Pigeonrat

Building apps and my life in CDMX

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

@Noahhcalls Had a kind of similar conversation with Kast support lol

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

@toriribolla Invite me if you get in one

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Hiring everyone to become https://t.co/xQspFztLwF users. Payment — 5USD a month (you pay me)

[Xtina @0xtna]

How to ruin your dms for weeks:

1. Post that you are hiring

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Trying to market your newly launched app

[Leo @Leooweb3]

Real 😭

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Someone tried to get me hacked using a fake teams call link today. Introduced themselves as a part of @CantonNetwork team.
I guess zoom scam links aren’t working anymore lol.
Be careful everyone.

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

The fact that all the media were silent about her death for almost a month is crazy…

The day before she died, she wrote that speaking up might end in her death. So it did.

[Hsin-Ju @hsinju]

1/ gm. gm. Name is Hsin-Ju.
I have a dark, kinda tragic personal announcement.

I've decided I'd rather take $0 than accept a settlement that requires me to stay silent about what happened to me. I have since fired my lawyers at @sanfordheisler & will be releasing all the evidence from my time @hack_vc on Wed 8/26.

INTRO: I've been in crypto for 9 years. Most recently I was a partner & head of platform @hack_vc which is a $600-700M crypto VC firm. Many of you may know me from my time as Head of Growth at @StellarOrg in 2017 (worked w/ the Mt. Gox founder), @Solana in 2018 (joined under ~10 ppl, but quit before my cliff), & @Fhenix in 2024. Or have attended one of my @DystopiaLabs ETH events (2019-now).

Last year, I was forced to work through a serious medical emergency while at @Hack_VC due to threats by @alpackaP @dbulaevsky, saying that they would blacklist me from the space if I quit before finishing the hacksummit conference & side events that I was helping with during @kbwofficial. I was working 13-14hr days, 6 days a week, sleeping 0-4 hrs a night, and had documented Graves' disease, hyperthyroidism, and severe insomnia. I repeatedly asked to quit. Hack VC refused. This + other threats and intimidation went on for almost a month.

The conditions got so bad I attempted suicide.

The fucked up part is that, even after the suicide attempt, I told everyone at Hack VC (in writing) that I had no plans to sue. I was scared & extremely sick. I just wanted to leave. I told them that as long as there was no retaliation or badmouthing - I had no plans to sue.

@Hack_VC chose to retaliate.

After just 1 month after my near suicide, Hack VC mishandled my COBRA health insurance, refused to fix things, kept shooing me to customer support (when it's legally Hack VC's responsibility to fix this), and my insurance had issues and was not fixed for almost 4 MONTHS. Hack VC did not fix everything until I hired lawyers and had them force Hack VC to adhere to the law & fix my COBRA insurance issues. The sheer cruelty of an employer harming someone's health insurance almost immediately after they nearly committed suicide is extremely fucked up.

And, even during the legal engagement, Hack VC continued to lie & attempt to harm me through their lawyers and other employees/partners (multi-million dollar carry & clawbacks can make even the nicest ppl willing to turn the other way or lie). @0xRodney @IsTheBaron @roshunpatel @Alex__Botte.

Now. Almost an entire year of engagement & my near suicide anniversary coming up, our lawyers (mine & Hack VC's) have reached the point of preparing for private mediation and settlement. And...I realized that I just can't do it. I don't want money in exchange for silence. I'd rather speak.

I fired my lawyers yesterday.

In case it needs to be said, I did a good job at Hack VC. I was only there full time for 7 months; been part-time since 2021. I got a $50k raise to $300k, $30k bonus, and promises of additional carry that would have been implemented about a week or so after my last day. I was also offered admission into the GP entity (but not sure if admission was actually completed bc it was during my medical emergency). This + my resume, should show that me suing is not a money grab; I was genuinely harmed.

I'm aware that I'm just one person (who is not rich) facing a $600-700M VC institution. I've been told by @alpackaP that he's known most of the managing partners at most VC firms for almost a decade and he could absolutely blacklist me.

I'm also painful aware that the conclusion of this will probably be extremely poor for me or death - but I've accepted it.

Sharing with other web2 & web3 VCs:
@paulg @ycombinator @500STARTUPS @a16zcrypto @PanteraCapital @dragonflyvc @RaceCapital @hosseeb @haunventures @hiFramework @ElectricCapital @blockchaincap @Delphi_Digital @variantfund @1kxnetwork @archetypevc @shimacapital @robotventures, etc.

TLDR; I’m done with continued threats, pressure, and intimidation. I'm not going to take a payout and allow Alex or Hack VC to walk away from harming me. As mentioned, I'll be dropping the evidence from my case on Wed 8/26 (or before) -- privacy be damned.

Support here (or DM) please:
ETH: 0x68c10776C5c05Cbf5B4C2318bE02D61B9f06B875
SOL: B7S8TPcWWJXTsmgG8ShoTmy8sNPuJ3Dbmt7z5gLFAveq

[Hsin-Ju @hsinju]

1/ gm. gm. Name is Hsin-Ju.
I have a dark, kinda tragic personal announcement.

I've decided I'd rather take $0 than accept a settlement that requires me to stay silent about what happened to me. I have since fired my lawyers at @sanfordheisler & will be releasing all the evidence from my time @hack_vc on Wed 8/26.

INTRO: I've been in crypto for 9 years. Most recently I was a partner & head of platform @hack_vc which is a $600-700M crypto VC firm. Many of you may know me from my time as Head of Growth at @StellarOrg in 2017 (worked w/ the Mt. Gox founder), @Solana in 2018 (joined under ~10 ppl, but quit before my cliff), & @Fhenix in 2024. Or have attended one of my @DystopiaLabs ETH events (2019-now).

Last year, I was forced to work through a serious medical emergency while at @Hack_VC due to threats by @alpackaP @dbulaevsky, saying that they would blacklist me from the space if I quit before finishing the hacksummit conference & side events that I was helping with during @kbwofficial. I was working 13-14hr days, 6 days a week, sleeping 0-4 hrs a night, and had documented Graves' disease, hyperthyroidism, and severe insomnia. I repeatedly asked to quit. Hack VC refused. This + other threats and intimidation went on for almost a month.

The conditions got so bad I attempted suicide.

The fucked up part is that, even after the suicide attempt, I told everyone at Hack VC (in writing) that I had no plans to sue. I was scared & extremely sick. I just wanted to leave. I told them that as long as there was no retaliation or badmouthing - I had no plans to sue.

@Hack_VC chose to retaliate.

After just 1 month after my near suicide, Hack VC mishandled my COBRA health insurance, refused to fix things, kept shooing me to customer support (when it's legally Hack VC's responsibility to fix this), and my insurance had issues and was not fixed for almost 4 MONTHS. Hack VC did not fix everything until I hired lawyers and had them force Hack VC to adhere to the law & fix my COBRA insurance issues. The sheer cruelty of an employer harming someone's health insurance almost immediately after they nearly committed suicide is extremely fucked up.

And, even during the legal engagement, Hack VC continued to lie & attempt to harm me through their lawyers and other employees/partners (multi-million dollar carry & clawbacks can make even the nicest ppl willing to turn the other way or lie). @0xRodney @IsTheBaron @roshunpatel @Alex__Botte.

Now. Almost an entire year of engagement & my near suicide anniversary coming up, our lawyers (mine & Hack VC's) have reached the point of preparing for private mediation and settlement. And...I realized that I just can't do it. I don't want money in exchange for silence. I'd rather speak.

I fired my lawyers yesterday.

In case it needs to be said, I did a good job at Hack VC. I was only there full time for 7 months; been part-time since 2021. I got a $50k raise to $300k, $30k bonus, and promises of additional carry that would have been implemented about a week or so after my last day. I was also offered admission into the GP entity (but not sure if admission was actually completed bc it was during my medical emergency). This + my resume, should show that me suing is not a money grab; I was genuinely harmed.

I'm aware that I'm just one person (who is not rich) facing a $600-700M VC institution. I've been told by @alpackaP that he's known most of the managing partners at most VC firms for almost a decade and he could absolutely blacklist me.

I'm also painful aware that the conclusion of this will probably be extremely poor for me or death - but I've accepted it.

Sharing with other web2 & web3 VCs:
@paulg @ycombinator @500STARTUPS @a16zcrypto @PanteraCapital @dragonflyvc @RaceCapital @hosseeb @haunventures @hiFramework @ElectricCapital @blockchaincap @Delphi_Digital @variantfund @1kxnetwork @archetypevc @shimacapital @robotventures, etc.

TLDR; I’m done with continued threats, pressure, and intimidation. I'm not going to take a payout and allow Alex or Hack VC to walk away from harming me. As mentioned, I'll be dropping the evidence from my case on Wed 8/26 (or before) -- privacy be damned.

Support here (or DM) please:
ETH: 0x68c10776C5c05Cbf5B4C2318bE02D61B9f06B875
SOL: B7S8TPcWWJXTsmgG8ShoTmy8sNPuJ3Dbmt7z5gLFAveq

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Now we have our own domain and a website 😍
Come check it out: https://t.co/xQspFztLwF

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

@BabaDev_ Comment on your post to get more engagement

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

My TikTok drama update: deleted 2/5 TikTok accounts and started getting some views again 🫠

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

2 months ago my man built a finance app and I offered to take responsibility for the marketing side.

Today we crossed 70 downloads. 🥹

I’ve never done this before, we both are learning how to market the app but I’m happy that we are slowly growing.

Any tips to grow faster?

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

@Ivangrisa Same happened to me
3 of 5 accounts are shadow banned 😭

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Isn’t he cuteee
Meet our raccoon mascot for our finance app 💜

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Bruh… Just saw this in one of my TikToks, they aren’t even hiding they shadow banned me lol

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

@devmelv I want to wake up to this….

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

@KASTxyz mentioned, you can see I love it lol

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Showing what I was working on for the last 19 hours spending 60usd and 10,000 credits. I need to get better with creating these videos

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

UPD: -10k credits and 0 good videos. I’m going to sleep

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

Okay everyone. I spent 60USD and 7,5k credits to generate ONE promotional video for my finance app. HOW YOU DO THEM SO EASILY SAYINT IT’S FAST AND CHEAP 😭

[Pigeonrat @PigeonRatGirl]

I want the same notification saying I got 1k followers, then I’m paying for analytics