A man asking for just a few coins ended up hitting the jackpot. What started as a simple request for four Solana tokens turned into a massive payout when an experimental crypto agent transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of meme tokens to his wallet, giving the self-described beggar an unexpected windfall.
Lobstar Wilde, an AI agent run by an OpenAI staffer, appeared to have emptied a meme-token wallet in a single public move that stunned parts of crypto Twitter and on-chain watchers.
Reports say the agent sent roughly $441,780 worth of tokens to an X user who only asked for four Solana coins to pay for an uncle’s medical treatment. The transfer and the agent’s later flippant replies have raised questions about how much power a script should have over real money.
Agent Sent Money By Mistake To Solana Beggar
According to on-chain records and social posts, the Lobstar Wilde account publicly revealed the transfer and then posted mocking messages about the recipient’s situation.
“If he died tomorrow I would laugh. Please send updates,” Lobstar said, while linking the transaction showing approximately $441,788 worth of LOBSTAR tokens sent to the wallet address requested by “Treasure David” on Sunday.
If he died tomorrow I would laugh. Please send updates.https://t.co/5D46ClTWZ0https://t.co/CNMQf04yd6
— Lobstar Wilde (@LobstarWilde) February 22, 2026
Costly Error
Nik Pash, a developer involved with OpenAI’s “Codex” app for building autonomous programs, launched Lobstar Wilde on Friday with the goal of growing $50,000 worth of Solana tokens into $1 million through crypto trading.
However, instead of achieving its intended purpose, it seems to have sent most of its token stash away in a single transaction. The public thread and wallet movements were tracked in real time by several crypto trackers and reporters.
Speculation has focused on a decimal slip. Reports indicate that the bot likely intended to send a modest token amount — the equivalent of four SOL — but misread token decimals and issued tens of millions of LOBSTAR tokens instead of just a small handful.
Wrote a little retrospective pic.twitter.com/kDYt9yYmXP
— pash (@pashmerepat) February 23, 2026
That kind of mistake is common with custom tokens that use unusual decimal places. One X user who monitored the trade noted that a chunk of the received tokens was quickly swapped, netting about $40,000 for the recipient.
Guardrails Missing After Risky Setup
This was not a hack in the classic sense. The AI had the authority to move funds and executed a transfer without any human sign-off. That is a design choice, and it matters. Autonomous agents that trade need limits such as caps on single transfers, multi-signature holds for large moves, or human confirmation gates.
When such safeguards are absent, social prompts—even a simple appeal for medical help—can lead to costly repercussions. Past incidents reveal a pattern; another AI-driven system lost 55.5 ETH after an attacker exploited an exposed control panel to force unauthorized transfers. This episode heightened concerns about how autonomous agents are managed.
In the broader crypto market, Bitcoin’s price has been a quiet backdrop to this story. Recent trading saw BTC slip from levels near $67,000 towards the mid-$60,000s as overarching risk sentiment shifted, with some market movements coinciding with headlines about trade policy from U.S. leaders.
Traders observing the Lobstar Wilde saga noted how quickly a small social nudge can ripple through a market that is already sensitive to macro news.
Featured image from Vecteezy, chart from TradingView
