The Legend of a Shitcoin Dog
Old Chen is a programmer. For eight years, he has been writing code for an outsourcing company in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. By the end of 2025, he had saved 120,000 yuan. He originally planned to use it as a down payment, but a coworker dragged him into a crypto community group.
In the group, someone posts screenshots of their earnings every day—at times it’s ten times, a hundred times. Old Chen felt itchy. He took 20,000 yuan first to buy a bit of ETH. When it rose 5%, he was eager to sell. He made 1,000 yuan and felt like he was the chosen one.
Later, he saw a token called QI in the group. Its price was only 0.00014 at the time—less than two fen. Some people said it would be the next hundred-bagger. Others said it was just air. Old Chen hesitated for three days. In the end, at around 0.00015, he went all-in with the remaining 100,000 yuan.
That night, he couldn’t sleep. The next day, when the market opened, he saw it had dropped to 0.00012. He didn’t dare look at his phone; he even uninstalled the trading app. He told himself it didn’t matter—no matter what, he wouldn’t lose that much. At worst, it would be tuition.
Over the next two months, Old Chen returned to normal life. He wrote code, worked overtime, ate takeout, and occasionally played a few matches with coworkers. He had completely forgotten about the crypto stuff. Only when he occasionally thought of that investment did he give a bitter little smile to himself, feeling that the 100,000 yuan was probably never coming back.
Until one day, he saw an article on a technical community. It mentioned that the QI project had actually listed on Binance. He froze for a moment, then redownloaded the trading app. He logged in—and when he saw the numbers, he just went completely still.
QI’s price was 0.00040.
He rubbed his eyes, then looked again. 0.00040. His buy-in price was 0.00015. Now it had risen to nearly three times. His 100,000 yuan had turned into 270,000.
Old Chen’s hands started to tremble. He remembered that over those two months, QI’s lowest had fallen to 0.00014, and its peak had surged to 0.00041. If he had kept staring at the chart every day, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to hold on. It was precisely because he forgot about it that he became the most steadfast holder.
He didn’t sell everything. Instead, he sold 60,000 yuan worth, getting back the original principal. As for the remaining 210,000 yuan, he made a rule for himself: check it once a month.
Later, QI kept rising and also retraced. Old Chen’s mindset became surprisingly steady, because the principal was already back—everything left was profit. He started researching other projects and also learned to set stop-losses. He no longer chased highs and sold lows like before.
Someone asked him what the secret was. Old Chen just smiled and said, “What secret? There isn’t one. I just deleted the app and forgot the password. I ended up holding on by accident.”
The hardest thing in the crypto world is never choosing coins—it’s holding.
#QI #土狗币传奇 #Binance Square
Old Chen is a programmer. For eight years, he has been writing code for an outsourcing company in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. By the end of 2025, he had saved 120,000 yuan. He originally planned to use it as a down payment, but a coworker dragged him into a crypto community group.
In the group, someone posts screenshots of their earnings every day—at times it’s ten times, a hundred times. Old Chen felt itchy. He took 20,000 yuan first to buy a bit of ETH. When it rose 5%, he was eager to sell. He made 1,000 yuan and felt like he was the chosen one.
Later, he saw a token called QI in the group. Its price was only 0.00014 at the time—less than two fen. Some people said it would be the next hundred-bagger. Others said it was just air. Old Chen hesitated for three days. In the end, at around 0.00015, he went all-in with the remaining 100,000 yuan.
That night, he couldn’t sleep. The next day, when the market opened, he saw it had dropped to 0.00012. He didn’t dare look at his phone; he even uninstalled the trading app. He told himself it didn’t matter—no matter what, he wouldn’t lose that much. At worst, it would be tuition.
Over the next two months, Old Chen returned to normal life. He wrote code, worked overtime, ate takeout, and occasionally played a few matches with coworkers. He had completely forgotten about the crypto stuff. Only when he occasionally thought of that investment did he give a bitter little smile to himself, feeling that the 100,000 yuan was probably never coming back.
Until one day, he saw an article on a technical community. It mentioned that the QI project had actually listed on Binance. He froze for a moment, then redownloaded the trading app. He logged in—and when he saw the numbers, he just went completely still.
QI’s price was 0.00040.
He rubbed his eyes, then looked again. 0.00040. His buy-in price was 0.00015. Now it had risen to nearly three times. His 100,000 yuan had turned into 270,000.
Old Chen’s hands started to tremble. He remembered that over those two months, QI’s lowest had fallen to 0.00014, and its peak had surged to 0.00041. If he had kept staring at the chart every day, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to hold on. It was precisely because he forgot about it that he became the most steadfast holder.
He didn’t sell everything. Instead, he sold 60,000 yuan worth, getting back the original principal. As for the remaining 210,000 yuan, he made a rule for himself: check it once a month.
Later, QI kept rising and also retraced. Old Chen’s mindset became surprisingly steady, because the principal was already back—everything left was profit. He started researching other projects and also learned to set stop-losses. He no longer chased highs and sold lows like before.
Someone asked him what the secret was. Old Chen just smiled and said, “What secret? There isn’t one. I just deleted the app and forgot the password. I ended up holding on by accident.”
The hardest thing in the crypto world is never choosing coins—it’s holding.
#QI #土狗币传奇 #Binance Square