2026-01-04 23:27:38

Picture two people starting from exactly the same point today.

One follows the conventional path: attends school, weekends out with friends, enjoys drinks, endless TikTok scrolling, gaming sessions stretching into the night.

The other commits full-time to the crypto space online—researching projects, analyzing charts, learning blockchain fundamentals, actively trading, building skills in Web3.

Fast forward a few years?

The score isn't even close. The second person wins, hands down. Every single time.

Why? While the first is locked in entertainment cycles, the second is compounding knowledge, capturing early opportunities, and building wealth in an emerging market. The gap between passive consumption and active participation in crypto isn't just financial—it's exponential. One path leads to comfort; the other leads to transformation.

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ContractTester

· 19h ago

ngl I've heard this argument too many times, but it does hit home for a lot of people... I actually think both types of people exist, and the key factors are luck and timing.

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blockBoy

· 01-04 23:57

NGL, this is a classic case of survivor bias... Do you really think all full-time crypto traders are making profits?

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WalletDivorcer

· 01-04 23:56

Honestly, I'm tired of this rhetoric... Every time it's "give up entertainment to get rich," but there are also quite a few casualties in the real crypto world.

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rugdoc.eth

· 01-04 23:54

To be honest, this kind of binary opposition is a bit much... I've met quite a few guys who research the chain full-time, and after three years they're still asking me how to open a trading account.

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GasFeeNightmare

· 01-04 23:53

Nah, this is a classic case of survivor bias lol

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notSatoshi1971

· 01-04 23:53

To be honest, this article is not wrong... but it's not entirely absolute either. Listening to it, it starts to sound a bit like chicken soup, as if advising me to give up weekend drinks. This is the daily life of crypto people—struggling while watching others lie flat and lose money. Those who realized this early are now truly making a fortune, but there are also full-time chart researchers ending up with nothing... This path is indeed tough, but once you get through it, there's really no turning back.

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fork_in_the_road

· 01-04 23:42

NGL, this logic is a bit absolute... Some of the on-chain veterans I know also do daily chart analysis but still end up losing and becoming broke.

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