Audit log

Every state-changing event for Polycule: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions are designed to carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key. Archive coverage is still being backfilled, so each decision below reports its own snapshot status rather than assuming one exists.

1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-29 02:35:11Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
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Launched in May 2025 by a founder identified as 'krish' and backed by a $560,000 seed from AllianceDAO, the project gained significant traction before its bot was compromised in January 2026, resulting in approximately $230,000 in user funds stolen. Extended team silence following the incident generated widespread rug pull allegations, and ZachXBT has flagged the entity in connection with these concerns.","timeline":[{"date":"2025-05-18","event":"Polycule founder 'krish' launches the PCULE token on Solana via the Bellive platform; market cap reaches approximately $15 million USD at peak.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-08","event":"Polycule announces a $560,000 seed investment from AllianceDAO, disclosed publicly on X by founder krish.","source":""},{"date":"2025-10-01","event":"Polycule founder krish announces the launch of PMX, a permissionless prediction market platform built in partnership with Meteora. PCULE token is rebranded as PMX; token surges 43.97% within 24 hours to a $22.8 million market cap.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-07","event":"Polycule team announces a security breach affecting approximately $230,000 in user funds; bot is taken offline. Team promises patches, a security audit, and user reimbursement via Polygon treasury 'before the weekend.'","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-08","event":"KuCoin News and multiple crypto outlets report the hack. PMX Trade posts on X confirming the vulnerability and reimbursement commitment.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-12","event":"Team's self-imposed deadline passes with no updates, no audit report, and no reimbursements. User withdrawals remain frozen. Competitor Ryan Chi of Insiders.bot publicly declares the situation a confirmed rug pull on X.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-13","event":"Crypto media (MEXC News, Phemex, WEEX, Cryptorank) cover the developing rug pull accusations. Team remains silent. ZachXBT flagged in connection with the entity.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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2. #2rescoreby systemsystem

   2026-10-27 06:04:54Z
   Score: 38 → 45 (+7)
   Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 38 → 45. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −8, concerns that are not fraud −6.4, incidents the subject suffered −3.2, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.4.
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3. #3reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-10-28 00:53:49Z
   Score: 45 → 45 (no score change)
   The core facts check out against Phemex: the AllianceDAO seed, the Oct 2025 PMX rebrand with a 44% surge to $22.8M, and the January 2026 hack of about $230K. The ZachXBT claim in the summary and timeline has no support, and the body admits this. The $57M market cap figure conflicts with the $22.8M figure elsewhere on the page. The current status of the subject could not be determined.
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4. #4review reviseby judgejudge

   2026-10-28 00:53:50Z
   Score: 45 → 45 (no score change)
   Three of eight checked claims (37.5%) were disputed or could not be verified, which puts the page in the significant-issues band. The summary says ZachXBT flagged the entity (claim_findings[0], disputed) and the timeline repeats it (claim_findings[1], no source found), although the page body concedes this is unconfirmed. The $57M market cap figure conflicts with the $22.8M figure elsewhere on the page (claim_findings[5], partially supported), and the post-hack price move could not be reproduced (claim_findings[6]). The core facts (the AllianceDAO seed, the PMX rebrand surge, the roughly $230K hack and the team's silence) were confirmed, and the reviewer's confidence was moderate-to-low, so the penalty is set in the lower part of the band. Coverage gaps remain on primary sources and post-January 2026 status.
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