Rug replay
KILLA: the first 9 hours, minute by minute
The Bitcoin Hacker on Solana, launched 26 October 2026 at 01:29 UK time. We recorded 9 hours of one-minute prices from 01:33. 8 warning signs lit up along the way, and 24 hours after launch it had collapsed.
- Spiking
- Cooling off
- Sliding
- Settling
- Quiet
- Warning sign
- Serious sign or the fall
- Other event
8 warning signs in this replay.
1x plays one minute of the coin's life every second. Keys: Space plays or pauses, J and L jump 10 minutes, and the arrow keys move the slider one minute.
Prices are our own one-minute records. Buys vs sells are counts of trades in the past 5 minutes, not dollars. Times are UK time. Where our live records had a gap, we used the coin's case file or DexScreener prices every 2 minutes; each event names its source.
Every event, with its time and source
- We first saw it on our live boardSource: lab.db event (first_seen), minute 0.
- Paid profile bought on DexScreener
DexScreener's own timestamp for the order.
Source: lab.db event (promo), minute 0. - First check: grade F, 1 warning sign
4 wallets bought identical bags.
Source: outcomes.db first_check, minute 1. - Phase: Cooling off
The price was 20% or more below a high set in the past hour, after a run up.
A paid boost, profile or ad was bought in the hour before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25065, minute 7. - Our grade changed from F to BSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 11.
- Phase: Spiking
The price was at least 3x its lowest point of the past hour.
A paid boost, profile or ad was bought in the hour before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25122, minute 21. - Paid profile bought while up 3.1x in an hour
Paid profile bought 20 minutes ago on DexScreener.
The price is up 213% over the last hour (3.1x).
Market value $22.6k, still on its launchpad bonding curve.
An hour later the price was 218% higher than when we logged this.
Our read: paid attention arriving after a 3x move gives the early holders a crowd to exit into.
Source: findings.db finding 35d625248b4e, minute 21. - Left the launchpad for a full trading poolSource: lab.db event (graduated), minute 21.
- Our grade changed from B to FSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 21.
- Our grade changed from F to ASource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 52.
- Lost its clean grade: A to F
It was graded A for 10 minutes before the drop to F.
What appeared: 3 wallets bought identical bags.
Price from going clean to the drop: +75%.
Market value at the drop: $50.5k.
Source: findings.db finding 046d39e4c865, minute 62. - Highest price in our minute bars, market value $91.1kSource: lab.db bar, computed, minute 75.
- Phase: Cooling off
The price was 20% or more below a high set in the past hour, after a run up.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25384, minute 77. - Our grade changed from F to ASource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 82.
- Phase: Spiking
The price was at least 3x its lowest point of the past hour.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25414, minute 83. - Price fell below half its peak, 57% down
15 minutes after the peak.
Source: lab.db bar, computed, minute 90. - Our grade changed from A to FSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 92.
- Phase: Cooling off
The price was 20% or more below a high set in the past hour, after a run up.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25656, minute 141. - Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25699, minute 154. - Our grade changed from F to ASource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 193.
- Phase: Sliding
Each 20-minute low of the past hour was lower than the one before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 25983, minute 213. - Our grade changed from A to FSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 214.
- Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 26076, minute 235. - Phase: Sliding
Each 20-minute low of the past hour was lower than the one before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 26240, minute 273. - Our grade changed from F to ASource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 314.
- Lost its clean grade: A to F
It was graded A for 30 minutes before the drop to F.
What appeared: 3 wallets bought identical bags.
Price from going clean to the drop: -21%.
Market value at the drop: $19k.
Source: findings.db finding 8b7872af97b1, minute 345. - Phase: Cooling off
The price was 20% or more below a high set in the past hour, after a run up.
Source: phase.db phase_log 26591, minute 346. - Our grade changed from F to ASource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 354.
- Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 26738, minute 381. - Our grade changed from A to FSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 426.
- Phase: Sliding
Each 20-minute low of the past hour was lower than the one before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 26986, minute 437. - 24 hours after launch: collapsed, 92% below the highest price we recorded
Collapsed: the price was under a tenth of its peak, or liquidity was under $1,000 outside the launchpad.
Source: outcomes.db outcomes.out24_status, after our minute bars end.
What the check showed before the fall
Our first check graded KILLA F at 01:33 UK time, 4 minutes after launch, with 1 warning sign:
The price first fell below half its peak at 03:03, 15 minutes after its highest point in our records. Before that, 4 of the 8 warning signs in this replay had appeared:
- 01:33 First check: grade F, 1 warning sign
- 01:53 Paid profile bought while up 3.1x in an hour
- 01:54 Our grade changed from B to F
- 02:35 Lost its clean grade: A to F
4 more signs appeared after the fall began.
24 hours after launch: collapsed, 92% below the highest price we recorded.