Six years ago, I saved up 110,000 yuan over three years and threw myself into this seemingly endless money-making world.

Back then, I was a bit naive. I spent every day scrolling through posts, looking at screenshots, and my mind was only thinking one thing: "The market is always rising; I can make money just by buying randomly."

I thought I was chosen by fate. Believing in timing, trusting luck, believing that as long as I dared to buy, the market would cooperate and go up.

Reality gave me no buffer.

After my first trade, I was still dreaming of doubling my money. The response from the candlestick chart was only one thing—an outright plunge, merciless to the extreme. It wasn’t a correction; it was a crash. I didn’t even dare to move my hand, afraid of missing some rebound. But the market simply ignored me.

I sat in front of the screen all day, watching my account: 110,000 → 90,000 → 80,000 → 70,000… losing money as fast as bleeding.

The most heartbreaking part wasn’t the shrinking numbers, but that moment I realized — **The crypto world never relies on fantasies to make a living, especially not on the words "I think."**

I thought I was riding the wave.

Thought that as long as I dared to gamble, destiny would make way.

A market comment saying "Who do you think you are" directly kicked me from cloud nine back to earth.

That’s when I finally understood: the so-called winners are not those who look at hot posts, not those shouting slogans, and certainly not those gambling with luck.

Now it’s your turn—have you thought it through? Continue being the outsider getting wiped out, or really learn something? Use mainstream coins like $BTC, $ETH as foundational knowledge to reevaluate the market?

Stories of $SOL, $BNB, and $XRP have long been repeating the mistakes I made back then. If you’re still chasing after the latest hot screenshots, then you’re truly hopeless.