Author: small farmer | littlefarmer.eth; source author Twitter: @0xfarmer_

Time flies by so quickly. I finished half a year of substitute service in Taiwan and successfully retired from the army. I haven’t paid attention to what happened in the industry for a while, so I want to summarize and reflect on my growth in the past two years.

Probably only a few friends know that I made nearly 1 million US dollars in income through the ARB airdrop. At this juncture when I should be looking for a job, it allowed me to slow down and think about the next stage of my life.

Born in a traditional family where both parents are civil servants, I am very grateful to crypto for giving me the opportunity to see the vastness of the world outside the well and realize my own insignificance. I chose the right track, worked hard, and finally got lucky. With the blessing of the goddess, I actually feel that I should spend my life mediocre, but now everything seems to be anything but mediocre.

When I first entered the industry in 2021, I was like most people. I fought against local dogs and bought lotto coins to win a hundred times the critical hit, but I made less and lost more. It was not until I heard the myths of dydx and ENS that I realized the airdrop industry. The profit was so considerable, and I also realized that I didn’t know anyone in the circle, so I started sharing useful information on Twitter. At that time, the Twitter cryptocurrency circle itself had a small audience, so you had to work very hard to output and rack your brains to write. Only then can you accumulate fans.

At that time, there were very few people who chatted. It was not like the bad teaching in the street now. I started to roll up my sleeves and $psp became my first profitable airdrop. At that time, I was very happy to have an account. I also wrote I wrote an airdrop tutorial for the bourgeoisie, and the nearly a thousand collections and likes gave me a full sense of accomplishment. It was then that I began to accumulate my influence, and everyone began to notice me.

It happened that the rise of an emerging on-chain certificate platform like Galaxy (@Galxe) led to a new wave of nonsense, and the liver mod trend was very popular at the time lol, so I volunteered to @0xbobchien (Bob, Galaxy’s BD at the time). I wanted to be a mod, and I answered questions in the DC group every day. Fortunately, among the hundreds of thousands of people in the community, I became the first mod from the community, which was what everyone affectionately called "Dahuang" at the time.

I began to live a life of getting up from noon every day and answering questions in DC until early morning. Maybe because I came from a community background, I particularly understood the mood of users. When there was an event at that time, there were almost endless private messages to reply to, and all kinds of messages every day. For problems that can be solved, solve them first. For problems that cannot be solved, it depends on who to look for, whether it is front-end, data processing, smart contract, or colleagues for project cooperation.

Compared to those who had heard that Mods were for nothing, or felt too good about themselves, and had little work experience, I had survived every community crisis with few negative comments until the airdrop of coins more than half a year later. All the Galaxy Brains who worked together, including myself, received tens of thousands of dollars in airdrops. This work experience was very valuable to me. In addition to learning up close how a web3 team strategizes, I also got to know the super awesome Galaxy bosses. , colleagues, and friends who have met through offline gatherings in Taiwan.

After I left Galaxy, it happened to be the time when I graduated from college and was at home waiting for my military orders. During this period of nearly a year, I started to work full-time. In June, I received @KuiGas

At the invitation of Teacher Fengmi, I joined @33daoweb3, and the gears of destiny began to turn. 22 years was also the darkest moment in the currency circle. LUNA returned to zero, Sanjian went bankrupt, and FTX collapsed. However, I learned from the great masters in the group. Invest in research, interact, and gain a new understanding.

After that, there was all kinds of fluffing. There was not enough time at all, so I stopped updating Twitter for the time being. All my energy was spent on fluffing. I will describe my life to you at that time. Now that I think about it, it was really not a human life. , I’m not very good at writing programs, so I pulled up an excel sheet, and I clicked the mouse every day from getting up to going to bed. At that time, you guys were making money with NFT. I was losing gas every day, and I was a fan. Although I was making money in currency, I was still losing money. I didn’t know how I survived. At that time, I just had a belief that if I kept going like this, there would be a project that would make me money, right?

I have a deep impression. The market was very bad at that time. At one of the weekly meetings of 33DAO, @hebi555 teacher He gave us a strong injection of chicken blood. He said: [As long as the project does not die, just die. 】, just like this sentence, I listened to it. It happened that the OP issued coins at the time and wanted to target the second layer, so I chose ARB as the target. Damn it, there is no trick, the amount of funds, the frequency of interaction , times, to achieve perfect isolation of 500 sets of ARB number witches.

Still waiting for ARB Odyssey to come, the soldiers came first. During the two weeks of freshman training in Success Ridge, I received a call from a college classmate one night. ARB issued coins. I was panicking to death, but because I trust him very much, please He picked it up for me, and the next night he hurriedly picked up his cell phone and called my friend right away. I just remember that everyone was dumbfounded when I heard the number. I knew I succeeded. Those pills made my wrists inflamed and I woke up in pain in the middle of the night. I took three pills a day. The days when the painkillers continue to come are all worth it.

Later, I gave my friend a car and a large red envelope. It was not to thank him for not rug me, but after getting along with me for a long time, I knew that he was not this kind of person, and my parents also helped me along the way. My group of friends (a scientist helped me run some extra Odos accounts, and made hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit, without missing a penny) are extremely lucky, and they all meet very good-natured and kind-hearted people.

It wasn't until a few months later, after all the things were taken care of, that it was my turn to buy a car to reward myself. This was probably the only big expense I made on myself, because I knew it was easier to make money than to keep it. After making money, you have to stay humble. I attribute part of my success to luck, and I don't guarantee whether this luck can be maintained. If you squander it recklessly, you may lose everything in the end.

The above is probably a brief description of my experience in the currency circle. It can be read as a story. I believe many people have wonderful stories, but I think the more important thing is that in the currency circle I have learned many things that schools will never teach. Let me summarize a few points, which are probably the most useful parts for me and some suggestions for newcomers:

1. Operating self-media is the most effective leverage of connections: If you are like me and have no connections or background, I recommend you start a business. This is the fastest way for strangers to get to know you. It will definitely be hard at the beginning, but stick with it. The gains it brings to you are far beyond what money can measure. More importantly, you can get to know outstanding people who are difficult to meet in real social circles.

2. Try your best to surround yourself with the best people in the industry and absorb the successful experiences of the big guys: Successful experiences cannot be copied, but they can be learned. I feel that I am very lucky. I was able to get to know many great people when I entered the industry. It gave me upward motivation and goals, preventing me from being complacent. The circle determines your cognition, and your cognition ultimately affects your ability to make money. I can clearly say that I am a frog in the well, until now. , the more you climb up, the more you realize how stupid and inadequate you are. If you have the opportunity to meet a big boss, even his words or an opportunity given to you may be the rope that changes your life.

3. There is no need to envy others, be good at summarizing your own progress, and know how to applaud others: In the past, I always had a sour grape mentality when it came to other people making money, but later I found that I would never be happy because no matter how much you make, , there will always be more people than you, so just pay attention to your own progress, applaud others for their success, and see if there is anything you can learn from. A good attitude can allow you to make correct investment judgments.

4. 1% of the wealth in the market is reserved for those who are willing to do things that 99% of people are not willing to do: Many of those big guys work multiple times as hard as ordinary people, even though I know that I am just an ordinary person. If your brain is not smart enough and you are not good at studying, then you should spend more time than normal people. Don’t worry about it. If you don’t have enough knowledge, work hard to improve. If you don’t have enough knowledge, work hard to enrich it. If you don’t have enough skills, just study hard. Many people say that choice It is true that it is greater than hard work, but without hard work, you will not know what to choose. If you know where you are lacking, just make up for it. Don't let laziness and stupidity become your excuses.

In addition to writing this article for everyone to read, I also dedicate it to the person who dropped out of junior high school and re-enrolled in high school. When I was in high school, my supervisor wrote on my birthday card that she was very disappointed with me, and who graduated with last grade in college. , don’t let anyone judge you, only you can define yourself.