Highlights
The Trolls Den anthems & 7:23
The Space opened not with talk but with two full songs about walking through fire, laying your armor on the floor, and finding a family "stronger than blood." The second, "I Found Home," narrates a burnt-out trader jumping community to community until "I found trolls den, and something in me settled down… they didn't sell me a dream, they just let me sit around." It set the entire tone of the room.
Jessica and TK on the day behind the mic
Jessica opened up about a chronic-pain flare that forced her offline to reset, while TK recounted farm work, fence-fixing, and a follow-up on the leg his donkey bit "pretty damn hard" the previous Saturday — purple and stiff, but no infection.
Wolf's small-world moment
Wolf shared that some family research revealed he and a crypto-media contact share great-grandparents through the Weir family of Scotland — "we're cousins, apparently." It rolled into a warm riff on never burning bridges and how the space keeps making a big world feel small.
PowerSlime and a Phantom headache / 28:05
Wolf teased his incoming NFT collection (Discord live, ~25–30% Trolls Den mint discount) while wrestling with Phantom refusing to let him swap funds to pay his artist. TK offered his unfiltered hot tip on the wallet — and a live comic beat when his donkeys started loudly interrupting the call.
Normie's beard championship & token thesis
Normie reported back from the 2026 beard and mustache championship in LA (booths, business deals, fellow "bearded villains"), the Normie token holding $1M cap with 80% locked and 5% burned, a new game live, and a wedding to be broadcast on Pump Fun.
Retro Arcade's on-ramp pitch
Beef laid out his Solana arcade: classic-style cabinets where 50% of entry fees pay the top-three weekly leaderboard and 50% goes to buyback-and-burn (over 5% of supply gone in three weeks). His mission — bring genuinely good, free-to-try games to the ~40% of people who game but distrust crypto.
Gaming nostalgia and a Web3-gaming reality check
A long, affectionate tangent through WoW, Counter-Strike, PUBG and Diablo turned into TK's blunt critique of Web3 gaming as mostly extraction with no sustainable model — "I haven't seen one single good project," while still hoping real builders prove him wrong.
Meme Warzone's battle system & launchpad
Patrick unveiled a coin-vs-coin battle format (import your meme coin, wager, fight on market cap/volume/holders + secret metrics over 24h/3d/7d, winner takes the war pool, communities can buy $1 boosts). He then detailed launchpad differences: fixed-dollar bonding thresholds and post-bond LP math designed to prevent the market-cap drop that spooks holders into selling.
The supply-control debate
Patrick argued a good project shouldn't need supply control ("the chart will sort itself out by your community"), while Normie 1:44:02 defended holding 80% locked as a business owner who built a real brand solo, and Ash K 1:38:13 landed in the middle with a lived-in "damned if you do, damned if you don't" — complete with a candid recap of his YO token getting hit by copy-traders and profit-takers.
Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1:06–6:00 | Setup + Trolls Den anthem songs |
| 6:43–11:00 | "I Found Home" song, welcomes, room roll-call |
| 11:03–17:20 | Jessica & TK's days; house rules |
| 18:08–34:00 | Wolf: Scottish heritage, PowerSlime NFT, Phantom woes |
| 35:25–48:00 | Normie: beard championship, token thesis, wedding |
| 49:52–58:00 | Retro Arcade launch pitch |
| 58:00–1:08:00 | Gaming nostalgia + Web3-gaming critique |
| 1:09:23–1:33:00 | Meme Warzone launchpad, battle system, LP mechanics |
| 1:36:00–1:52:00 | Ash K's YO story + supply-control debate |
| 1:53:00–2:04:00 | Closing gratitude, community shout-outs, tomorrow's community hour |
Notable quotes
They didn't sell me a dream, they just let me sit around.
That's my hot tip for everyone in the space.
They heard me talking shit, bro. They heard me talking shit.
I could go win Solana. I don't even know what that is, but I could win it.
I really hate the gaming narrative in crypto… I haven't seen one single good project.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna invest all my own capital, make products, spend time in Web3 for somebody else.
Who said what
- Troll King XPX (host) — Ran the room, curated speakers as an "audited" bridge between investors and builders, and offered strong opinions on Phantom, Web3 gaming, and the case-by-case nature of supply control.
- Jessica (cohost) — The room's warmth; checked in on every speaker, held space despite a rough pain day, and closed with an extended "we build in the bear market, we win in the long run" message.
- 0xBaneswulf ("Wolf") — Shared his family-history discovery and PowerSlime NFT plans (Trolls Den discount), while live-troubleshooting a Phantom swap.
- Normie (David) — Reported from the LA beard championship, made the bull case for the Normie token's locked/burned supply, and defended heavy supply control as a solo brand owner.
- Retro Arcade ("Beef") — Introduced his Solana arcade with weekly leaderboard payouts and buyback-and-burns, framing it as a real Web2-to-Web3 gaming on-ramp.
- Meme Warzone (Patrick) — Detailed a gamified, anti-rug launchpad and battle system, and argued the "wrong mindset" of supply control.
- Ash K — Gave a candid, balanced post-mortem of his YO token and the copy-trader problem, landing on supply control as a double-edged sword.
Worth a full listen
- 2:33–10:27 The two anthem songs. No summary captures why the room reacted the way it did; they are the community's mission statement in audio form.
- 1:09:23–1:33:00 Meme Warzone's deep-dive on bonding curves, LP math, and cluster-wallet protection is a genuinely useful walkthrough of launchpad design, with TK pushing thoughtful questions throughout.
- 1:37:00–1:49:00 Ash K, Normie, and Meme Warzone on supply control. Three honest, non-combative takes from people who've each been burned differently — the most substantive stretch of the night.
