{"id":852860,"date":"2026-06-08T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/852860\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:00:15","slug":"pay-anyone-to-do-anything-the-black-mirror-task-app-just-went-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/852860\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay Anyone To Do Anything: The ‘Black Mirror’ Task App Just Went Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if you could pay someone to do anything via an online platform? Like anything — from asking them to kill themselves to telling them to get a bizarre tattoo or just telling them to do a reckless public stunt. The script seems like the start of another ‘Black Mirror’ episode. Except this is the reality now.<\/p>\n

Pump.fun, the platform best known for letting anyone spin up a memecoin on Solana, has launched GO, a bounty marketplace that lets users pay people to perform essentially any task they can dream up. The mechanics of the operation are straightforward.<\/p>\n

Users post a task, lock SOL (Solana cryptocurrency) rewards into escrow with a minimum payout of roughly $5, and wait for someone to complete it. Submissions are then reviewed and approved by Pump.fun’s team before funds are released.<\/p>\n

The Scrutiny<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within a week of going live, users have posted hundreds of challenges, with some offering rewards worth tens of thousands of dollars. But the platform received public scrutiny after a ‘bounty’ performed by an Indian man received global attention due to an ‘error’.<\/p>\n

Arivu, a Tamil Nadu resident, took up one of the challenges posted on the site by getting a tattoo of a meme coin ticker ‘$boutywork’ on his forehead for $2,400. He filmed the full process at a local tattoo shop, including visible bleeding, and submitted the video as proof on June 6.<\/p>\n

However, the payout stalled after some users argued that the listing contained a typo and that the intended ticker was $Bountywork with an ‘n’.<\/p>\n

Arivu countered that he had inked the exact text in the prompt. “Guys, I have followed everything exactly what the name mentioned in the line. It’s not my mistake I tattoo[ed] on my forehead the exact name what @ayushquantt fam mentioned I believe @Pumpfun team review it correctly Please i gave my life,” he wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n

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Guys I have followed everything exactly what the name mentioned in the line<\/p>\n

Its not my mistake I tattoo on my forehead the exact name what @ayushquantt<\/a> fam mentioned I believe @Pumpfun<\/a> team review it correctly<\/p>\n

Please i gave my life\ud83d\ude2d$Bountywork<\/a> #TATTOOontheforehead<\/a> #tattoo<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/jVVeTG24jG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yxQvjFA28K<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arivu (@Arivulife) June 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He also shared the screenshot of the bounty page where the challenge was mentioned with a misspelt word.<\/p>\n

Moved by Arivu’s appeal, traders on Solana turned the typo into a token and launched BOUTYWORK on Pump.fun with Arivu’s selfie as its logo. The coin reached a market cap of $373,000 within hours. Arivu reportedly earned around $15,000 (approximately Rs 14,35,588) in fees, with estimated hauls around $17,500.<\/p>\n

Other Controversial Bounties<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suicide-Linked Task ($690,000):<\/strong> The most severe backlash occurred within hours of launch when a user posted a massive reward tied directly to a suicide-related act. The listing triggered widespread social media condemnation and calls for government intervention.<\/p>\n

Harassing a Murder Victim’s Family ($24,584):<\/strong> A highly criticised bounty offered over $24,000 for anyone willing to track down, film, and interview the family members of an Indian-origin man, Vickrum Digwa, who was convicted in the UK for killing British national Henry Nowak.<\/p>\n

Forehead Crypto Tattoos ($2,650):<\/strong> Users have funded multiple bounties requiring people to permanently tattoo a specific cryptocurrency ticker symbol directly onto their forehead, submitting video proof to claim the funds.<\/p>\n

Reckless Public Stunts ($57,000):<\/strong> Multiple high-value bounties incentivised dangerous public disruptions, including a $57,000 bounty to illegally skydive into a live World Cup stadium while wearing a memecoin mascot suit.<\/p>\n

The Dystopian Fallout<\/strong><\/p>\n

The unmoderated nature of these tasks has led the broader crypto community and government officials, like New York Governor Kathy Hochul, to describe the platform as a real-life Black Mirror or Squid Game nightmare. Because Pump.fun acts as a centralised intermediary holding these funds in escrow, critics note they have the absolute power to block these tasks but failed to do so effectively at launch.<\/p>\n