{"id":409663,"date":"2025-10-30T19:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/dare-me-this-solana-project-is-paying-out-crypto-for-hilarious-stunts-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T19:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:26:35","slug":"dare-me-this-solana-project-is-paying-out-crypto-for-hilarious-stunts-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/dare-me-this-solana-project-is-paying-out-crypto-for-hilarious-stunts-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dare Me? This Solana Project Is Paying Out Crypto for Hilarious Stunts &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<div class=\"pt-8 pb-10 border-t border-b border-decryptGridline \">\n<h4 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-4 bNRGqr gg-dark:text-white\" color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Dare Market brands itself as the &#8220;most unhinged platform on the internet,&#8221; as it creates a place for people to be paid to do goofy stunts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">However, Dare Market says it won&#8217;t allow dangerous content on the site due to its strict moderation policy.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The project raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Karatage and Paper Ventures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">A man screams \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">What the fuck?\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">in a store, posts the video to social media, and smiles as he sees <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-solana-a-scalable-decentralized-network-for-dapps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Solana<\/a> tokens enter his wallet. This future is possible because of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dare.market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Dare Market<\/a>\u2014a newly launched crypto-fueled platform looking to help creators monetize viral stunts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">There are two ways for dares to be funded. The first allows a user to post a dare with a bounty attached. Individuals will then post videos on social media fulfilling the dare, and the proposer chooses the winner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Otherwise, users can set their own dare that they\u2019ll do as long as the platform can raise a specified amount of money via the \u201cFund-My-Dare\u201d feature. If 69% of the dare\u2019s funders validate that the user has done the dare, then the deposited USDC or SOL will be released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8220;Dare is the internet on steroids,\u201d Isla Rose Perfito, founder and CEO of Dare Market, told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Decrypt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. \u201cIt offers the two things this generation wants most: money and fame. Now, anyone can post a dare or do a dare and get paid for it. For brands and creators, it\u2019s a live laboratory for cultural moments\u2014proof-based entertainment where the audience isn\u2019t just watching, they\u2019re active participants.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Perfito explained that dares can also be customized only to apply to one person\u2014for example, a notable streamer\u2014or the prize money can be split between multiple users. The Dare Market platform takes 6.9% of the bounty at settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The idea echoes that of the darkest moments in <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-pump-fun-the-solana-meme-coin-factory\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Pump.fun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2019s history, when the Solana meme coin launchpad spawned crazy stunts that put <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/246047\/crack-head-dev-solana-meme-coin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">humans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/293365\/animal-cruelty-self-harm-livestream-allegations-the-dark-side-of-pump-fun\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">animals at risk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. One <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lonemikol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">streamer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> literally <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/231807\/solana-dev-hospitalized-burns-pump-meme-coin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">set himself on fire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> for his DARE meme coin, and later <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/239539\/solana-dev-burned-himself-mount-everest-dare\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">theorized creating a dare platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> inspired by the 2016 movie \u201c<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3531824\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Nerve<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">,\u201d although it never came to fruition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The trend got so out of hand that <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/314503\/black-mirror-episode-pump-fun-livestreams\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cBlack Mirror\u201d even parodied the concept<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in April, depicting a site where users got paid for performing increasingly extreme stunts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">However, Dare Market claims no such dares will happen on its platform. Perfito told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Decrypt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> that any dares \u201cthat puts any individual in harm&#8217;s way\u201d or is \u201cencouraging self-harm, [or] drug usage\u201d will not make it onto the platform. That\u2019s because before dares are posted, they\u2019re run through an automated moderation system and will also be reviewed by real humans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI think it\u2019s the [expectation] with some businesses and individuals out there that in order to go viral, you have to do something that\u2019s so ridiculous at the expense of people or yourself. And that\u2019s just not true,\u201d Perfito said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.markets\/embed\/market\/will-x-publicly-relaunch-vine-in-2025\" width=\"100%\" height=\"415px\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">With this ethos, Dare Market has closed a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/daremarket\/status\/1978933818837856669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">$2 million pre-seed funding round<\/a> led by Karatage and Paper Ventures with participation from NBA star <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/323727\/bitcoin-michael-jordan-nba-star-tristan-thompson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Tristan Thompson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/videos\/live-events\/u9DHFoK0\/crypto-influencer-ansem-explains-his-meme-coin-thesis-and-why-hes-bullish-on-bitcoin-runes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">crypto influencer Ansem<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, and gambling firm <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/supergroup.com\/brands\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Super Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">As of today&#8217;s launch, the platform will have a handful of dare markets funded by companies looking to promote their brands. One, for example, is hosted by a company called <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wtfleagues.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">WTF Leagues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, which is daring people to scream \u201cWhat the fuck?\u201d in public in exchange for funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Similarly, last month, a little-known project known as POIDH, short for &#8220;pics or it didn&#8217;t happen&#8221; put a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/341612\/kickflips-crypto-project-pay-28k-guinness-world-record\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">$28,000 meme coin bounty<\/a> on beating the Guinness World Record for the most kickflips on a skateboard done in a minute. A man named <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/davebachinsky\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">Dave Bachinsky<\/a> eventually <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/82537-most-skateboard-kickflips-in-one-minute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\">beat the record<\/a> and claimed his meme coin prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The types of content that Dare Market is looking to promote can be seen through the creators that it has been sponsoring. For example, creator Penofein has recorded himself having <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@penofeins\/video\/7561184885604404502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">fake arguments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in public, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@penofeins\/video\/7560813788555971862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">prank-calling businesses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@penofeins\/video\/7558586989486804246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">sneaking into offices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2014fairly harmless fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"w-full max-w-full mt-4 overflow-hidden\"><figcaption class=\"m-0 text-start gg-dark:text-neutral-200 scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:text-neutral-700 scene:font-light scene:mt-1\">Screenshot of dildo markets. Image: Dare Markets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI like to call [Dare Market] the inverse of Polymarket, in a way. Because with Polymarket, Kalshi, or traditional prediction markets, you\u2019re betting on the outcomes of scenarios using capital. They\u2019ve proven themselves as great truth marketplaces,\u201d Perfito explained, labeling a dare as the inverse of a truth thanks to the popular party game truth or dare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cNow it makes more sense than ever, because attention is one of the most scarce resources on the internet\u2014everyone is fighting for it. 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However, Dare Market says it won&#8217;t allow dangerous content on the site due to its strict moderation policy. 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