Solana Dev Who Got Burned Up in Meme Coin Stunt Is Alive—And Wants Another Dare

The Solana meme coin creator who Mikol, as he’s called, got the burns while performing livestreamed stunts to try and pump the price of his token.“We are alive, we have not given up on you,” the dev said from his ICU bed, visibly burnt after being pelted with fireworks. “I’ll probably be here for another three days, but right after that, you’re going to see me right back in Miami. You’re going to see me right back and better—more motivated and more hungry than ever.”Mikol confirmed in a voice note sent to Since being in the hospital, Mikol said that he has been pumped with oxycodone, morphine, codeine, and fentanyl to help deal with the pain. He must constantly stretch to prevent his skin from healing too tightly, and is beginning physical therapy soon. He told DARE dev (@lonemikol) releases a video to his community from an ICU in Miami.Amazing to see he’s okay https://t.co/WKyj4g5Cjl pic.twitter.com/3zKQvmh6TS— Ryan S. Gladwin (@Ryan_S_Gladwin) May 23, 2024“This hospital bill is gonna rack the fuck up,” he said in a voice note. “They’re trying to keep me here for a week and a half.”In the early hours of Wednesday, Mikol doused himself in isopropyl alcohol and livestreamed fireworks being shot at him in an attempt to pump his Mikol’s fiery stunt is the latest in a Some Telegram users speculated that the dev had died, but those close to him soon confirmed that he was in a stable condition recovering in a Miami trauma center. In the day that followed, there was mostly silence coming from his camp. Now two days later, Mikol has released a video to his community, and is communicating with his Telegram moderators.“This is what I’ve always wanted to do. You see me doing it passionately everyday,” Mikol said, his voice hoarse. “I can’t let my community down, my family down.”TruthOrDare had been running for six days prior to the incident. Mikol had been performing dares that his community put to him, including things like drinking bong water or setting his pants on fire.The token had been declining from a “I’ve been told you guys [the DARE community] have been putting in effortless work,” Mikol said. “I couldn’t be more happy with the people I’m doing this with.”Since this incident, core community members have banded together to support the DARE dev. People who have made profits or simply feel bad have donated money to “I went last night to the hospital to bring him some cash, ‘cause Solana doesn’t help when you are in the hospital.” DLuxx told Now, the community is attempting to push the TruthOrDare vision forward by streaming themselves. DLuxx was the first to livestream. During the Telegram livestream, he In a message forwarded to Edited by Andrew Hayward