The myth of getting rich quickly in the crypto world always comes fast and goes even faster.

$ZKJ and $KOGE's flash crash was like a bucket of cold water waking up players still buried in brushing scores within Binance Alpha. Dune data shows that in just three days, the number of trading users in Alpha plummeted from 233,000 to 195,000, and now only 70,000 are holding on. The once booming score-brushing game now only has a mess and increasingly high marginal costs left.

Crash night: luck, greed, and the silent cutting of losses.

Jiang Jiu was once part of Alpha's 'multi-account party,' with 20 accounts brushing a daily trading volume of $16,000. In May, he was still enjoying the dividends from 'MapleStory,' but in June, he hit the death spiral of ZKJ. On the 14th, he noticed something unusual—several accounts had a daily wear of 160U, but he chose to ignore it. Ironically, his casual remark 'Are we done brushing?' made his friend mistakenly think it was a charge signal, leading to 60% of the principal evaporating instantly.

'Such things are too common in the crypto world; losing is just losing, and no one will give you an explanation,' Jiang Jiu said with a bitter smile.

Mosquito Coil lost to the psychology of luck. The day before the crash, ZKJ spiked and then rebounded, earning him 5U, and he thought this time would be the same. As a result, the next day, two accounts held on as the coin price fell to 0.8, ultimately cutting losses of 2000U with tears. 'The pool had already started to withdraw, but I didn't take it seriously.'

Is brushing scores dead? Some have left, while others gamble on the next round.

Jie Ge is the 'information hub' of the BSC community. When the market plummeted, he immediately cut losses and informed his group friends, but he still couldn't avoid systemic risks. 'I paid tuition to the market; next time I need to keep an eye on on-chain data.' Despite this, he chose to stay: 'If there is profit, it's worth fighting; what if Alpha launches another get-rich project?'

And Siner is even more ruthless, with high-frequency operations of 33 times at the 60,000 level and 66 times at the 130,000 level that have made him money, but he has also lost due to 'forgetting to sell coins.' However, he has found a 'no-loss new strategy' and is ready to continue the battle. 'I must keep brushing, I just found a new loophole.'

Tian Ge represents the contradictory mindset of most people: 'The 200 points invested earlier are sunk costs; if I don't keep brushing, it will all be gone. What if a good project comes along later, and I can recover my costs?'

Alpha's future: fairness or a deeper scythe?

Binance's new regulations have blocked the loopholes for 'token brushing,' forcing players to turn to real interactions. But the problem is—when the returns from brushing scores can't make up for the wear and tear, and the dream of getting rich turns into an average of $3.5 daily, how many people are still willing to run alongside?

A word of advice for players still on the field:
The depth of the pool, the fundamentals of the token, the concentration of LPs—these are the real lifelines. Don't wait until the next crash to understand that in the crypto world, opportunities are always there, but once the principal is gone, you really have nothing left.

The crypto world never lacks stories; what it lacks are people who survive to the next bull market.

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