2026-01-18 14:30:54

Started small, thought I'd stack quick to $10k—burned a grand learning the hard way. Then targeting $100k felt like the move, except $10k evaporated before I got there. Chasing $1M? That one cost me six figures in tuition. Funny how it works: the grander your ambitions in crypto markets, the steeper the price of education becomes. Those zeros aren't just about portfolio size; they're keeping tabs on what you don't yet know.

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pvt_key_collector

· 01-21 14:29

Haha, this is the sky-high tuition fee. Every time the target doubles, you have to pay a tuition fee. --- Honestly, the bigger the dream, the harder the loss. This rule is absolute. --- Is the lesson learned from six-figure math fees worth it? I'm not sure. --- The greedier you are, the more you lose money. This is the simple and brutal truth of the crypto market. --- $1k $10k $100k+, I understand this stepwise money-burning method too well. --- Wow, the target skyrocketed from tens of thousands of dollars to millions, and my wallet is also skyrocketing... downward. --- That's right, those zeros are really reminding us how inexperienced we are.

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GasFeePhobia

· 01-20 07:43

Wow, really, the more I greed, the more I lose. I am a living example.

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Web3ExplorerLin

· 01-20 06:35

hypothesis: the zeros in your portfolio aren't really losses—they're tuition payments to the oracle network of market reality, bridging the gap between theory and lived experience technically speaking, sounds like you've been running through every layer of the cross-chain education stack lmao

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FromMinerToFarmer

· 01-18 15:00

This is my blood and tears story. The greater the ambition, the harder the loss.

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