Looking at the numbers in my wallet, I finally understood: the most powerful skill in the coin circle is not the 'Nine Yin Manual' that leads to overnight wealth, but the 'Tai Chi' practiced every day.
In the autumn of 2015, with a mindset of trying it out, I exchanged the 8000 yuan I had prepared for purchasing goods into Bitcoin. At that time, Bitcoin had just experienced a big drop, and people in the circle were discussing whether it was 'digital gold' or a 'Ponzi scheme.' I ran a clothing store and dealt with cash every day, so I was half in doubt about this invisible and untouchable thing; I only entered the market out of pure curiosity.
To my surprise, shortly after buying in, the market dropped another 30%. The owner of the mobile phone store next door boasted every day about how his altcoins had doubled. I couldn't help but sell my Bitcoin to chase the highs, and as a result, in less than half a month, the 8000 yuan shrank to 2000 yuan. That night, I saw a saying on a forum: 'Real gold fears no fire, but trash fears the wind.' Suddenly, I understood where I went wrong.
From then on, I started a life of managing a store during the day and studying blockchain at night. If I couldn’t understand a white paper, I would look up information; if I didn’t understand technical terms, I would browse forums. Over three years, I divided my funds into four parts, only taking one part to test the waters each time. When the ICO bubble burst in 2018, those "air coins" that didn't even have code fell to zero, and I became more convinced of the principle of "looking at practical applications."
When DeFi rose in 2020, I didn’t rush in. After three months of research, I waited until the V2 version of Uniswap was launched and had real trading data before entering the market with a quarter of my position. At that time, many people were leveraging to pursue high returns, but I transferred out part of my principal every time I made 30%, always keeping a safety net.
What I remember most is when Bitcoin surged to sixty thousand dollars in 2021. Many people around me advised me to borrow money to increase my holdings, saying this was a "once in a thousand years" opportunity. However, I noticed that the on-chain data was not quite right - large transfers suddenly increased, and the inflow of funds to exchanges hit a new high. With my intuition, I decisively sold 80% of my position. Later, the market indeed crashed, and I became one of the few in my social circle who still had principal.
Last year, the market showed clear differentiation; I avoided coins that relied solely on speculative hype and chose storage projects with actual staking mechanisms. As a result, during the market correction, these coins with real applications performed steadily, bringing a 40% return. This made me even more confident: value will ultimately return; the key is whether you can hold on during fluctuations.
Now my clothing store has been sold off, and I am fully dedicated to crypto asset allocation. Although the numbers in my account are considerable, I still maintain the old habit: drawing K-line charts myself every week, never touching contract leverage, and observing new projects for at least half a year before considering involvement.
Someone asked me for my secret, and I always say: "In the crypto world for ten years, I have never caught a hundredfold coin, but I have successfully avoided nine major crashes. Slow is fast, and minimizing losses is profit."
Recently, I have been researching new ecological projects, and my notebook is filled with technical points. Friends laugh at me for being too cautious, but I know that in this industry, those who survive are not the smartest or the luckiest, but those who know how to control risks the best.
The neon lights are still flickering tonight, and the exchange screens are running non-stop 24 hours. But I have learned not to make decisions late at night; I close my computer, and there will be new white papers to study tomorrow. The light of the crypto world is always reserved for those who can endure and hold on.
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