How I survived in the cryptocurrency world using a 'dumb method'.
What I want to talk about today is not technical indicators, but a story about 'discipline' and 'time'.
1. In the summer of 2013, I didn't even know what a private key was.
My connection with Bitcoin began with an experience as a part-time delivery person. In 2013, I was still studying in Beijing, and to save up for living expenses, I rode an electric bike every day between office buildings in the Chaoyang District. One afternoon, while delivering food to a tech company, I accidentally overheard two programmers excitedly discussing something called 'Bitcoin': 'It has risen to $8000!'. At that moment, I felt like I was struck by lightning—what could be worth so much money?
That night, back in my dorm, I spent the whole night researching. What is blockchain, decentralization... It was like a foreign language to me, a liberal arts student. But the phrase 'regular investment' struck me - I, coming from a rural background, was too familiar with the logic of 'little by little accumulates to a lot.' The next day, I gritted my teeth and took out the 500 yuan I saved from my part-time job, buying my first Bitcoin on the trading platform. At that time, the price of Bitcoin was about $600, and my money was only enough to buy a fraction of a coin.
Like all beginners, I made foolish mistakes: I took a screenshot of my private key and stored it on my phone, and as a result, my phone got infected, nearly losing all my assets.
That lesson made me completely wake up; I immediately bought a stainless steel mnemonic board, hid half in the seams of my family's stove sealed with cement, and stuffed the other half into a hole in my dorm wall. This kind of 'earthy storage' later became my professional creed: 'The private key is the lifeline; security is more important than profits.'
2. Buy more during a crash; I survived the bear market relying on 'takeout thinking.'
In 2017, Bitcoin plummeted from nearly $20,000 to $3,000, and the entire circle was filled with cries of panic selling. I, however, discovered an opportunity: the cost of my previous fixed investment was about $4,500, and after the crash, I squeezed my living expenses to double my investment, pulling my cost down to $4,100.
The operation behind this is based on the simplest principle: 'Just like delivering takeout, when the order fee is high on rainy days, run a few more orders; when it's sunny and there are fewer orders, take a break.' I split my funds into 'essential orders': 2,000 yuan invested in BTC, 1,000 yuan invested in ETH.
In 2022, ETH fell from $4,800 to $880, and I increased my holdings proportionally; when it rebounded to $2,000, I surprisingly made a 120% profit.
The most unforgettable moment was in May 2021, when BTC crashed from $58,000 to $32,000. I squatted on the steps of a convenience store calculating: after the monthly fixed investment, the cost dropped by 10%. The old rider next to me laughed at me: 'Sister, can this virtual stuff be eaten?' I didn’t explain, but I knew in my heart: the logic of buying more when prices drop is the same as making more money from subsidies when delivering on rainy days.
3. I have refined 3 'survival rules for ordinary people.'
① Split the amount, like pairing meals with assets.
BTC is the 'staple food,' ETH is the 'side dish,' and other altcoins are like 'hot sauce' - they occasionally add flavor but never in excess. I have seen too many people bet their living expenses on animal coins, only to end up with a debt of 500,000 while delivering takeout to pay it off.
My principle is: mainstream coins account for 80%, fixed investment frequency is set on payday, don’t panic when prices drop, and don’t chase when prices rise.
② Taking profits is like 'delivering meals to the station,' unloading in batches.
Set a target line (for example, 80% of the historical peak), and sell in three batches. In November 2021, BTC surged to $69,000; I started to take profits in batches at $55,000, ultimately getting 220,000, which I used to build a two-story small building in my hometown. Eating fish, I eat the middle part; leave the tail for others, this is the simplest but most effective way to combat greed.
③ Discipline is a high-pressure line; even if the power goes out, it must be executed.
There was a month I missed my fixed investment, and that month BTC rose by 20%. I regretted it so much that I ran 10 nights of delivery to make up for it.
Later, I set up automatic fixed investments when my salary arrived, deleted the trading app, and only looked at the accounting sheet once a quarter. The harshest training in the crypto world is not timing but 'forgetting volatility.'
4. Time is the best compound interest, but most people fall before dawn.
Now my assets have long exceeded seven figures, but what I am most grateful for is not the money, but this set of 'takeout fixed investment method' that helped me avoid countless pitfalls:
Some leveraged and rolled their funds, turning a 10,000 yuan principal into 50 million, only to be liquidated and return to zero overnight.
There was a delivery rider who speculated on 'animal coins' and ended up with a debt of 500,000; in the end, he relied on running orders to pay off his debt.
There are even people involved in a 27.5 billion Bitcoin money laundering case, turning from basement delivery workers into prisoners.
These stories wake me up: there are no myths in the crypto world, only ordinary people who survive. At the meeting in Dali last year, a young rider asked me, 'Sister, how do you make money?' I handed him a bottle of mineral water: 'Just like delivering takeout, run one order at a time, don't watch others cut corners - time will reward those who follow the rules.'
The market is always teaching two kinds of people: the greedy and the scared. The ultimate meaning of fixed investment is to transform you from a 'gambler' into a 'tree planter': regularly watering, not looking at the weather, and waiting for the tree to grow naturally. If I must say the secret, it's simply: use spare money, choose mainstream assets, dare to buy when prices drop, and be willing to sell when prices rise. As for those legends of overnight wealth, just treat them as snacks at a barbecue stall; listen, wipe your mouth, and go home, continuing with the fixed investment tomorrow.
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