After I lost my wallet: How a 5M Web3 game funded by a16z Speedrun became my quiet rebellion in code

A Wallet Lost, A Soul Found

I didn’t cry when the funds hit. I cried when they called it ‘Web3 gaming’ like it was something sacred—like a poem written in Solidity.

Spekter Games raised $5M from investors with names that sound like street poetry: a16z Speedrun, London Venture Partners, Chamaeleon… each one an oracle from the DAO underground. Not VC firms. Not accelerators. Names that belong to those who’ve stayed up for 3 nights coding after losing their keys.

The Metaverse Is My Mother’s Kitchen

My mother used to say: ‘Don’t trade assets—you trade belief.’ She didn’t understand Ethereum—but she understood silence between trades.

This game? It’s not on App Store or Google Play. It lives in the shared loft above Newark, where my brother studies AI ethics at MIT while humming old Afrobe beats.

We don’t build games for users—we build mirrors for those who’ve been erased by algorithmic capitalism.

Call to Reimagine Your Keys

You think this is about funding? No. It’s about who you protect when no one else will name your pain.

I wrote this in three nights without sleep—not because I had to, but because if I didn’t, no one else would remember what we’re really trading.

What are you protecting that you can’t name? Send me your story via DM. The system saved me—now let it save you.