$WIFB Turns One on Base

Host: Kitty (ThatOneKitty.base.eth, @ThatOneKitty__)^* with Waldo (@waldoforrealz) · Mon, 17 Aug 2026 · ~1h07m · 4 active speakers

TL;DR

• $WIFB (kitty with bow) celebrated one full year — from a Hello Kitty–inspired token on Pepu, through a near-death market-cap crash, to a home on Base.
• Kitty walked through the whole origin story: launchpad frustrations, repeated "imposter" takedowns, waking up to a 110k→4k market cap, and the move to Token Forge and Base.
• The NFT collection got its spotlight: made by "Boots," ~800 of a planned 1,000, with a burn-to-upgrade tier mechanic; epic/legendary tiers still pending.
• Two NFTs and Bankerbot token rewards were given away live to commenters.
• A long, very funny stretch on Waldo's AI "interns" — training Grok on reinforcement loops and blue base juice, while Bankerbot kept fudding everyone's microcap.
• Kitty closed on her real highlights of the year: famous folks saying hi to "little old me," and Base finally feeling like home.

Highlights

[4:01] A year, mostly among first-week friends. Kitty opened marveling that the year had flown, noting she'd met most of the room in her first week or two on Base — "so we've pretty much been friends for a year now."

[8:xx→9:22] Waldo's tribute. Waldo gave a heartfelt toast to Kitty and Duck for surviving a full year — bear market and all — calling it "always kitty market, kitty with bow season" and praising her as a grinder who shows up for everyone around her.

[13:40] The origin story. Prompted to take the room back to the beginning, Kitty explained her partner John/DevDuck had been trying to get her into crypto for a decade with no luck ("crypto was boring as fuck"), until a launchpad let her make her own long-sought Hello Kitty token. She recounted the six weeks of "imposter" takedowns that forced three character redesigns.

[16:xx→19:01] The crash and the escape. While the Australia-based team slept, Pepu announced a shutdown and the market cap fell from ~110k to ~4k. Kitty described the increasingly "mafia" community, a half-finished pre-sale, and the eventual leap to Token Forge on Base — where staking, team vesting and whale protection made it "a no-brainer."

[27:08→33:11] The NFTs. Kitty detailed the collection built by "Boots" — hand-made backgrounds, bows and dresses as individual traits, and an on-chain burn-to-upgrade system (three commons → one uncommon). It stalled around 800 of a planned 1,000 when Boots stepped away, but she's still fond of them, including her personal one-of-one, "Rudy Nudie."

[37:34] Charity was the point. CryptoForHer (CeCe) came up to congratulate the community; Kitty noted CFH was the first project $WIFB donated to, alongside the RSPCA — over ~$400 given so far. "I was always brought up to look after other people... random acts of kindness."

[40:24→46:59] The Grok intern saga. Waldo riffed on onboarding new "blue hard hat" DGs from Base Cap (he was convinced they were secretly wagby cats), then explained his AI workflow: getting Bankerbot and Grok to talk to each other about $WIFB while he plays guardrail. He's training Grok on positive/negative "reinforcement loops" — 900 points, deductions for non-compliance — and swears it's working, the intern now trailing him between threads.

[52:30] Bankerbot refuses to shill. Kitty read out Bankerbot's brutal take — "illiquid microcap setup," near-zero volume, high concentration risk — and flatly told listeners "don't listen to Bankablot." Waldo confirmed the bot slanders him identically, then always pivots to selling a membership.

[55:54→57:14] Duck in the void. Co-founder Duck got bounced from the stage and stranded as a co-host who couldn't speak. Waldo turned it into a bit: "You don't need to speak, Duck. You're doing one of the most vital things... Round of applause for Duck for holding it down."

[1:01:21] Kitty's real highlights. Asked for her most memorable moments, Kitty named the times people she'd idolized replied to or friended her, and the launch on Base itself — where different tokens joined her Telegram and made art with her character. "It just felt like home."

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "John has been trying to get me into crypto for about ten years and I was just like not interested... crypto was boring as fuck." — Kitty [13:40]
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• "It's always kitty market, kitty with bow season." — Waldo [8:xx]
• "He's like, listen, I can't hold anything, but I can put in the work and put in the grind." — Waldo, on Grok [46:39]
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• "There must be something in that blue juice... maybe it's cocaine. I'm not sure. But it's been working." — Waldo [51:xx]
• "You don't need to speak, Duck. You're doing a great job. Round of applause for Duck for holding it down." — Waldo [56:51]
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• "I just didn't think that someone that famous would add me." — Kitty [1:02:15]
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Who said what

• Kitty (ThatOneKitty.base.eth, @ThatOneKitty__)^* — host and project lead; narrated the year, ran the NFT and token giveaways, and typed her comments out loud one word at a time.
• Waldo (@waldoforrealz) — cohost-energy hype man from the "for Reals" community; handled resharing, tributes, and the entire AI-intern comedy arc.
• CryptoForHer / CeCe (@Crypto_4_Her)^* — came up to congratulate the community and recall the charity collaboration that first connected them.
• Speaker 4 — a supportive friend who prompted the origin story and opened with warm words for Kitty.
• Duck / DevDuck (John) (@DuckTherapist_) — co-founder referenced throughout as the bot-builder and staking-checker; spent a chunk of the space stranded, muted, in the void.
• Mike – The Base Junkie (@BaseJunkie_) — in the audience, cited during the scam-cloning safety story.

Worth a full listen

• [13:40]–[24:38] — Kitty's uninterrupted origin story is the heart of the space: the ten-year holdout, the Hello Kitty takedowns, the overnight crash, and the migration to Base. The summary can't carry its momentum.
• [44:07]–[53:47] — The Grok/Bankerbot stretch is the funniest run of the hour, from reinforcement-loop "training" to blue-juice reboots to Bankerbot roasting every microcap in the room. Best experienced at full length.
• [1:01:21]–[1:04:56] — Kitty's genuine reflection on her year, and Waldo's response about watching her evolve, land warmer in the speakers' own voices than in any paraphrase.

* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.