#比特币对比代币化黄金 Do you remember back in 2015, $BTC was just a little over two thousand.

I saved up two months’ salary, gritted my teeth, and threw it in—all twenty thousand. Three months later, my account balance had doubled. It felt like money was falling from the sky, and I thought, so this is how easy it can be to make money.

Ego is contagious.

By 2017, I was scouring the world for so-called “100x opportunities.” There was a project back then that was hyped up in the community, claiming it would make everyone financially free. In just a week, it really went up tenfold. I watched the charts every day, saw the numbers soar, and everyone around me told me to cash out while I could. But I refused to listen, thinking this was only the beginning.

And the result? A week later, the project team vanished into thin air, and the coin price crashed straight to zero. Fifty thousand yuan, gone in just a few minutes. I sat in front of the screen for a long time, palms sweating. The market taught me a hard lesson: money that luck brings you will eventually be paid back with your own strength.

After that, I took a long break. When I came back in 2019, my whole mindset had changed. No more dreaming, just sticking to the three most basic principles:

Only play with money I can afford to lose without affecting my life;
Most of the time, I just watch and wait, only getting in when I’m sure of the direction, and always taking my principal out first when I profit;
Before every trade, I write down a stop-loss point in my notebook—if it hits, I cut my losses, no wishful thinking.

Bit by bit, starting with thirty thousand in principal, I began to build up slowly. There’s no overnight riches legend here, but I’ve never blown up my account again.

The most expensive lesson in crypto often requires losing money to truly understand. Quick money is tempting, but only those who survive have the right to see the view ahead.

Remember to turn on the light when it gets dark—that’s discipline. Remember to bring an umbrella when it rains—that’s your principal.