To be honest, many people around me have been asking a question these past two years:
"Can you still make money in the crypto space? I missed it before, is there still a chance now?"
My answer may disappoint some, but it's very real — most people really can't make money.
Have you ever had a similar experience?
Trading spot, trapped at the peak;
Playing contracts, exploding twice in a few days;
Chasing the primary, only to find the project goes to zero as soon as it launches.
In the end, you doubt your life, not understanding whether the crypto space has changed or if you are simply not suited for it.
Actually, you are not wrong; the problem lies in your fundamental misunderstanding of the 'underlying rules' of this game in the crypto space.
01｜Three ways to make money in the crypto space: the path you choose is inherently difficult.
To put it simply, there are only three ways to make money in the crypto space:
Spot trading: buy and hold, wait for the bull market to rise and then sell.
Contracts: high leverage to speculate on short-term fluctuations, win big if you bet right, lose everything if you bet wrong.
Primary market: early participation, reaping dividends, even doubling before going online.
Think carefully about which path you are on?
Many people enter the market through spot trading, and at first, they may indeed make a little money, but when the market reverses, they are trapped for three years.
What about contracts? To be honest, that's a high-risk zone for retail investors. The vast majority make a little money and then lose several times or even ten times, ultimately ending up liquidated.
As for the primary market, many people don’t even understand how to play, and foolishly buy a token, ultimately being dragged into a Ponzi scheme.
To summarize: you're not not smart, you just took the wrong path.
02｜Why do you always fail to make money?
To put it bluntly, the crypto space is a zero-sum game.
Every penny you earn comes at the expense of someone else's loss.
So, do you think retail investors can win against the big players?
What hurts more is: it's not that the coin is bad, it's that people are.
This may not sound pleasant, but it's the truth.
You watch K-lines every day, staring at the market for ten hours, with analysts in the group being more accurate than each other. But have you really understood?
Have you systematically learned the basic knowledge of blockchain?
Do you understand Tokenomics?
Do you understand open-source code?
Do you know how the liquidity mechanism of DEX operates?
To be honest, many people's understanding of the crypto space still lingers on 'is there a big influencer supporting it', 'is there an airdrop', 'can it tenfold overnight'.
And you still want to make steady profits? That's really naive.
03 In the crypto space, there is an 80% chance you are a retail investor, this is not an exaggeration.
Some say, "The wealth code of the crypto space is Bitcoin."
The question is: if BTC rises again from a few thousand to over a hundred thousand, can you really seize it?
The answer is: not necessarily.
Because you have not established a correct cognitive system at all.
Before each bull market arrives, retail investors are still asleep;
When the bull market starts, they begin to observe;
It doubled, and I couldn't help but rush in;
In the end, it peaked, and you were buried for three years.
You think what you missed was an opportunity, but what you lack is understanding.
To put it bluntly, you think the crypto space is a speculative place, but it is more like a battlefield for cognition and information.
04｜The only way out for ordinary people is actually through the primary market.
You might ask, is there still a chance for ordinary people to turn their fortunes around?
Yes, and there is only one direction — the primary market.
What is a primary? It means you participate when the project is just starting or get involved before it goes online on exchanges, such as whitelist, private placement, presale, testnet incentives, node elections, etc.
But note — the primary market is not about blind betting.
Not every primary project can double your investment. 90% of primary projects are trash.
The key is: can you understand the project and distinguish its quality?
05｜How to judge whether a primary project is reliable?
Let's talk about some practical stuff, without getting mystical.
To judge whether a project is worth entering, you at least need to ask a few clear questions:
Is this project truly decentralized? Or is it just branded as web3?
Are the tokens open-source? Are they audited? Do they have active code engagement?
Is the initial market cap high? Is there VC control? Is there a transparent allocation mechanism?
Are there any real products or roadmaps in place?
Is there community consensus? How active is the foreign community? How many real users are participating in testing?
Let me say something straightforward: stop asking "who issued this coin", that's not the point.
Do you know who Satoshi Nakamoto is? Probably not, so why do you believe in Bitcoin?
What we believe in is not "who made it", but whether the underlying logic of this thing can run through, whether the mechanism is scientific, and whether it has future trend value.
06｜For example, how would you judge FIL?
For instance, many people are now talking about FVM (Filecoin Virtual Machine),
You ask me how it is?
I will only tell you a few things:
It is officially promoted;
It is the most important infrastructure in the FIL ecosystem;
There is a clear technical roadmap;
Development activity can be checked on GitHub;
The community is also growing rapidly.
As for whether you believe it or not, that's a matter of K-lines. FIL has evaporated 99% since its launch, and 99% of people are losing money! Is there really no one making money? To be honest, and you may not like to hear it! The fate of retail investors is to be 🍂! If you have the attributes of a retail investor, if FIL doesn't cut you, others will 🍂 you into poverty...
The logic of the crypto space is like this — if someone believes, it rises; if no one believes, it falls.
The key is: can you see the trend in advance, and do you have the patience to thoroughly understand a project?
07｜Stop jumping from project to project; focusing more is the only chance for ordinary people to turn things around.
At this point, if you are still chasing hot trends and changing projects every day, I can clearly tell you:
You have a 100% chance of not making money.
What you need to do is not chase trends, but "become friends with time".
Find a project with sound logic, reliable mechanisms, and a clear roadmap.
Starting from early community participation, engaging in testing, incentives, governance, until it goes online on the secondary market, and even later secondary development.
Thoroughly understand a project —
Understand its mechanism, ecosystem, team, development direction, and token design,
You will naturally be able to enter, layout, and exit at the right time.
You don't make money by luck, but by knowledge and accumulation.
Those who really make money are always a minority.
So, stop fantasizing about 'buying the dip for tenfold returns', stop fantasizing about 'someone taking you flying'.
There is no savior in the crypto space, only information gaps, cognitive gaps, and poor execution.
Those who can truly survive and thrive in the crypto space,
It’s those who continuously learn, reflect, and accumulate project knowledge.
They may not run the fastest, but they are definitely the most stable.
You can choose to continue blindly surfing, or you can start focusing on one direction, one project, one system, and build your true 'cognitive moat' in the crypto space.
Choosing the right track and thoroughly understanding a project is the path for ordinary people to turn their fortunes around.
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