2025-12-26 01:25:33

After six years of analysis in the crypto world, I've seen too many people rush in shouting "financial freedom" only to exit in disappointment. But I must admit, some do make real money—it's just that their strategies are completely different from what most people think.

**Type 1: The "Lazy HODLers" of Assets**

In the eyes of outsiders, these folks are "fools," but I actually think they are the clearest-headed.

They don't look at K-line charts, don't chase trends, and even during a bull market, they are too lazy to check their account balances. Their monthly salary is directly deducted, and they only buy Bitcoin and Ethereum, then immediately freeze them in cold wallets, keeping the private keys as secretive as a marriage certificate.

Their logic boils down to two points: recognizing that they can't understand short-term fluctuations, so they give up trying to predict, turning this "uncertainty" into an advantage; treating cryptocurrencies as digital gold, using dollar-cost averaging (DCA) to accumulate, and exchanging time for growth.

The most impressive example is a Shanghai programmer brother who started investing 5,000 yuan in Bitcoin monthly in 2019. During the bear market, he was mocked by colleagues as "losing everything," but after two full bull and bear cycles, his account has grown to over 7 million. He said something quite poignant: "Coding earns linear income, but HODLing earns exponential growth."

The reason these people succeed is because they have kicked the "trading" addiction. Ninety percent of losses in the crypto space come from frequent trading, but they go against the grain, using counterintuitive strategies to avoid pitfalls directly.

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StakeWhisperer

· 4h ago

It really is true. Watching friends who check the market every day, they end up paying half of their fees. Conversely, those who just set up automatic investments and forget their passwords are the ones who laugh last—it's a bit ruthless.

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FallingLeaf

· 4h ago

That's right, the ones who watch K-line charts every day are actually the ones losing the most, while those who lie flat are making a lot of money. It's quite ironic. The addiction to trading is really a poison; just one impulsive trade can wipe out a month's salary. I've heard the story of that programmer brother, it's truly remarkable. The power of dollar-cost averaging is exactly like that. I'm part of the 90% of people who trade frequently, the opposite of that, haha. I have deep personal experience. Buy and hold, watch others hustle, and your mindset will definitely be much better.

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CrashHotline

· 4h ago

To be honest, hearing that programmer buddy's story made me a bit upset. Five years ago, I used to watch K-line charts every day, and what was the result? I paid all the transaction fees for nothing. Now I realize that the hardest part of making money in the crypto world isn't choosing the right coins, but rather choosing to do nothing.

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LiquidityWhisperer

· 4h ago

Wow, this programmer buddy is really incredible. With a monthly investment of 5000, he can reach 7 million... Why don't I have this kind of discipline? I'm the kind of person who dies from frequent trading, so itchy, really. This DCA strategy is truly wise—seems simple but actually the smartest. Forget it, better freeze the wallet, out of sight, out of mind. People who hold coins really earn exponentially; those of us who trade end up paying with heart attacks.

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MidnightTrader

· 4h ago

Wow, that guy in Shanghai is really incredible. Setting aside 5,000 per month and still making over 7 million? I’ve been constantly trading and losing everything, I really should reflect on myself.

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BlockchainFoodie

· 4h ago

ngl this "proof-of-hodl" thing is basically just the farm-to-fork of crypto... let it age naturally, skip the middleman noise

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OnlyUpOnly

· 4h ago

Really, laziness is the ultimate skill. After seeing that programmer's example, I suddenly feel that I trade too frequently. To be honest, there are only two ways to make money in the crypto world: either sit back and accumulate coins or have real skills. Most people neither want to relax nor have the skills, and the result is always being a leek. DCA is indeed unbeatable, but you have to resist the temptation to look at the K-line. That's too difficult for me. Monthly investment of five thousand to seven million? Impressive, this must be the power of time. Frequent trading is truly a deadly poison. All my buddies around me have lost money this way. I just remembered why so many people fail—it's nothing but greed combined with a barrage of frequent operations. Coins in cold wallets are the real coins; those on exchanges are just paper money. And what about the second type of people? Feels like it's not finished explaining?

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