What if PumpFun flips the switch and pairs new tokens against PUMP instead of SOL? Read the Simon's post and thought: wow, this is a really cool idea, it sounds brilliant: > more value captured internally > extra demand for PUMP > a deflationary sink to fight future unlocks but this move comes with massive cultural risk: Right now, meme season is deeply tied to SOL’s price action. The culture, the narrative, the entire vibe of PumpFun exists because every memecoin is tethered to Solana. When SOL pumps, memes pump harder. It’s a feedback loop that made Solana the epicenter of this cycle. If Pump pairs against PUMP, that link breaks. Memes would no longer be a play on Solana’s rise — they’d just float in their own isolated economy. Sure, the numbers might make sense on paper, but memes aren’t just liquidity pools and buybacks. They run on culture. We’ve already seen this play out. PumpFun clones on other chains failed because the chain itself wasn’t part of the culture. The community didn’t care, so nothing stuck. If Pump makes this shift too early, they risk shooting themselves in the foot: > short-term value capture > long-term destruction of the magic that got them here PumpFun is different. People are there for the chaos, the narrative, the shared game of “memes on Solana.” The question isn’t just can Pump do this… It’s whether they can do it without breaking the very thing that made them dominant.(Hanzo ㊗️)