Shill
Promoting a token, usually because you hold it or got paid to promote it.
Definition
Shilling is marketing with a conflict of interest. Sometimes it's explicit — paid KOL deal, affiliate link, exchange promo. Sometimes it's implicit — an influencer pushing a bag they quietly accumulated before the tweet.
Not all promotion is shilling, and not all shilling is bad. But treat every bullish take as a sales pitch until proven otherwise. Check the wallet: if they're posting a chart and their wallet has been distributing into every pump, you are the exit.
Examples
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Same five accounts pushing the same token on the same day — paid shill wave.
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Influencer shilled it at $0.05, was selling at $0.04.
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There's a difference between sharing a position and shilling a pump.
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