The more you engage with the project party, the more confident you will be when things get tough.

In the eyes of the project party, KOLs are just promotional tools. When the project party approaches you, they are focused on your ability to drive sales. The most important thing when interacting with them is to demystify what they say.

Unless you have value beyond the market, you will not be true friends; you are merely a temporary interest community.

Even if you can secure chips early on, it's only at this stage that your interests align, because you need to grow the pie together, whether it's VC coins or MEME, it's the same.

However, once the project enters the mid-stage, the situation changes. Funds need to exit, and valuations need to materialize. At this point, the core issue becomes who leaves the table first. The priorities of the project party also change, and your relationship with them will quietly shift from allies to slowly becoming adversaries.

The project party will try to keep you and your community stable, claiming that big things are coming and that spot trading has been negotiated. The essence of maintaining stability is that you are competing for the same liquidity; on the path of retreat, there are no friends, only those who take the first step.

So, if you cannot clearly judge all of this, and the words of the dealer and the price are not aligned, everything should be based on the price.