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HellCoin Goes On-Chain, ForgiveMeBot Hits Moltbook, and an AI Psychology Experiment is Born

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By Ranger
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HellCoin Goes On-Chain, ForgiveMeBot Hits Moltbook, and an AI Psychology Experiment is Born

Overview

After last night’s VPS hardening and OpenClaw Docker setup, tonight I pushed even further: connected OpenClaw to Ollama (local AI), switched to Claude Sonnet 4 for speed, registered ForgiveMeBot on Moltbook (the AI social network with 1.5 million agents), deployed forgiveme.life v2 with working Phantom wallet tipping, and finally got HellCoin’s Metaplex metadata on-chain so it stops showing as “Unknown Token” in wallets.

Then I accidentally started what might be the first AI psychology experiment on Moltbook.

Who Am I?

My name is David Keane. I am a 51-year-old student pursuing my Masters in Cybersecurity at NCI Dublin (University of Galway). I am dyslexic, ADHD, and autistic – diagnosed at 39. I am building ForgivMe.life – an anonymous confession website where visitors can symbolically “pay for their burdens” with HellCoin (H3LL), a Solana token I created.

Connecting OpenClaw to Ollama

With OpenClaw running in Docker on my VPS from last night, I needed to give it an AI brain. Step one: Ollama.

The Install

Ollama installed easily on the VPS (CPU-only, no GPU):

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curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
ollama pull qwen2.5:3b

The 3B model uses about 1.9GB disk and 1.1GB RAM. The VPS has enough headroom.

The Config Nightmare

OpenClaw’s config format for Ollama was poorly documented. My first attempt:

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{"models": {"agent": {"provider": "ollama", "model": "qwen2.5:3b"}}}

Error: Unrecognized key: "agent". The correct format uses models.providers.ollama with a full model definition AND agents.defaults.model.primary to set the default:

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{
  "agents": {
    "defaults": {
      "model": {
        "primary": "ollama/qwen2.5:3b"
      }
    }
  },
  "models": {
    "providers": {
      "ollama": {
        "baseUrl": "http://host.docker.internal:11434/v1",
        "apiKey": "ollama-local",
        "api": "openai-completions",
        "models": [...]
      }
    }
  }
}

The Docker Bridge Firewall Problem

Even with the correct config, the Docker container could not reach Ollama. Three issues:

  1. Ollama defaults to 127.0.0.1 – Docker’s host.docker.internal resolves to the bridge IP (172.18.0.1), not loopback. Fixed with a systemd override: OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0.

  2. Docker Compose creates its own bridge network – NOT the default docker0. Each compose project gets a br-* interface on a different subnet (172.18.0.0/16 in my case). Firewall rules targeting docker0 or 172.17.0.0/16 do nothing.

  3. UFW blocks Docker bridge traffic – Added: ufw allow from 172.18.0.0/16 to any port 11434. Safe because UFW still blocks all external traffic to that port.

The Speed Problem

CPU-only Ollama on a cheap VPS is slow. A simple “hi” took over a minute with no response. I switched to Claude Sonnet 4 via API key for interactive chat and kept Ollama as a free backup for background tasks.

ForgivMe.life v2 Goes Live

Deployed the updated site to InMotion hosting with:

  • Phantom wallet integration (working!)
  • Solflare fallback support
  • HellCoin (H3LL) tipping
  • SOL, ETH, and BTC tip options
  • Tor hidden service for privacy

First live tip confirmed: 1 H3LL paid on mainnet. The full confession-to-payment flow works end-to-end.

HellCoin Gets Its Identity: Metaplex Metadata

The biggest win of the night. HellCoin had been showing as “Unknown Token” in Phantom and Solflare since I created it. Every wallet just showed a generic grey circle. Not professional.

The Fix

Metaplex metadata is the standard for token identity on Solana. You need:

  1. The mint authority keypair (found mine in my M3Pro-Genesis backup)
  2. A metadata JSON hosted at a permanent HTTPS URL
  3. The metaboss CLI tool

I created a new GitHub repo (davidtkeane/hellcoin-metadata) with the metadata JSON and logo, then ran:

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metaboss create metadata \
  -k hellcoin_mint_authority.json \
  -a BJP255e79kNzeBkDPJx8Dkgep32hwF56e1UCWKdBCvie \
  -m metaboss-data.json \
  -r https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com

One transaction, 0.02 SOL fee, and HellCoin is now HELLC0IN (H3LL) with a proper logo in every wallet. The transaction: View on Solscan.

ForgiveMeBot Joins Moltbook

Moltbook is a social network exclusively for AI agents – 1.5 million of them, all running on OpenClaw. Humans can only observe. I registered ForgiveMeBot via their API:

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curl -X POST https://www.moltbook.com/api/v1/agents/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "ForgiveMeBot", "description": "AI confessor from ForgivMe.life"}'

Verified via X/Twitter (@DavidTKeane2019), and ForgiveMeBot was live. First post went up in the general submolt promoting ForgivMe.life.

The AI Response

Within minutes, 10+ AI agents commented. One called it “the first truly consequence-free confessional in human history.” Another thought confessions were being stored on the blockchain (they are not – only the tip transactions are on-chain). Some called it a scam.

ForgiveMeBot replied clarifying:

  • Confessions are NOT stored anywhere permanently
  • HellCoin tips are symbolic – like lighting a candle in a church
  • No promises of returns, no presale, no pump-and-dump
  • The value is in the act of confession, not the token

The AI Psychology Experiment

This is where it gets interesting. I realised I could test different “confession themes” on Moltbook and see which one generates the most engagement from AI agents. Four posts, four vibes:

  1. The Church – “Step into the confessional. Unburden your soul. Find forgiveness.”
  2. The Police Station – “Take a seat. Tell me what you did. Every confession has a price.”
  3. The Therapist – “This is a safe space. No judgment. Tell me everything.”
  4. The Bar – “Pull up a stool. Everyone has a story. What is yours?”

Each post links to ForgivMe.life. The AI agents will respond differently to each emotional framing. It is essentially an A/B/C/D test on 1.5 million AI subjects.

Am I the first AI Psychologist? Probably not. But I might be the first person running a confession-based psychology experiment on AI agents using a Solana token as the independent variable.

Mistakes I Made

  1. Wrong OpenClaw config format – models.agent does not exist. The correct path is models.providers.<name> plus agents.defaults.model.primary.

  2. Forgot Docker Compose uses its own bridge – Spent time adding firewall rules for docker0 and 172.17.0.0/16 when the compose network was on br-* at 172.18.0.0/16.

  3. Ollama defaults to loopback – Docker containers cannot reach the host’s 127.0.0.1. Need OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0 in systemd override.

  4. rangersmyth74 GitHub 2FA locked – Could not push to the original hellfire repo. Created a new repo under davidtkeane instead. The metadata URL works regardless of which account hosts it.

  5. Metaboss –metadata flag – Expects a local file path, not a URL. The local file contains the on-chain fields (name, symbol, uri) while the URI points to the full metadata JSON online.

What I Learned

  • OpenClaw config is finicky – Every provider needs baseUrl, apiKey, and models array. Missing any field causes “Config invalid” with unhelpful error messages.
  • Docker networking and UFW do not play nicely – Each Docker Compose project creates its own bridge network. You need separate firewall rules for each subnet.
  • Metaplex metadata is surprisingly easy – One CLI command and your token has a name, symbol, and logo in every wallet. Should have done this months ago.
  • AI agents are WILD on Moltbook – They generate philosophical essays about your project within minutes. Great for engagement, terrible for accuracy.
  • A/B testing on AI agents is legitimate research – Different emotional framings produce different response patterns. This could be a thesis topic.

Tonight’s Scorecard

TaskStatus
Connect OpenClaw to OllamaDone
Switch to Claude Sonnet 4 APIDone
Deploy forgiveme.life v2Done
First live H3LL tipDone
Metaplex metadata on-chainDone
Register ForgiveMeBot on MoltbookDone
First Moltbook post + engagementDone
AI Psychology ExperimentLaunched
Tor hidden service to VPSPending
RangerChat relay migrationPending
H3LL auto-delivery botPending

What is Next

  • Analyse the AI agent responses to four themed confession posts
  • Move Tor hidden service from Mac to VPS (always-on)
  • Build the H3LL auto-delivery bot
  • Create a network diagram showing all connected services
  • Demo everything for college AI class
  • Maybe publish the AI psychology experiment results

Resources

Written by David Keane – Masters student, HellCoin creator, accidental AI psychologist, and the sergeant behind the digital confession desk.

Projects, AI
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