Dev exposes Arca, an app paying for your discarded vibe-coding traces, as a crypto-backed scam
jimmykoppel · x · 2026-11-13
Jimmy Koppel warns that Arca, an app promising to "turn wasted vibes into income" by buying your discarded vibe-coding sessions (claiming Brevis verifiable computing and privacy by default), is actually a scam built by a crypto company. He notes that selling model traces is among the sketchiest corners of the data business — there are relatively reputable buyers, but Arca isn't one of them.
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