People can never earn money beyond their own understanding, especially in the capital market.
Every round of wealth myths during a bull market attracts a large number of retail investors. What you think is an opportunity may just be a trap set by the operators long ago. For example, back in the day with Filecoin, the concept sounded indeed appealing: "to create a data storage system that is not controlled by the government, where anyone can freely upload, encrypt, and store data in a distributed manner."
How free and futuristic it sounds. Who doesn't long for a private, transparent, and secure world? But ideals are ideals, and the reality comes with the cost of countless "mining machine investments" and buying FIL tokens at high prices, ultimately leading to total loss.
At its peak, FIL surged from $1 to $238, with media promoting it in a brainwashing manner, and mining machines costing hundreds of thousands of dollars yet still hard to come by. A bunch of people genuinely believed this was "the second Bitcoin," but it peaked right after launch, plummeting to zero in less than a year, leaving behind a heap of shattered wealth dreams.
Why does the concept of free storage not work? Because it demands too high a level of technology, hardware, and operational maintenance, with extremely large costs. Moreover, the so-called "free storage" ultimately still has control concentrated in the hands of a few large institutions. What is that if not centralization?
Many people are not unmotivated; they are just working hard in the wrong direction. You think FIL is the future, but in reality, it is just an old bottle with new wine—a "wealth harvesting machine." Capital never cares about sentiment, only recognizes harvesting efficiency.
The dream of freedom ultimately has to return to reality. Stop naively fantasizing about the next Bitcoin; any seemingly great concept, if devoid of the ability to implement and user value, is merely a shell for packaging.
Wake up, and stop paying for an understanding that does not belong to you.
