Pump.fun is back in the news again — not for memecoins, but for a new bounty platform that feels like it's been borrowed from a Black Mirror episode.
The cryptocurrency website that built its name from letting users create memecoins has launched a new platform, called GO, that lets users pay other people to complete any task they want.
The platform's slogan is "Pay ANYONE to do ANYTHING" and has alread had hundreds of tasks posted for others to complete for serious sums of money — tasks where some are a bit more moral and safe than others.
"Humans & money are undeniably the most powerful tools on Earth," Pump.fun’s X account posted. "We're combining both of them with GO: an all-encompassing bounty platform where ANYONE can create or complete bounties for ANY task for UNLIMITED rewards."
As you can imagine, these tasks can get pretty crazy. Perhaps the biggest so far is for someone to interview either the person responsible for Henry Nowak’s death, the lead police officer for the case, or a family member. The person who posted the bounty wants at least two minutes of unedited footage.
That’s not all, though. There have been bounties for people to host a "best butt" contest and even bail someone out of jail. One can imagine that as time goes on, these bounties could get even more unpredictable and crazy.
Pump.fun’s new platform feels suspiciously similar to a website at the center of the Black Mirror episode, "Common People." In that episode, a man goes to extreme lengths to raise money on a fictional livestreaming platform called "Dum Dummies" which has him completing people’s tasks.
Spoiler alert: things don’t end well for that man. So that probably gives an indicator of how this whole bounty situation might go.
Pump.fun’s history with new initiatives means that its new platform may not last long. In 2024, the website pulled its livestreaming feature after a series of streams where people harmed themselves and were cruel to animals. Livestreaming eventually returned in 2025, with new moderation efforts.
