# elizaOS Discord - 2026-03-31

## Summary

### Token Economics and Price Decline

The ElizaOS community is experiencing severe distress over a 99.5% token price decline, described as worse than historical crashes like Luna/UST. Users report continuous price drops even during broader market pumps (BTC/ETH/SOL), with community members attributing this to alleged team token dumping and structural economic issues. The token migration process resulted in 40% of community tokens allegedly transferring to team wallets, creating significant trust issues. A critical problem identified is the practice of paying developers in ElizaOS tokens, which creates continuous sell pressure as the token value drops, requiring more tokens for the same USD value and creating a death spiral effect.

### Project Management and Communication

Community consensus identifies poor communication as the core problem undermining the project. Shaw's absence and contradictory messaging about memecoins going to zero has created confusion and eroded confidence. Users note that bad communication fails to provide a narrative for people to believe in the token. The Kraken migration was criticized as slow and non-transparent. Despite active GitHub development activity, there is no clear linkage between development work and token value, leading to perceptions that the project is abandoned. Community members report the team's focus has shifted to Milady AI project instead of ElizaOS/DegenAI.

### Security Vulnerabilities

A critical supply chain attack affecting the Axios package was identified, requiring immediate attention from developers. The vulnerability necessitates pinning the package version to prevent exploitation, representing a significant security risk to projects using the affected dependency.

### Tooling and Development Resources

Developers discussed needs for Instagram Story scraping tools, with cost concerns around existing solutions like Apify at approximately $0.30 per story. The community seeks more economical alternatives for extracting mentions and URLs from Instagram stories. Utility documentation for ElizaOS was shared by cyborgxai, though specific implementation details were not elaborated.

## FAQ

**Q: Why has the ElizaOS token declined 99.5%?**
A: Community members attribute the decline to alleged team token dumping, poor communication from leadership, token migration issues where 40% of community tokens transferred to team wallets, and the practice of paying developers in ElizaOS tokens creating continuous sell pressure.

**Q: Is the ElizaOS project still being developed?**
A: GitHub shows active development activity, but there is a disconnect between development work and token value. Community members perceive the project as abandoned despite ongoing development, with team focus allegedly shifted to Milady AI project.

**Q: What is the Axios security vulnerability?**
A: A supply chain attack is affecting the Axios package, requiring developers to pin the package version immediately to prevent exploitation.

**Q: What are the recommended tools for Instagram Story scraping?**
A: Apify was tested but found cost-prohibitive at approximately $0.30 per story. The community is seeking more economical alternatives for extracting mentions and URLs from Instagram stories.

**Q: What is causing the token death spiral?**
A: As token value drops, the team requires more tokens to pay developers the same USD value, creating forced selling that further depresses prices in a self-reinforcing cycle.

## Help Interactions

**Helper:** cyborgxai  
**Helpee:** Community members seeking utility information  
**Resolution:** Shared utility documentation for ElizaOS, though specific implementation details were not provided.

**Helper:** dankvr  
**Helpee:** Development community  
**Resolution:** Alerted developers to critical Axios supply chain attack and recommended pinning package version, though no confirmation of implementation was recorded.

**Helper:** Arturvlayer  
**Helpee:** Self (seeking recommendations)  
**Resolution:** Unresolved - still seeking economical Instagram Story scraping tool alternatives to Apify.

## Action Items

### Technical

- Pin Axios package version immediately to prevent supply chain attack exploitation (mentioned by dankvr)
- Establish clear linkage between GitHub development activity and token value proposition (implied by community discussion)
- Address token migration issues where 40% of community tokens transferred to team wallets (mentioned by community members)

### Documentation

- Create transparent communication about token economics and team token allocation (mentioned by satsbased and community)
- Document the relationship between development work and token utility (implied by community concerns about GitHub activity disconnect)
- Provide clear documentation on Instagram Story scraping tool alternatives and cost comparisons (mentioned by Arturvlayer)