# Forge Fridays 🎙️❤️‍🔥🙌

**Host:** Rachel (@RachelOnchain) · **Fri, Aug 28, 2026** · ~1h28m · 14 detected speakers

## TL;DR
- The debut of **Forge Fridays**, a new recurring show from On-Chain Media in collaboration with **Token Forge** (the $PBTC / Pepe Bitcoin launchpad on Base), set up by community manager Kitty.
- Founder/dev **Sebastian** walked through the whole product: origin story, the move to Base, quick-launch vs. advanced launch modes, presale types, anti-dump wallet protection, staking, the $COAL deflationary token, and a merch storefront on the roadmap.
- Rachel dropped some **IRL alpha**: she'll be making content with Stand With Crypto at the LA Solana event and visiting a senator's office to advocate for the Clarity Act.
- A running theme: **cross-community pollination** across Base, Solana, and Avalanche — no chain maxis allowed.
- **Van Ho** announced she'll be **MCing the Avalanche Summit**, introducing headline speakers like Kevin O'Leary.
- A 50 USDC giveaway ran throughout; the show closes as a **bi-weekly**, with a full livestream walkthrough planned next.

## Highlights

**[7:35] Sebastian introduces Token Forge.** The founder and sole developer explains he's newish to crypto, built the whole thing himself — smart contracts, web app, the lot — and that what began ~1.5 years ago as a meme coin evolved into a no-code token launchpad on Base.

**[22:35] The origin story.** Sebastian recounts getting burned by scams in small-cap land and thinking "why not start my own project so I *know* it's not a scam?" After the original chain shut down with no migration path — "pretty much a mess" — he chose Base for low fees and Coinbase's weight, relaunched $PBTC, and built the launchpad he wished he'd had.

**[31:44] The product deep-dive.** Sebastian breaks down quick-launch (a $25, two-minute, few-clicks flow) vs. the advanced creator, three presale modes (bonding curve, fixed price, stepped price), mandatory team-allocation vesting, community staking, and wallet protection with an "overflow vesting" mode that limits post-launch dumping to protect investors.

**[44:00] Rachel's SoCal alpha + Pierre on pioneering.** Rachel reveals she'll be supporting Stand With Crypto with video content at the LA event and heading to a senator's office for the Clarity Act. Peoples (Pierre) follows with a rousing riff on cross-community pollination: "I don't like to call us builders. We are pioneers. We're literally pioneering the foundation of the future."

**[49:05] Reset, giveaway, and Rachel's community playbook.** Rachel resets the room for the 50 USDC giveaway and shares her genuine-onboarding tip: don't just lurk — post a headshot, introduce yourself, put in the "extra elbow grease" to connect on a human level.

**[50:41] Van Ho's Avalanche Summit news.** Van Ho announces she'll MC the Avalanche Summit and intro big names like Kevin O'Leary — then tells the story of arriving alone in Miami and being pulled into every photo and side event by the Saga DAO and gaming crowd. "One one-piece tattoo would just change everything for me."

**[59:45] Panda tests the pitch.** Panda distills Token Forge to "a turnkey solution to launching a token," and Sebastian confirms it — easy, no-code, but still feature-rich. Panda notes that in the AI era "no one really has an excuse not to launch."

**[1:06:37] Kieran, a beer, and the Brian Armstrong handshake.** Celebrating a gaming-project breakthrough, Kieran cheerfully admits "we're hacking games and stealing stuff to make something bigger than the pieces." Rachel recalls his IRL handshake with Brian Armstrong at a Base event; Kieran: "I'm pretty sure the security guards did not want me next to Brian Armstrong at that moment in time, but I made it work."

**[1:13:00] Rex/Driven Labo and the "car district" weekend.** The Driven Labo lead maps out the LA weekend — a creator/entrepreneur workshop, the Solana evening event, and a big-time car show sponsored by WD-40 — and offers to introduce Rachel to Race Service's Rod Chong, whose clients include F1, Ferrari, and Lewis Hamilton. Rachel muses, "I love our lives, seriously."

**[1:17:09] Meme for Trees funds 350 more trees.** James reports another 350 trees funded "with the power of memes," with a quietly self-aware line: "I can share memes and play music by myself all day long and it accomplishes nothing. So I appreciate every one of you guys helping me make this a real thing."

## Topic timeline

| Time | Topic |
|------|-------|
| [1:23]–[7:13] | Kickoff, music, welcoming Token Forge to the On-Chain Media family |
| [7:13]–[21:05] | Speaker intros round-the-room (Sebastian, Pierre, Victor, Chris, Van Ho, Waldo, Kitty) |
| [22:35]–[27:48] | Token Forge origin story; the move to Base |
| [28:39]–[42:33] | Product deep-dive: launch modes, presales, staking, $COAL, roadmap, merch |
| [43:00]–[49:05] | LA/Solana event alpha; cross-community values; giveaway reset |
| [50:32]–[56:55] | Van Ho's Avalanche Summit news; Saga DAO community talk |
| [57:21]–[1:04:39] | Community voices: Meme for Trees, Panda, Peanut |
| [1:05:45]–[1:11:42] | Kieran on gaming/building; Waldo on supporting builders |
| [1:13:00]–[1:17:09] | Driven Labo's LA car-culture weekend |
| [1:19:10]–[1:26:30] | Closing thoughts, Kitty's firsthand testimonial, Sebastian's CTA |
| [1:27:43] | Outro music |

## Notable quotes

- "I don't like to call us builders. We are pioneers. We're literally pioneering the foundation of the future." — Pierre / Peoples [44:20]
- "We want to be able to onboard mom, dad, our neighbor, auntie, uncle... the path doesn't stop just here in Web3." — Pierre / Peoples [45:46]
- "One chain is not one size fits all... the more we grow together, the better it is." — Van Ho [52:04]
- "I'm pretty sure the security guards did not want me next to Brian Armstrong at that moment in time, but I made it work." — Kieran [1:07:00]
- "I can share memes and play music by myself all day long and it accomplishes nothing. So I appreciate every one of you guys helping me make this a real thing." — Meme for Trees [1:17:09]
- "We don't want people to just launch and that's it... if they succeed, then the whole launchpad succeeds." — Sebastian [41:40]

## Who said what

- **Rachel (@RachelOnchain), host** — launched Forge Fridays, ran intros and the giveaway, shared SoCal/Stand With Crypto alpha, and hyped the LA weekend and every speaker.
- **Sebastian (Token Forge, @tokenforge_base), founder/dev** — the featured guest; delivered the origin story and a thorough walkthrough of the launchpad's features, tokens ($PBTC/$COAL), and roadmap.
- **Victor (@VictorTheMogul), Token Forge community mod** — brief intro, emphasized the project's community focus.
- **Kitty / Talia (@ThatOneKitty__), community manager** — the connector behind the collab; offered firsthand testimonial as a creator who's actually launched with Token Forge (WIFB).
- **Peoples / Pierre (@PeoplesMarket24), Saga DAO** — joined live from the road to LA; brought the room's biggest energy on community and cross-chain pioneering.
- **Van Ho (@VanHoVibes), Avalanche marketer** — announced her Avalanche Summit MC gig and championed cross-ecosystem collaboration.
- **Chris (@csoriano), On-Chain Media** — livestreamed the Space, quick intro as the "DeFi professor" / strategic ops lead.
- **Waldo (@waldoforrealz)** — the ever-present early arriver; showed up to support builders across all three projects.
- **Panda (@PandaPals__)** — framed the "turnkey solution" pitch and offered to refer builders.
- **Peanut (@peanutt)** — praised the simplicity and safety of a one-stop launch tool; plugged the weekly Gallery Meets Media show.
- **Kieran (@KieranOnBase), gaming builder** — celebrating a project breakthrough; now focused on helping other Base builders find their people.
- **Rex/Matt (Driven Labo, @DRVNlabo)** — laid out the LA car-culture weekend and offered high-profile automotive intros.
- **Meme for Trees / James (@MemeForTrees)** — regen builder funding trees via memes; interested in connecting endowment tooling with Token Forge.

## Worth a full listen

- **[22:35]–[38:17]** — Sebastian's uninterrupted origin story and product walkthrough is the substantive core; the presale modes and wallet-protection mechanics don't compress well into bullets.
- **[44:00]–[49:05]** — Rachel's event alpha rolling into Pierre's community monologue and her genuine-onboarding advice; the warmth and momentum here is the show's emotional center.
- **[1:13:00]–[1:15:50]** — Rex's car-weekend rundown and Rachel's "the Driven Labo effect" tangent capture the IRL-events energy and the crossover between car culture and on-chain community.