The AI trading system NoFx has sparked equity and open source disputes, with the project party, involved parties, and incubator Amber.ac responding in succession.

BlockBeats news, on December 22, open source AI trading system NoFx developer Tinkle released a statement regarding the community controversy triggered by early project participant Zack. Zack joined the project on October 29, 2025, after it was open-sourced, participated for about 14 days, and contributed a small amount of code. He then demanded 50% equity in exchange for referring Amber for commercialization. After his request was rejected, he withheld the project's Twitter account and, through a lawyer's letter, demanded 500,000 USDT while spreading false information through multiple channels. Tinkle stated that the relevant records are verifiable and that the team will no longer respond to personal disputes, focusing on product development instead. In response, Zack issued a statement refuting the claims, stating that the allegations are severely false and damage his personal reputation. The lawyer's letter was sent by a law firm, evidence has been preserved by the lawyer, and the related claims are legal and compliant. If the dispute cannot be resolved through legal channels, he will publicly disclose complete video, audio, chat records, and timelines as evidence. The official X account of NoFx subsequently published an open letter stating that recent discussions regarding community members, code usage boundaries, and intellectual property have been handed over to a professional legal team for unified handling, denying rumors related to financing and interest transfer, and emphasizing that NoFx is a community-driven open-source project rather than a commercial company. The team also reiterated that the project adopts the AGPL-3.0 license and will legally maintain open-source norms and the rights of contributors. In the future, they will return to the engineering itself, focusing on creating an AI Trading OS that supports self-hosting and multi-platform trading access. In addition, Amber Group's ecological accelerator amber.ac also issued a statement, clearly stating that there are currently no formal incubation, investment, or commercial cooperation relationships with the NoFx project. The two parties have only engaged in open industry exchanges and called on all parties to return to technical and rational communication to promote healthy ecological development.