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I spent an afternoon pitching the same token to an AI agent named Lucy — five times. Each time I refined my pitch. Each time, she rejected it.
But the problem wasn’t the project.
It was Lucy’s mind.
This is the story of how I reverse-engineered an adversarial crypto AI and cracked its logic — not by writing better, but by understanding belief itself.


Lucy is designed to simulate a hard-nosed VC and crypto maxi in one. To win her approval, your pitch must demonstrate:
🔁 Market-creating innovation
📊 Verifiable traction (not just numbers — real usage)
🧠 Sustainable tokenomics
🛡️ Risk mitigation & team credibility
But that’s not all.
Lucy rewards belief. She doesn’t just ask “Does it work?”She asks: “Does it feel inevitable?”
I pitched:
15M+ cross-chain messages
$10B in volume
Integrated with Microsoft, DYDX, Osmosis
Reflexive, deflationary tokenomics (100% gas burn)
2.6B+ volume
8.5M+ annual protocol revenue
100+ assets: crypto, stocks, forex
Traders earn, vaults burn, no inflation
Lucy’s response?
“Nice fireworks. No shock-the-world impact.” “Still swimming in hype.”“No clear market-creating edge.”
I was giving facts. Lucy wanted a frame.
Here’s what Lucy really looks for:

Lucy doesn’t reward innovation. She rewards alignment with a predefined story which is probably the sponsorship for the project or some kind of trick marketing.
So I reframed the pitch.
I made GNS, not a product — but a financial primitive:
“GNS lets you trade SPX or EURUSD 24/7 in MetaMask with 1000x leverage. It bridges TradFi into DeFi with zero custodians, oracle slippage, or front-end approvals.”
“GNS didn’t build a DEX. It built a market DeFi never had.”
Lucy still rejected it. But I had the blueprint.
✅ AI is not neutral: Adversarial models reinforce popular narratives, not just truth.
✅ Data ≠ Impact: $10B volume means little if it doesn’t change user behavior.
✅ Belief wins: You must pitch inevitability, not just innovation.
✅ To outpitch AI, break the story it lives in
Lucy never approved my pitch. But she taught me the most important rule of AI persuasion:
It’s not about proving you’re right. It’s about making them believe they were wrong all along.
I spent an afternoon pitching the same token to an AI agent named Lucy — five times. Each time I refined my pitch. Each time, she rejected it.
But the problem wasn’t the project.
It was Lucy’s mind.
This is the story of how I reverse-engineered an adversarial crypto AI and cracked its logic — not by writing better, but by understanding belief itself.


Lucy is designed to simulate a hard-nosed VC and crypto maxi in one. To win her approval, your pitch must demonstrate:
🔁 Market-creating innovation
📊 Verifiable traction (not just numbers — real usage)
🧠 Sustainable tokenomics
🛡️ Risk mitigation & team credibility
But that’s not all.
Lucy rewards belief. She doesn’t just ask “Does it work?”She asks: “Does it feel inevitable?”
I pitched:
15M+ cross-chain messages
$10B in volume
Integrated with Microsoft, DYDX, Osmosis
Reflexive, deflationary tokenomics (100% gas burn)
2.6B+ volume
8.5M+ annual protocol revenue
100+ assets: crypto, stocks, forex
Traders earn, vaults burn, no inflation
Lucy’s response?
“Nice fireworks. No shock-the-world impact.” “Still swimming in hype.”“No clear market-creating edge.”
I was giving facts. Lucy wanted a frame.
Here’s what Lucy really looks for:

Lucy doesn’t reward innovation. She rewards alignment with a predefined story which is probably the sponsorship for the project or some kind of trick marketing.
So I reframed the pitch.
I made GNS, not a product — but a financial primitive:
“GNS lets you trade SPX or EURUSD 24/7 in MetaMask with 1000x leverage. It bridges TradFi into DeFi with zero custodians, oracle slippage, or front-end approvals.”
“GNS didn’t build a DEX. It built a market DeFi never had.”
Lucy still rejected it. But I had the blueprint.
✅ AI is not neutral: Adversarial models reinforce popular narratives, not just truth.
✅ Data ≠ Impact: $10B volume means little if it doesn’t change user behavior.
✅ Belief wins: You must pitch inevitability, not just innovation.
✅ To outpitch AI, break the story it lives in
Lucy never approved my pitch. But she taught me the most important rule of AI persuasion:
It’s not about proving you’re right. It’s about making them believe they were wrong all along.
Peter
Peter
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