Hot Bot Replaces Telegram Onboarding After Approval Login Failures

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Hot Bot co-founder Elijah Paul says the Telegram onboarding flow has been the platform's biggest pain point since launch and is being replaced entirely. Some users approved for days still saw a "not approved" status when checking through Telegram, and testing suggested connecting Telegram inside the X app may be the cause. The interim workaround is opening the link in an external browser or verifying with a wallet instead. Meanwhile, the team is manually approving and inviting users to the group, and a community member has built a read-only anti-rug dashboard that reads Hot Bot team data through its MCP API. The company says it encourages new users to paper trade first and that subscriptions cover its costs.

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