RicoMaps

THIS! @AxiomExchange literally purposely isn’t upgrading these detection tools. I spent 4 months promoting a tool that does (@ricomaps), then tried revamping it to get more eyes as @theverdictsol. Point is, go look at the maps on Axiom, then paste the same CA into the Verdict site and you will see the difference. They give the bad guys the tools, while suppressing the tools that detect them. That’s why I originally built this product. When I pitched it to @AxiomExchange, someone even jokingly said, “we can’t show all that.”

What’s up, everyone. The last three months have been intense, but incredibly rewarding. A huge amount of work has gone into Daemon and RicoMaps, and I’m grateful for everyone who has supported, tested, shared feedback, and believed in what I’m building. I also want to be transparent about where I’m at. Before I doxxed myself and started building publicly, I launched projects privately. My goal was always the same: build useful technology, release it, and see whether the market connected with it. Some projects gained traction, while others faded quickly. One thing I want to make clear is that nothing I launch is ever intended to be a farm or a rug. That has never been how I operate. I cannot control whether bundlers or early traders enter a token, but I can control my own actions, and I have always tried to build honestly and treat people fairly. Outside of @ricomaps and @DaemonTerminal , I have experimented with a few smaller launches because I needed additional funding to continue building. RicoMaps is expensive to operate, and leaving my job to work on these projects full-time was a decision I do not regret. However, after being drained, covering infrastructure costs, and funding development personally, I am currently operating at a significant loss. I understand that launching additional tokens is not what the community wants from me. My options are to slow development down, take on outside work, build privately, or ask the community for support while I continue pushing RicoMaps and Daemon forward. There is absolutely no pressure, and I understand that everyone has their own expenses. Feel free to scroll past. But for anyone who believes in the work and is in a position to help, any contribution would genuinely make a difference. SOL wallet: 28p1kBJfqybUD6vbKyY52TGkTn1gcy83y1vRfxNo9hKA Thank you for everything. I am still here, still building, and still committed to making these projects succeed.

Guys, the bear market is in full effect, and Robinhood is pulling even more liquidity and attention away from Solana. Those things are out of my control. Trust me, it hurts me just as much as it hurts you to watch the market move like this. All I can do is keep building and that’s exactly what I’m doing. Updates are still shipping, work is still happening, and a lot is moving behind the scenes. Markets move in cycles. Look at Solana’s highs and lows over the years. Recovery may not happen as quickly as any of us want, but when the bulls return, the projects that kept building will be ready. $DAEMON. $RICO. $LCKD. We’re not going anywhere.

This chain is impossible sometimes. What is actually bullish to people? @DaemonTerminal has been tweeted by Toly. It’s been pushed by a community of thousands. @ricomaps is, in my opinion, the best value Solana forensics platform available. Yet all I seem to hear is that I’m not doing enough. So tell me. Don’t just ask “what’s the plan?”, “what’s next?”, or “where’s the dev?” Give me actual feedback. Use the products. Tell me what feels broken. Pitch ideas. Offer to help. Tell me what would make you use them every day. There hasn’t been a tech project that’s really broken out on Solana in months. Every time I sit down and think about what to build next, I end up at the same conclusion… Daemon is the thing. I genuinely believe Daemon should be massive. But the reality is there aren’t many users, I don’t get much feedback, issues rarely get reported, and very few people tell me what they actually want. So what do you want me to build? Genuinely. I’m not looking for “soon” culture or empty hype. I’m looking for real opinions from the people who actually rock with me. What would make Daemon or RicoMaps something you couldn’t live without? I’m listening.

I’ve seen a lot of people say that developers should only build one project, and if it doesn’t succeed they should never launch another. I don’t agree. Building technology is an iterative process. Most products fail, not because the technology is bad, but because they don’t find product-market fit. That doesn’t mean the builder should stop building. Over the last few months I’ve poured everything into @DaemonTerminal and @ricomaps. I’m proud of both products and I’ll continue improving them. But software reaches a point where you ship, listen to users, and iterate. Sitting still doesn’t help the ecosystem. In the meantime, I enjoy building. If I see another problem worth solving, I’m going to solve it. I could have stayed anonymous and launched disposable meme coins every week. Instead I chose to build in public, under my real name, with open products, open code where possible, and long-term accountability. If something doesn’t work, I don’t disappear. I improve it or I move on to the next idea. I don’t expect every project to become a billion-dollar success. What I do promise is that I’ll build real technology, be transparent about what it does, and push it as far as I possibly can if people find it useful. If we expect honest developers to get one chance while anonymous ruggers get unlimited chances under new wallets, we’re rewarding the wrong behavior. I want to be judged by the quality of what I build, not by how many ideas I’m willing to pursue.

I built @DaemonTerminal because I wanted a better way to ship on Solana. I use @ricomaps because I want to see what I'm trading before I touch it. Build like me: daemonide.tech/ Trade like me: ricomaps.fun/

Here is the full HD stream if you couldn't make it today. Thanks for showing up.

Update: The stream is still happening today. I’m pushing it back a couple of hours so I can get a little more rest, and several people have asked for a later start time. I’ll be live on X from this account around 2–3 PM MT. See you then.