what's Cabalcoin?
Cabalcoin is an experimental ERC-20 token on Ethereum designed to promote long-term holder coordination through social and AI-enforced friction on selling. Users receive a random NFT business card (minted on Base with art from notable creators) with each purchase, turning buys into collectible experiences. The core innovation is an AI agent called "Cabal" that holders must petition via public pleas—evaluated on market data (e.g., profit status, hold time, price trend) and plea quality—to approve sales, discouraging short-term flips and fostering community alignment. Selling requires submitting a plea scored by the AI (>70% approval needed for a temporary signature); after 24 hours without pleas, restrictions lift. Launched via Uniswap V4 single-sided pool with no additional liquidity allowed, it pairs token health incentives with viral shareable "Coinfessions" images of pleas. Post-launch, the AI successfully blocked unreasonable sells (e.g., from snipers), though challenges like low visibility and burns occurred.
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x.com/thecabalcoinReferenced in a retrospective discussion of TokenWorks Season 1, where it was described as novel but did not achieve significant adoption or success.