When others chase trends, he analyzes who created the trend.
I have a friend who entered the crypto space later than I did, and he doesn't have much money. He has no technical background and doesn’t understand on-chain operations; at first, he couldn't even figure out what Uniswap and DEX were.
But there is one thing he does better than anyone else - he is particularly good at 'studying how others make money'.
First, his operations are very 'counterintuitive': not in a rush to make money, but first studying who made the money.
The crypto space changes trends every day; yesterday it was L2, today Meme, tomorrow RWA, different coins surge every day.
Many people rush in as soon as they see a surge, envying those who make money. But my friend is not like that. His logic is:
> “Every wave of increase definitely has someone who laid out their plans in advance. What I need to do is not chase the high but look back: why did this person know ahead of time? What information did he use? Is there a way to replicate it?”
He set himself a task:
Deconstruct one 'profitable case' every day.
Whether it’s a meme coin that exploded on Twitter, a presale project that was hot on Telegram, or an airdrop tutorial shared by a KOL, as long as someone shows profits, he goes to find the source, track the process, examine the tools, and record the path.
Second, his 'profit review table' has become a real treasure.
You might not imagine that a newcomer, who just entered the crypto space for three months, organized a table (of 100 real cases of profit paths).
Including but not limited to:
Who is the KOL behind the launch of a certain Meme coin?
Which communities were used for preheating before the project went live?
Which wallets had funds flowing in and out ahead of time?
What operations did the addresses that profited early undertake?
Is there a presale / early bird / builder program?
Did the VCs appear multiple times behind it?
He doesn't read news, nor does he listen to analyses; he directly tracks the operational process of profitable addresses on-chain, and then replicates their logic step by step.
Third, how does he go from review → prediction → early ambush?
By the sixth month, he began to be able to **'sense' which projects would explode**.
For example, one time I saw him say in a friends’ group:
> “This new Meme in the Solana ecosystem just came out, with several old wallets of VCs participating, and it was hot in a specific Telegram group for 3 days. Now the total market cap is less than 1 million dollars; I plan to get a bit, it might be a 10x project.”
A week later, this project directly surged by 15x.
I asked him how he discovered it, and he said:
While reviewing several surging Memes, he discovered that early hot projects all had a model of KOL joint hype.
He set alerts for over 10 KOLs on Twitter, and has a set of standards to judge 'value'.
He captures wallet addresses and knows which are the core wallets where 'smart money' frequently appears.
He found in his review that such projects usually surge the most when 'niche Solana ecology + strong social interaction' combine.
None of this is 'a flash of inspiration', but rather the result of systematic training.
Fourth, his journey from 0 to 1 million is a victory of information processing ability.
Many people ask him how he makes money? He doesn’t trade futures, doesn’t gamble, doesn’t call trades.
The way he makes money is:
Find out how others make money;
Deconstruct logic, classify templates;
Build his own strategy model;
Then ambush, observe, and place bets;
Then repeatedly backtest and update.
I talked to him once, and he said: 'My method is actually like training GPT, feeding others' alpha to myself, and training my own alpha brain.'
His final earnings come not only from buying a few good projects but also from:
Provide analysis materials for content creators and receive remuneration;
Help some KOLs with on-chain analysis and be seen as a long-term assistant;
Collaborate with project parties to 'create storylines + wallet behavior scripts' and get in on seed round dividends early.
After a year, the on-chain asset + network value realization exceeded 1 million in total.
Fifth, what does this story tell us?
You can have no initial capital, may not know technology, nor understand code, but you cannot not think, just follow blindly, and not do a review.
This friend's case made me realize:
In the crypto space, it's not 'being a step ahead that wins', but 'seeing one layer deeper than others' that wins.
You don’t need to originate everything, just be able to ask one more question than others:
> “Why is he able to make this money? Is there a chance I can replicate it?”
You are one step closer to success.
