2010 mein, China ka aik teenager jiska naam Wei Zhang tha — aik tech-savvy high school student — naye technologies mein dilchaspi rakhta tha. Aik din usne aik naya digital currency dekha jiska naam tha Bitcoin. Decentralized paise ka idea uske liye bohat interesting tha, is liye usne apne sirf $10 invest kar diye. Us waqt Bitcoin aik paisay se bhi kam tha, jis se Wei ne bohat zyada coins le liye.
Agla kuch saalon tak, Wei ne dekha ke Bitcoin ki value tezi se barhne lagi. 2013 tak uske $10 ki investment aik choti si daulat ban chuki thi. Usne decide kiya ke apni technical skills aur entrepreneurial soch se crypto dunia mein kuch naya karega.
2014 mein, sirf 19 saal ki age mein, Wei ne CryptoLeap launch ki — duniya ka pehla crypto margin trading exchange. Margin trading ka matlab hota hai ke borrowed paisay se zyada munafa kamaya jaye. Platform bohat jaldi hit ban gaya aur duniya bhar ke traders is par aa gaye.
2017 tak, Wei ke paas 99,000 BTC ikattha ho chuka tha — us waqt duniya ke ameer tareen crypto logon mein se aik ban gaya. Lekin 2018 mein uski zindagi ka rukh badal gaya.
Usne aik email receive kiya jo aik mashhoor venture capital company ka lagta tha. Email mein aik secure document ka link tha partnership discuss karne ke liye. Excited hoke usne bina sochay samjhay link open kiya.
Lekin wo email aik phishing attack tha. Us fake website ne uska login aur password le liya. Hackers ne uske exchange ke wallets se tamam 99,000 BTC nikaal liye.
Ye khabar poori crypto community mein phail gayi. Bitcoin ki value ghat gayi, log panic mein aa gaye. Wei sab kuch kho chuka tha — uska paisa bhi aur uski company ki izzat bhi.
Investors ne lawsuits file kiye, regulators ne investigation shuru kar di. Aakhir mein Wei ko CEO ke position se resign karna para aur platform band karna para.
Aaj ke daur mein un 99,000 BTC ki value lagbhag $11.4 billion hai. Wei Zhang ki kahani humein ye batati hai ke crypto duniya mein security aur vigilance sab se zyada zaroori hai.
Phir bhi, Wei ne haar nahi mani. Usne cybersecurity mein kaam shuru kiya aur naye logon ko crypto ki duniya mein secure tareeqay se kaam karne ki guidance deni shuru ki.
Lesson: Hamesha apne accounts secure rakho, aur har opportunity ke peechay mat bhaago bina verify kiye.
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