> "Greed is not a human defect, it is the foundation of the market." This sentence is written on every altcoin chain, but you just don't see it.
In this world of digital currency, altcoins are emerging one after another. You flip through the DEX rankings, looking at the charts that have skyrocketed hundreds of times, your heart is burning, your fingers are shaking. You say to yourself: "This time is different, I caught 'it'."
But do you really know what you are betting on? You think it is new technology, Tokenomics, GameFi, AI narrative, or keeping up with the trend. But you are wrong. You are not betting on the project, but on your own greed.
You in the eyes of the project: a predictable emotion machine
We think we are making investment decisions, but to those traders, we are just programmable behavior nodes. They are proficient in psychology, game theory, and trading, and their best skill is not writing contracts, but weaving stories of desire.
Low market value at the first launch, 0 tax, fair launch? → Trigger your desire to “get in early and eat meat early”.
Holding coins to receive dividends, and then automatically burning them? → Trigger your fantasy of “income after sleeping”.
KOLs take turns to shout orders and release screenshots of betting? → Triggering your illusion that “if he can make money, so can I”.
Build a DAO and create an ecological vision map? → Create an illusion that "this project will last long".
You think you found it, but in fact it found you accurately.
Greedy self-deception: You think you are the boss, but you are actually a loser
"I'm in the front row, I come in from the low post, I'm not a receiver."
"This project has a market value of only tens of thousands, so there is still room for growth."
“The KOL just sent out another tweet. Is he going to take off?”
"The market has been pulled together. Brothers have reached a consensus!"
This isn't the first time you've said something like this, and it won't be the last.
You talk about being rational, but every action you take is verifying one thing: you are willing to get on board for your dream, and you are even more willing to recharge your fantasy.
Real bankers never shout orders. They just set up positions and let emotions take over automatically. But you become the fuel for their sickles.
The real rules of altcoins: it’s not the projects that are dead, it’s the enthusiasm that’s gone
The life cycle of most copycat projects does not exceed three weeks, and many even exist for only 72 hours.
Stage 1: Preheating the Bait
The price of the currency soared from 0 to 10 times, creating a scenario of "someone makes money first".
Phase 2: Peak of Consensus
Various screenshots of "doubled" were circulated, the Telegram group became extremely popular, and Twitter KOLs took turns to join the action.
Phase 3: Liquidity Removal
Some people started to sell, the K-line fluctuated violently, and KOLs gradually became silent. The community "spontaneously" called for consensus.
Stage 4: Zero Silence
The project owner said nothing, the group disappeared, the price went to zero, and the KOL deleted their posts. It was just a mess.
What you see is not the failure of technology, but the extinction of human passion. What you lose is not money, but the confidence to "try again".
The truth is cruel: you don’t want to escape the top, but to become the final winner
You know the project will collapse, but you always think you can run faster than others. You fantasize about "I will sell it before the big collapse and cut off others".
But the premise for this fantasy to be established is that you have to be calmer, more ruthless, and quicker to act than most people. In reality, the only people who can really do this are those who treat you as prey from the beginning.
You are not a hunter, you just imagine yourself to be.
So why are we still playing?
Because you are unwilling.
You may be ordinary in reality, with no background, no resources, and no institutional leverage. But in this market, you can make 10 times your money in one day and be free in half a year. What you want is not financial management, but changing your destiny.
You are not investing in altcoins, you are using your greed to fight against the indifference and order of this world.
You don't believe it will succeed, but you don't believe even more that a person who has been honest all his life can turn things around.
Final Reminder
You can continue to invest in copycats, but please be clear about what game you are playing.
This is not a game of values, but a field of tearing apart human nature.
Not everyone can leave here alive, but everyone who rushes in is a gambler with hope and desire.
And you are the one who bet on your own greed.
