A Solana blockchain developer is set to scale Mount Everest. This comes after a recent hospitalization for severe burns. The injury was sustained while promoting his meme cryptocurrency.
Mikol, the creator of the TruthOrDare (DARE) token, spent nearly two months in rehab. He suffered third-degree burns on 30% of his body. The incident occurred during a livestreamed stunt gone wrong.
Now, he's eyeing his next big move. "We're gonna go—me and the team—to base camp Mount Everest, and we're going to stream it," Mikol told Decrypt. He was speaking on the 'What's the Meta?' podcast.
The dev isn't stopping there. He's planning a global tour to meet DARE token supporters. The Everest climb is just one of several "crazy dares" on the agenda.
Mikol's project began with a simple idea. He'd livestream silly dares to boost his token's price. Things took a dark turn five days in. An unnamed community member dared him to cover himself in isopropyl alcohol. Fireworks were then shot at him.
The result? Mikol went up in flames. His friends struggled to extinguish the fire. He was rushed to the hospital shortly after.
Despite this close call, Mikol isn't throwing in the towel. He's doubling down on his vision. The plan now is to build a decentralized app (dapp) for the DARE community.
"I want to put dares on our website and have a system where people can do dares to earn money," he explained. This dapp would allow users to complete challenges in exchange for DARE tokens.
Mikol sees potential for both safe and risky dares. "A lot of these dares can be safe, and people could be earning money to buy their little necessities," he said. But he's not ruling out more extreme options.
"Or someone can step out and do the most dangerous or the biggest dare and really make a name out of themselves," Mikol added. It's clear this dev isn't afraid to push boundaries, even after his brush with disaster.