Base’s X Account Under Fire for Shilling AI Shitposter

Frustrated Time.fun creator calls out Base’s X profile for promoting AI-made Grok token while ignoring their projects.

Another day, another blockchain drama and this time featuring Time.fun’s creator 0xKawz, calling out layer-2 network Base for promoting a memecoin while ignoring months of work on their project. The dispute centers around Base’s X account, which recently promoted GrokCoin, a memecoin tied to Elon Musk‘s AI chatbot Grok, while giving no attention to Time.fun.

In a March 10 post on X, Base gave a shoutout to Bankrbot, a Base-based portfolio management protocol, stating that the Grok chatbot had “launched a token on Base” and that its AI-controlled wallet was “already stacking fees” surpassing $200,000.

“[…] why does it matter? AI is owning wallets, making markets, and generating revenue. welcome to the future.”

Base

0xKawz appeared surprised by Base’s enthusiastic support for GrokCoin, particularly since, according to them, Base had ignored Time.fun for months, raising concerns about Base’s preference for shilling “shitposters” who “convinced Grok to loosely give token details and launch a token.”

“I spent months building an app on Base and was never able to get the @base account to tweet about the product. Some shitposters convinced Grok to loosely give token details and launch a token and it gets frontpage coverage ++ farms degens with no utility. ‘welcome to the future’ is apparently a shitposter tricking an AI to give a ticker + name. wow!”

0xKawz

Ironically enough, Coinbase — the company behind Base — is certainly aware of Time.fun. Its venture arm, Coinbase Ventures, participated in the project’s $3 million seed funding round in August 2024, led by Brevan Howard Digital. Other investors included Breed VC, Zee Prime Capital, and angel investors such as Solana co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, as well as Helius co-founder Mert Mumtaz.

In an interview with media, 0xKawz hinted that Time.fun might eventually launch its own token in the future, but there’s no clear timeline as the project is focused on finding “product-market fit” first. It’s also unclear if Time.fun now plan to launch a Solana-based token, leaving Base behind.

While it remains unclear why Base has completely ignored Time.fun, it’s worth noting that the project also distanced itself from the Coinbase’s layer-2 network. In October 2024, Time.fun announced — without elaborating on the matter — that it would migrate to Solana, saying only that the project’s chance for product-market-fit and mainstream adoption “is better served on Solana.”

“Simply put, we align closer with Solana’s roadmap, values, and culture. We remain bullish on Base as a L2, however we believe our chances for product-market-fit and mainstream adoption is better served on Solana.”

Time.fun

Launched on Base in June 2024, Time.fun is a social finance platform that enables anyone to create a trading and redemption market for their time within minutes, allowing fans to gain special access. It offers users the opportunity to profit by purchasing a creator’s minutes early and benefiting as they gain influence. A creator’s time tokens can be redeemed for access to various products or experiences.

Backed by crypto accelerator AllianceDAO, Time.fun allows users to tokenize and paywall their time, with each token representing one minute of a user’s availability. Since its launch, the project has generated over $1 million in trading volume. And yet, despite this traction, Base’s X account hasn’t mentioned the project a single time, according to data from X. As of press time, Base has made no public statements on the matter.