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📍 Location: Ohio, USA

🗓️ Timeline: 2014–2022

🧾 Based on real statements, Reddit testimony, and user AMA history (Mike L., alias)

🚚 “I thought I was just buying a joke. Turns out, the joke had plans for me.”

Mike, a warehouse worker in his early 30s, discovered Dogecoin through Reddit’s r/cryptocurrency in December 2014. His first post about it reads:

“Dropped $400 on this silly coin called DOGE. Feels like buying fake baseball cards, lol.”

He wasn’t alone. A wave of Redditors were banding together to tip creators with DOGE for memes and jokes. Mike called it “online Monopoly money.” His wallet sat idle for 6 years.

By late 2020, he started getting DMs:

“Dude, check your wallet. Doge is actually moving.”

From that moment, everything changed.

💸 The Ascent

Between November 2020 and May 2021, Dogecoin skyrocketed by more than 13,000%. Mike’s wallet crossed $100K, then $500K. By April 2021, he tweeted:

“Am I nuts for not selling at $800k? I really think $1 is coming.”

He wasn’t alone. The community was electric, fueled by Elon tweets, TikTok predictions, and the communal fantasy of “sticking it to the system.” Mike stopped going to work. He ordered a rig to start mining. At the top, his $400 was worth ~$1.9 million.

But he didn’t sell.

🧠 The Unraveling

As DOGE corrected in late May, Mike’s confidence hardened into fixation. His wife, who had supported him through years of night shifts and missed birthdays, asked to sit down and talk. He refused. Her words show up in his Reddit AMA months later:

“You love that chart more than us.”

By July, DOGE had dropped 70%. Mike had sold nothing. His mining rig never turned a profit. He started borrowing to “buy the dip.” In October 2021, his wife moved out with their daughter. He wrote:

“I’ve got money. I just don’t know what to do with it anymore. I thought I was winning.”

📉 The Reckoning

In 2022, Mike’s DOGE wallet was down to ~$120,000. He never touched it again. He returned to manual labor. Stopped tweeting. A year later, on a recovery subreddit, he left a voice note:

“Crypto didn’t fail me. I failed me. It was a mirror I wasn’t ready to look in.”

📦 Where He Is Now

Mike no longer holds multiple tokens. He still checks DOGE once a week. He doesn’t wear his old merch or talk about “the next bull.” But when his daughter’s around, he shows her how to write down her password and protect her privacy.

“That wallet’s still there. Not for me anymore. Maybe for her.”

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