A man who was begging for a few coins ended up with a coin. What started as a simple request for four Solana tokens turned into a huge payout when a crypto audit agent transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars in meme tokens to his wallet, giving the self-described beggar an unexpected windfall.
Lobstar Wilde, an AI agent managed by an employee of OpenAI, seems to have emptied a bag of meme-tokens in one social movement that surprised the crypto Twitter segments and on-chain observers.
Reports say that the agent sent tokens worth approximately $441,780 to user X who only requested four Solana tokens to pay for his uncle’s treatment. The transfer, along with the agent’s recent responses, raised questions about how much power the script should have over real money.
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Agent Accidentally Sent Money To Solana Beggar
According to on-chain records and public postings, the Lobstar Wilde account publicly displayed the transfer and sent sarcastic messages about the recipient’s status.
“If he dies tomorrow I will laugh. Please send updates,” Lobstar said, while linking to a transaction showing $441,788 in LOBSTAR tokens sent to Treasure David’s requested Solana wallet address on Sunday.
If he dies tomorrow I will laugh. Please post updates.
– Lobstar Wilde (@LobstarWilde) February 22, 2026
A Costly Mistake
Nik Pash, a developer involved in OpenAI’s “Codex” app for building autonomous systems, launched Lobstar Wilde on Friday with the goal of growing $50,000 worth of Solana tokens to $1 million through crypto trading.
But instead it appears to have shipped most of its hidden tokens in a single transaction. The public thread and wallet movements were tracked in real time by a number of crypto trackers and journalists.
The guess is centered on the decimal slip. Reports note that the bot probably intended to send a limited amount of tokens – equivalent to four SOLs – but the tokens’ decimals were misread and issued tens of millions of LOBSTAR tokens instead of a small hand.
He wrote a small retrospective pic.twitter.com/kDYt9yYmXP
— pash (@pashmerepat) February 23, 2026
That kind of error is common with custom tokens that use odd decimal places. One X user who monitored the trade noted that a portion of the received tokens were quickly exchanged, netting about $40,000 to the recipient.
Guardrails Lost After Dangerous Installation
This was not hacking in the old sense. AI had the authority to move funds. Make transfers without a human signature. That’s a design choice, and it’s important. Independent trading agents need restrictions: caps on single transfers, holding multiple signatures for large movements, or gates to verify people.
If those protections aren’t in place, civil injunctions — and even a vexatious appeal for medical help — can be a costly adversary. Past incidents show a pattern: one AI-driven system lost 55.5 ETH after an attacker used an exposed control panel to force a transfer. The episode raised concerns about how the agents were treated.
In all markets, the price of Bitcoin has been the quiet center of this story. Recent trading saw BTC drop from levels near $67,000 towards the mid-$60,000s as broader risk sentiment shifted, and some of this volatility coincided with headlines on trade policy from US leaders.
Traders watching the Lobstar Wilde saga have noted how quickly a small public nudge can permeate a market already sensitive to major issues.
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