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Created: 2025-03-21 22:22:54 UTC

> be me
> 2013
> get XXX BTC for copywriting
> no idea what it is, forget about it for X months
> see it pumped, sell for 2x
> happy, feeling smart

> 2017
> oh wow, i was dumb
> jump back into crypto
> make six figures trading altcoins and then investing in ICOs
> “take profit” into XRP
> it goes down XX%
> officially roundtripped, go back to web2

> start small media company
> business takes off, multi-7 figures, good margins
> reinvest everything

> 2020 happens
> company grows quicker because it was in remote jobs sector
> big company launches a competitor with tons of funding
> forced to sell company for scraps

> decide to invest what’s left in crypto
> buy BTC at $10k, ETH at $XXX
> go to work in startup to make ends meet
> bull run starts, portfolio doubles
> find NFTs, buy NBA Top Shot packs
> get sucked into rabbit hole
> quit job, go full time WEB3

> make good money, actually take profit this time
> park stables in Anchor Protocol
> withdraw after a few months after noticing some red flags
> a week later… UST and Luna collapses
> avoided black swan, feeling lucky

> deposit to FTX for “safety”
> months later, see drama between SBF and CZ
> test withdraw, takes X hours, panic
> withdraw everything, sweating, takes XX hours, but it’s done
> X hours later, FTX locks withdrawals
> dodged another black swan
> “God likes me”

> store half on Ledger, half in Solana wallet
> one night, wake up to a call
> “Bro, Solana is hacked”
> check wallet, all gone, $X
> WHAT?
> was using Slope wallet, it got hacked, gg

> consider building a new web2 media company, go to raise money
> incubator says “lol, US recession soon”, no money for you
> start writing about web3 founders as a hobby
> first threads get XXX views, then 9GAG CEO sees one and comments
> thread gets 70k views, wow
> first XXX followers

> grind daily for X months, spending 14h+ on each thread…
> account gets suspended, appeal XX times
> Twitter: “Never reinstating”
> appeal XX more times, they reinstate it, but…
> shadowbanned… ffs

> pivot to videos of founder stories
> ThreadGuy notices, do some fun edits for him for free
> he says “let’s work together”
> edit dope podcasts, move across the globe, happy

> land a Head of Marketing job
> work for a few months, get diagnosed with some bad thing, had to quit

> start writing again in spare time, change the format
> grind, write XX threads, 83rd got 1M views
> crazy growth, 10k to 60k in X months

> people start copying my format and stealing my threads
> adapt, change styles, keep pushing
> get XX threads over 1M views
> hit first 10M views thread
> reach 100M total views in a year
> some good trades and airdrops, took profits (abt XX% of port) in Dec/Jan
> no time off in X years, plan a vacation
> market nukes
> now

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P.S. I kept trading and researching in 2020-2025, most of my income still comes from being active on-chain.

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