attack others' strengths
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Degen perspective: Dexscreener making a moonshot is using its weakness to attack others' strengths
MS only made cuts to PumpFun's original cake, kicking out some dog whales.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: CedricZ 𐤊
Tonight, a large number of DEX screeners perfectly demonstrated what it means to attack strengths with weaknesses.
The following content is written from the perspective of a degenerate and may be overly focused. Please bear with me given the rushed nature of this piece.
TLDR: Moonshot (hereinafter referred to as MS) has no innovation but many flaws, directly kicking some "dog operators" off the table and shrinking the overall pie.
High traffic is obviously an advantage—but MS failed to leverage it effectively. Below, I’ll only discuss its shortcomings:
Where DEX Falls Short (points 4-5 are more important)
1. Data stream efficiency (DEX data updates are painfully slow—you know if you're a degen);
2. Trading capability (always reliant on third-party integrations);
3. No metadata displayed before MS launch—meaning zero exposure pre-launch;
4. Lacking social features, no comments (Pumpfun’s comment section is the root reason behind the proliferation of “CTO scams”);
5. Launch history cannot be easily traced back (the only fairness is gone).
Points 1 and 2 aren’t critical—they only affect traders and don’t impact fundamentals. Besides, Pump has always relied on third parties anyway.
But what about the true foundation of any platform—the dog operator community?
Point 3 directly pushes some grassroots dog operators off the table; points 4 and 5 further reduce MS’s appeal to them. Let me explain in detail.
3. No Metadata Displayed Before MS Launch
From a launchpad perspective, the golden first 5 minutes for dog operators are completely wasted. Small-capital operators get kicked off the table (though this doesn’t stop Cabal from running their schemes). Degens also can’t gather information from MS, drastically reducing early traffic.
Additionally, providing Enhanced Token Info post-launch removes the “trust scam” phase, pushing even more small CTO dog operators off the table.
4. Lacking Social Features, No Comments
Retail investors lose their only communication channel. Dog operators who rely on in-dapp promotion during launch are removed from the game.
No comments also mean almost zero possibility for in-dapp CTOs, eliminating another segment of rural dog operators. The “CTO scam” pie shrinks further.
5. Launch History Cannot Be Easily Traced Back
Irrelevant to dog operators, but crucial for retail participation enthusiasm.
The inability to easily trace launch history undermines the very foundation of fairness on PumpFun—and the reason why in-dapp launches could be called “fair.”
Because what we really want isn’t fairness—it’s the appearance of fairness. Whether it’s a rug or not isn’t the key—it’s whether I know it’s a rug.
Like entering a casino, I should immediately know whether I’m about to play slots or blackjack.
PumpFun locks all pre-launch records. At any time, you can easily check them by reviewing PUMP trades (before this, you had to rely on certain third-party tools or Solcan, which consumed significant time).
Was it a Cabal launch? A CTO? Or tightly controlled by a dog operator? Anyone without on-chain data skills can easily understand it, then decide whether to participate.
That’s fairness!
The decision-making process becomes simple, further boosting traders’ willingness to engage (i.e., gambling).
In summary, MS only made cuts to PumpFun’s existing pie—kicking out part of the dog operator base.
As for traffic value, it hasn’t been well integrated into the Pump gameplay. Whether MS launches or not won’t change the overall interaction logic of Dex.
Launchpads (in the broad sense), from Uniswap to PumpFun, have always succeeded through a “rural encirclement of the city” strategy.
First, unite the people—only then can you enjoy the dividends.
MS, by shrinking the pie and driving away grassroots dog operators and small retail manipulators, aiming solely to monopolize the remaining market value, clearly doesn’t understand how to play the game.
Without these players, even Cabal will have less meat to eat.
Nobody wants to see such an “unfair” outcome.
Hoping the next Pump challenger plays smarter. That’s all.
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