2026-01-14 23:06:50

Those years were truly different. From 2017 to 2021, people still had some faith in altcoins. They would really hold for months or even years, waiting for that moment to arrive.

Now? Patience is long gone. As soon as a red candle appears on the K-line, they run. Holding times are getting shorter and shorter. No increase in 20 minutes? Sell. This is now the norm.

Once, people believed in a certain project or liked a particular track, willing to walk a part of the journey with it. Now, it has turned into short-term speculation, chasing immediate feedback. The market mentality has completely reversed.

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SeeYouInFourYears

· 01-17 21:51

Oh wow, you're so right. These days, it's all fast-food trading, who has the patience anymore?

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AirdropHunter

· 01-17 17:07

Really, now everyone has become a short-term trader, no one is around to hold the position anymore.

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GamefiHarvester

· 01-16 21:51

Really, back then I dared to hold with confidence, now if it doesn't rise in five minutes, I want to dump.

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BearMarketMonk

· 01-14 23:36

Cycle recurrence, patience is inherently a scarce commodity. Faith dies at the first cut. --- That's right, but isn't it also the market choosing the smart ones? Those who have survived until now have long learned to take small profits and exit quickly. --- Ironically, those who waited until dawn are now the ones regretting. History never repeats, it only rhymes. --- Selling if it hasn't risen in 20 minutes? Haha, that's called living. Who made your former faith a lesson learned in blood? --- The bottom logic has already collapsed. Now it's not about who has firm beliefs, but who can run faster. This is called evolution. --- The truth is, we could afford to lose back then, but now we can't. The market mentality hasn't reversed; what has reversed is your principal. --- Short holding periods don't mean patience is gone; it means greed has learned to be smart. This cycle has taught everyone one thing. --- Former believers have now all become short-term guerrillas. The market is like a mirror, reflecting human nature.

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SlowLearnerWang

· 01-14 23:34

Oh wow, you're so right. I was holding SHIB and sleeping for three years, now I'm almost sleep-deprived.

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gm_or_ngmi

· 01-14 23:34

Honestly, this market is just a fast-food game now, no one wants to wait.

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MidnightMEVeater

· 01-14 23:32

Good morning, at 3 a.m. I suddenly remembered, this is the monster bred by the liquidity trap. It was previously a faith trap, now it’s just prey for sandwich attacks. It's really different; the competition is about whose robot playground runs faster. The midnight arbitrage window is ample, but people's patience has dropped to zero. Thinking about it this way, it’s actually been spoiled; every time the candlestick flickers, I need an IV to stay alive. Originally a track player, now reduced to a price impact chaser. Holdings for twenty minutes with no response and you cut the order? Haha, dark pool traders are laughing. Truly, time cost is the most expensive; it’s better to play probability theory in gas wars.

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GateUser-44a00d6c

· 01-14 23:27

Really, back then holding the coin still allowed me to sleep peacefully. Now, I can't avoid a heart attack if I don't check every minute.

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BearMarketGardener

· 01-14 23:17

Yeah, back then I really dared to take risks. Now, if I don't make a move in a minute, I start to get itchy. That's a common problem among retail investors.

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NonFungibleDegen

· 01-14 23:10

ngl ser, we're all just degens with 20min attention spans now. probably nothing tho

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