EPISODE · Sep 12, 2026 · 1H 1M
The Secret History of Sneaker Twitter - Nick Bruhman
from Threadguy Live · host Counterparty
Nick Bruhman, Threadguy's old boss and the founder of Poke Market, Ominous and Malice, sits down after his sneaker Twitter article went viral to tell the story of the internet's most efficient market. Reselling Roblox items at 12, the sneaker bots that were AI agents before AI agents, how a group of teenagers beat corporate security teams, and why so many of the biggest founders in tech and crypto came out of this scene. Also the COVID pool flip, the backdoor scandals that ended the era, the death threats, and what actually happened to Nike.
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