One of the weirdest things about the past 12 hours is that (a) Elizabeth Holmes DM’ed me from prison, and (b) there seems to be some kind of crypto community with 50 people on Twitter trying to get me to do … something. I worry it’s a scam, so I’m trying to focus on job leads.
Shawn Presser Receives DM From Elizabeth Holmes Amid Crypto Group Scam Fears
Many users reassured Shawn Presser that the $4K meme coin raised in his name is genuine community support with claimable benefits rather than a scam.
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To my absolute astonishment, straight out of an episode of “Silicon Valley”, people here created a “Shawn presser” coin. They raised nearly $4,000. I successfully transferred $450 to Coinbase.
I can’t believe I’m writing this. That took 30 minutes, but paid $4k. The crypto community literally forced me to take money, and it worked.
I have no actionable advice for anyone else. “Go viral” isn’t repeatable. I’m not allowed to mention the token, or rather they strongly discouraged me from mentioning it. But I can tell you with authority that (a) somehow people raised $3700 in SOL, and (b) to my jaw dropping astonishment I was able to transfer part of it to Coinbase. This is mortgage money, which means that crypto bros have somehow saved my house from foreclosure for another month.
I’m baffled it wasn’t a scam. Even Claude warned me not to engage with them in any way. But somehow I did the equivalent of finding a $3700 bill.
That means I owe a serious thank you to the crypto community. Which itself is surreal. I’m hesitant to even post this lest it sound like I was paid off. But I’m just as confused as you are.
Thank you to the crypto community for raising nearly $4k in donations for me. I don’t understand this at all beyond “there is now money in my Coinbase”, but money is money, and I’m honor bound and ethics bound to at least say thank you. I’ll do a more detailed write up in a few days when things have calmed down.
Back to chasing job leads. I’m absolutely amazed at this level of support. Thank you to everyone. I’m going to pay it forward whenever I can.

@rankunomago Ok. $4k is worth attempting. What’s the process for claiming it? I’m 95% sure that this is not going to work out, but if it does I’ll specifically shout out this community.

Here's the guide about how to claim
> Go to the @Pumpfun https://pump.fun/coin/HL8iyMPwp6NNztsmABLHNMUxS264bUadnxUXFT8Jpump > Log in with your GitHub account (Connect GitHub). > Once logged in, the system will automatically detect the rewards assigned to your GitHub. Just click the Claim button to withdraw the accumulated fees

@theshawwn @alon @Pumpfun 滚过来解释一下

@theshawwn There is like 4k usd waiting for a claim by you, you just press claim and it goes into your wallet simple as that, if you do this we continue trading the coin and you get fees, if you dont want the money we skip this coin and move on, but trust me its you who is benefitting most

@theshawwn If you happen to read this, please stay away from people who msg you on telegram and shit.
Just sign in your github on pumpfun and claim the fees that simple.

Hey Shawn, If you're temporarily between jobs, you could build a product from 0 to 1 and share it with the community. The more innovative and exciting the product is, the more exposure it gets, the more people love it, and the bigger the community grows. That, in turn, drives more trading of the token — and your income is directly tied to that trading volume.Think of it like a publicly listed company and its stock: the success of your product is closely linked to the popularity and strength of the token.I’ve carefully looked through everything you’ve been through since 2010, and it’s incredibly moving. You’re clearly a person with big dreams. Now, you have the chance to do what you love — whether that’s developing a game where the $SHAWN token serves as the in-game currency, building an AI product, or anything else that excites you. These are just ideas, of course. I’m sure you have plenty of your own. In the end, you wouldn’t have to worry about finding a traditional job. You could focus on completing the dreams you haven’t yet fulfilled, while steadily generating income and keeping your family stable. Your fans and the community will continue to support you, follow you, and help amplify your projects.Wishing you and your family all the best — smooth sailing ahead.

@theshawwn you get more as price/volume goes up btw. fees accumulate from trading, when people buy/sell, the platform deducts the fee and sends a % to you, that’s where your 4k came from, we’ve had a couple dudes getting 6figs worth of fees from coins made for them.

@theshawwn Imagine how Shawn will be surprised when he finds out it is not 50 people 😁😂
But yeah just Google/gpt it. Pumpfun creator fees.

@theshawwn Yes, crypto scammers trying to pump and dump coin in your name

@theshawwn its not scam (guys make token and now you can claim fess) its official pump fun web

@theshawwn Happy for you, you are awesome

@theshawwn Higher , community Solana love you ❤

It is not a scam. Let me explain it to you in simple terms.
They created a memecoin for you with no expectations for you to be part of it, the thing with it is they redirected all the TRADING FEES towards your github and all accumulated fees is for only you to claim.
More or less, you have like 2k usd in fees sitting on your github waiting to get claimed.

@theshawwn Glad you claimed the SOL, Shawn! Quick tip - put the tokens Contract Address (CA) in your bio. Mechanics: every trade generates a fee hardcoded to your GitHub. CA in bio = traders see it's legit = volume explodes = constant passive income for you while you job hunt.

@theshawwn @rankunomago download pumpfun app, connect github, go to the coin page (linking below) and click claim
https://pump.fun/coin/$Shawn

@theshawwn 1) The crypto that was made: The more people buy and sell it, the more money you'll make. You could have over $50k USD if the coin hits a one million market cap. I've actually seen people with similar situations get help on Twitter, some even bought houses

@theshawwn look this

@theshawwn Just the fees for you, no scam :(

@theshawwn Not scam sir
We support you