After seven years in the crypto world, I finally learned to be silent.
Last year, a friend bought Ethereum from me and asked daily whether she should sell after it rose by 50%. I advised her to hold, but she kept asking. Later I understood, she just needed someone to say the decision she had already made in her heart. I said, 'Sell it,' and she placed the order instantly. After that, Ethereum doubled, and she came back to ask me about other coins; I only reminded her of the meal owed for two years, and since then she never looked for me again.
Over the years, the more I understand, the fewer people can talk. They always ask me, 'Can I buy this?' I say, 'I don’t know,' and they think I’m pretending. But I really don’t know — to understand a project, you have to study the white paper, token model, and on-chain data; you can't grasp it in less than a month. When they ask me how much it can rise, I still don’t know. Investment is about observing trends, not fortune-telling.
I advised friends to buy Bitcoin in a bull market, and they said, 'Let me make back my losses first.' I smiled and said no more. They call you a master but want you to give advice based on a novice's logic: only recommend cheap ones, only help with the ones they are stuck in, only shout to help them sell when they want to.
Some made money by following me, thanked me in the group, and then turned around to leverage themselves to win more. When they lost and came back to ask me, I said, 'What can I gain from you?' It’s been three years, and no one has ever sent me a red envelope. I stayed up late watching the market, they went all in within five minutes, and when they got liquidated, they blamed me. Helping once feels like owing a lifetime.
Later, someone asked me about profits, and I sent a screenshot; the other party never replied, saying I was showing off. But when they flaunted their cars and houses, I was still working; who ever said anything then?
The loneliness in the crypto world is that when you sell at the top, they say it's luck; when you buy at the bottom, they are cutting losses. I no longer advise people, nor do I explain.
Now, if you are also used to looking at on-chain data, calculating unlocking cycles, and can face the candlesticks alone until late at night — then we don’t need to talk, as we have already understood each other.
