Jan 2025 - MetaMask Co-Founder Dan Finlay $FINN Farcaster Launch - $Unknown (Global)
"Dan Finlay is a decentralized web developer at ConsenSys working on MetaMask as the lead developer, with a background in comedy, writing, and teaching."
"No, I didn't post a solana coin this morning. Do you people seriously act off unverifiable screenshots?"
"That's a fake screenshot. Check your sources."
MetaMask posted on X: “This morning, our co-founder Dan Finlay's Farcaster account was compromised and used to promote a memecoin. We are in touch with the Farcaster team to help investigate the incident."
"This morning, our co-founder Dan Finlay's Farcaster account was compromised and used to promote a memecoin. We are in touch with the Farcaster team to help investigate the incident. Bad actors want to take advantage of your FOMO - please verify anything and everything, and don't take action because of that FOMO."
Further Analysis
Dan Finlay is a decentralized web developer and the lead developer of MetaMask at ConsenSys, with a diverse background in comedy, writing, and teaching. Recently, a controversy arose when his Farcaster account was compromised, leading to the promotion of a fake token, $FINN, which was initially believed to be linked to him. Finlay denied any involvement, stating the screenshot circulating was false. MetaMask publicly acknowledged the incident, however no assistance has been available for anyone affected. Months later in March, Dan Finlay describes launching a (presumably different) test memecoin on pump.fun, then quickly abandoned it.
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Sources/Further Reading
@evilcos Twitter (Dec 31)
What is Farcaster? A Beginner's Guide (2024) (Dec 31)
4chanintern - "@danfinlay you made FINN coin on pumpfun or hacked ?" - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
fatedotsol - "You should check your warpcast account @danfinlay it's probably hacked and they are launching pumpfun tokens. but if it's you pls confirm here so we can ape thx." - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
GonzoApe - "$finn MM "test token"" - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
hawaiianft - "@danfinlay were you hacked or did you really launch another memecoin?" - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
Reko Trades - "Co founder of metamask just made a memecoin,Don't know it's legit or not,insiders and snipers holding alot of supply" - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
GonzoApe - "crime committed @MetaMask" - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
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MetaMask - "That's a fake screenshot. Check your sources." - Twitter/X (Dec 31)
MetaMask - "This morning, our co-founder Dan Finlay's Farcaster account was compromised and used to promote a memecoin. We are in touch with the Farcaster team to help investigate the incident. Bad actors want to take advantage of your FOMO - plea...ter/X (Dec 31)
Dan Finlay - "No, I didn't post a solana coin this morning. Do you people seriously act off unverifiable screenshots?" - Twitter/X DM (Dec 31)
Who is Dan Finlay? - CoinMarketCap (Dec 31)
Dan Finlay - Medium PRofile (Dec 31)
Insightful Lessons Learned From Dan Finlay's Memecoin Experiment - Mindplex (Dec 31)
Dan Finlay explains how MetaMask will become the Google of Web 3 - YouTube (Dec 31)
Fireside short with Dan Finlay and Aaron Davis (short version) - YouTube (Dec 31)
Dan Finlay - Twitter/X Profile (Dec 31)
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