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$darwin

darwin
Done13/135m 56s
flags
  1. confirmed
  2. refuted
  3. untested
  4. unverifiable

On-chain

Metadata

$darwindarwin

Metadata
locked
Update auth
none
Source
token-2022
Market

$1.23Mmarket cap

Price
$0.0013
Liquidity
$115k
Vol 24h
$2.74M
Pool
pumpswap · 2d ago
Mint

Fixedsupply

Program
spl-token-2022
Supply
947.4M
Mint auth
revoked
Freeze auth
revoked
Transfer fee
none
Extensions
metadataPointer, tokenMetadata
Holders

24.5%held by top 10

  • 53W7…yaXM4.8%
  • Fpf2…9Q2H3.2%
  • DCbo…rm152.5%
  • BDLA…T6Ca2.4%
  • 7yuq…VRf72.2%
Deployer

2dsince launch

Wallet
7dRd…7P2d
Launched via
pump.fun
Created
2026-10-03
Neighborhood

0/0sibling tokens dead

Linked wallets
5
Siblings > $1M
0

Summary

Darwin is a Solana utility token presented as a way to buy credit for an AI model-routing API and rented-GPU service (review; C1–C5). The mint has no mint or freeze authority, its metadata is immutable, and the website references the supplied address (facts; metadata; site/mint-referenced). Wallet sign-in and workspace creation were observed, but tests of routing, API compatibility, GPU specifications, burn-to-credit conversion and upgrades were inconclusive because the tester lacked tokens, credit or authenticated access. Privacy and key-storage assurances remain unverified, and the source of cash to fund compute purchased with burn-created credit is not explained (C6–C7; skeptic).

Claims 7

C1productdarwincompute.com ↗
untested
Darwin grades each request by rules, not with another model: words like plan, migrate or refactor push it up, words like rename, summarise or format push it down, and attached tools add a little.

Testing was inconclusive: no request could be sent without workspace credit, so difficulty grading, budget transitions and conversation stickiness were not observed.

skeptic: plausibleused: inconclusive
C2productdarwincompute.com ↗
untested
POST /v1/chat/completions OpenAI chat completions, streaming or not, with tools.

Unauthenticated endpoint requests returned 401; successful authenticated format compatibility and MCP behavior were not tested. These responses do not refute compatibility.

skeptic: plausibleused: inconclusive
C3productdarwincompute.com ↗
untested
Model Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct, FP8 Context 65,536 tokens; replies are capped at 8,192 Formats OpenAI and Anthropic, streaming, tool calls Price $0.10 in and $0.40 out per million tokens, paid from credit

No GPU response or credit deduction was observed; the documented model, limits and prices remain untested.

skeptic: plausibleused: inconclusive
C4tokenomicsdarwincompute.com ↗
untested
Each million burned adds $5 of credit. The Credits page builds the burn for you: one transaction from your wallet that burns the tokens and carries the memo darwin:<workspace id>.

The tester held no DARWIN and performed no burn. Mint identification does not establish memo processing or the claimed credit conversion.

skeptic: plausibleused: inconclusive
C5tokenomicsdarwincompute.com ↗
untested
Pro Darwin's GPU requests go to gpt-oss-120b instead of Qwen3 30B, with a 128K context, replies up to 32K tokens and 16 requests at once. Tokens cost $0.25 in and $1 out per million. $3 a day Warm GPU Keeps a worker running on Darwin's GPU so requests never wait for a cold start. $2 an hour Warm Pro GPU The same for the Pro GPU. Needs Pro. $4 an hour

The rates appeared in the UI, but upgrade activation and credit deduction were not verified; the workspace had zero credit and the attempted interaction was inconclusive.

skeptic: plausibleused: inconclusive
C6securitydarwincompute.com ↗
unverifiable
Darwin keeps the model, token counts, cost, timing and status of each request, and never the prompt or the reply. Provider keys are encrypted at rest.

Backend retention, encryption at rest and rented-worker logging policies cannot be established from the supplied public pages or client interactions; no independent backend inspection is provided.

skeptic: doubtful
C7securitydarwincompute.com ↗
unverifiable
Darwin checks each key with its provider before saving it, encrypted, and only uses it to call that provider for your requests.

Provider-key validation could be tested separately, but no such test occurred; the broader encrypted-storage and exclusive-use assurances require access to internal controls not available in this dossier.

skeptic: plausible

Off-chain

1
X account

@darwincomputeDarwin

Renamed
never
Account age
3d
Based in
United States
2
Website

darwincompute.comresolved

Found via
metadata
Mint on site
yes
1
Site capture
Screenshot of the project site
Stack
Vite
Trackers
0
Endpoints
0
3rd-party hosts
0
4
Site readself-reported

Darwin Compute describes itself as an OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible API and MCP server that routes requests across a user-configured model ladder based on request difficulty and budget, with its own GPU model as a fallback. Its docs say access is funded by burning the Solana token $DARWIN for workspace credit, which can also pay for compute upgrades.

Observations
3 · 1 concern
Skeptic
Claims judged
7 · 1 doubtful
Looks like
OpenAI (unstated)
Looks like
Anthropic (unstated)
2
Hands-on
journal
Opened Darwin and connected the specified Phantom wallet. The app said wallet sign-in required a message signature and no transaction; inspection confirmed a zero-cost sign-in message, which I approved. The workspace was created and showed $0 credit. wallet_balance showed 5 SOL and no tokens. I inspected the Credits page (zero DARWIN held, no burns, burn disabled), Ladder, Playground, Upgrades, and the docs. I looked up the named DARWIN token mint on-chain and checked the wallet's chain history; the history returned a signature, but a chain_transaction lookup for it reported not found. There was no DARWIN burn to inspect, so no memo or on-chain crediting could be checked. The docs describe the claimed API routes, routing, GPU specification, burn credit mechanism, and upgrade rates, but these service behaviors could not be exercised without credit. Unauthenticated browser requests to the models and token-count endpoints returned 401. The app purchase option was clicked, but tool-budget exhaustion prevented observing its outcome. No transaction was approved or broadcast, and the wallet balance remained 5 SOL with no tokens. No claim is marked refuted: the relevant runtime tests were blocked by the zero-credit/no-DARWIN state or inability to make authenticated API calls.