The Verge's hunt for a Bitcoin-rewarding AI weed vape ends in absurdity
· Robert Hart
A crypto weed vape called Gudtrip found me on Slack on 4/20. The ad showed a guy exhaling a cloud of vapor with the line "every hit delivers Bitcoin." It sounded like a prank.
A crypto weed vape called Gudtrip found me on Slack on 4/20. The ad showed a guy exhaling a cloud of vapor with the line "every hit delivers Bitcoin." It sounded like a prank. So I spent weeks digging into it.
I started with Gudtrip’s website. It only made the thing seem more like a joke. The company description read like someone had asked a chatbot to write a stoner’s fever dream. But I kept emailing. I called people on three continents. What I eventually uncovered was somehow dumber than I had imagined.
Turns out, Gudtrip is real, but barely. The device is a cheap disposable vape with a QR code that leads to a crypto wallet. No blockchain involved. No smart tech. Just a sticker and a promise. The founders had no experience with hardware, vaporizers, or cryptocurrency. They had a logo and a dream. And apparently some investors who didn’t ask enough questions.
The whole operation runs on hype and wishful thinking. The vapes barely work. The Bitcoin rewards are negligible. The team behind it seems to be making it up as they go. But they did get a few thousand units out the door before the FDA started asking questions.
The takeaway? The crypto vape grift is alive and well. It’s not a scam in the classic sense. It’s just a profoundly stupid product that somehow attracted real money. Which might be the most honest thing about it.