In 2010, I was still a student obsessed with computers, and I stumbled upon 'Bitcoin'—a decentralized digital currency that could be 'mined' using a computer and traded on exchanges. At that time, it was only $0.5 each, as cheap as a toy from a roadside stall. I inexplicably swiped my credit card for 10,000 yuan, exchanged it for 2,000 dollars, and bought 4,000 bitcoins, which I then transferred to my wallet and promptly forgot about.

A few years later, I got married and had children, busy with mortgage payments and formula costs, having completely forgotten about bitcoin. Until one day, the news exploded: 'Bitcoin has surpassed $30,000 each!' I was jolted awake, dug out my old computer, and my hands trembled as I entered the password—those 4,000 bitcoins in my wallet were worth a staggering $120 million at current prices! I stood there dumbfounded, quickly transferring the coins to a hardware wallet, contacted a financial advisor, cashed out half, and kept the other half to 'see how high it could fly.'

In my dream, I transformed from an ordinary person into a billionaire, walking with a breeze. But in the next second, I suddenly felt a void beneath my feet—my girlfriend kicked me awake, shouting, 'What are you laughing about? Dreaming about some beautiful woman?'

Is this dream absurd? It is indeed absurd. But when I think about it, how many in the crypto community have had similar 'get-rich-quick dreams'? In 2010, bitcoin truly was dirt cheap, but who dared to stake their entire fortune on an invisible 'code' back then? Not to mention, holding on for more than a decade through countless crashes and the panic of zeroing out.

In reality, 99% of people would cut their losses when the price drops to $1, regret not buying more when it rises to $100, curse themselves for being 'blind' at $10,000, and would crazily chase the price when it hits $30,000. That 'me' in the dream is merely a fantasy of incredible luck— the crypto market has never been a 'lay down and earn' casino, but rather the ultimate battlefield of cognition, discipline, and luck.