a client stiffed me. but im not the only one. here’s my side of the story: the company im talking about in the quoted tweet below is @ranger_finance and they owe us nearly ~5 months of invoices, and allegedly owe multiple employees and others outside of the co. we practically built the brand from day one and we generated nearly ~90% of all graphics/content since spring '24 and yet we went unpaid from july-dec 2025. i spent many nights working singaporean hours until 5am. lots of missed nights with the missus. lots of grinning and bearing it. when the bill racked up to 20k, the missus grew concerned and i pushed back pretty strongly ~ "they're my friends. they'll pay me back. they gave me the highest compliment a vendor can receive - 'it really feels like you're part of the team.'" but she was right. by the end of 2025, i was owed 45k. and to date, I’ve only received 10k in backpay. meanwhile, there were employees who were allegedly being paid during that time, while i was led to believe otherwise. and some employees who are owed, haven’t even received the courtesy of a response. im privileged to have a little platform to speak on this, as others aren't in the same position. but its not just me out here; theres a mother on staff who just had a baby last year. shes been floating on her own savings for months because ranger wasn’t paying her between jan-may of this year. she didn't find out about the supposed closure of the company, until she saw the post on twitter last week. send Sunny a shout - she's a fantastic designer and she was more than happy to include her name: @justt_sunnyy and personally, ive tried everything i can to be made whole and i unequivocally blame no one for this other than the ranger team for what im owed. full stop. these are the founders: @0xFA2 @Fibullnacci @barrett_io its not easy to air these things out, but ultimately, im driven by the amount of people who are still owed and the creative community who is persistently stiffed. and to put it bluntly - im owed 35k i love the solana ecosystem and the LA hard tech ecosystem. the number of people reaching out from both, has breathed new life into me. i appreciate all the creatives, founders, engineers and marketers that reached out in DM's from my previous post - it truly means a lot and we're not going anywhere for agency’s, its clear that there is an expectation of silence when nonpayment occurs - i only wish i’d gone public earlier and potentially saved others from the trouble but if you're in this position now, maybe you can get paid or maybe you can just wake up lighter like me if you’ve been on the wrong side of a deal like this, what kept you from going public? feel free to comment below or DM if you’d rather keep it private