2025-12-26 12:22:17

Caution: Nine out of ten people in the crypto world are being ruthlessly eliminated by the "Speed Era"

People who exit this year are often not defeated by losses, but deprived of the sense of participation. In the past, you could survive a bull market just by faith, but now that strategy has completely failed. The game rules have changed, and the crypto space has shifted from a "narrative-driven" buffer zone to a "high-speed PVP" life-and-death race.

Compare the pace of the two eras—

Old cycle (2017-2021): coding → building communities → community discussions → slow iteration. A story could be told over half a year, projects had time to improve, and participants had time to learn.

New rules (2024 to present): issuing tokens → announcing contracts → influencers sharing → rapid price manipulation → game over. The entire cycle is compressed into 72 hours. This is not investing; it's purely a speed contest—winner takes all, outsiders have no chance to react.

The results are obvious: assets and traffic are rapidly concentrating at the top. Those who control information, liquidity, and understand market sentiment are ruthlessly harvesting most people's cognitive costs and learning expenses. Ordinary people haven't even figured out what the projects are doing, and this round has already ended.

So many people choose to leave. It's not because they lack skills, but because they realize a cruel fact: in this stage, the game only rewards "speed" and "cold-bloodedness," leaving no room for "patience" and "building."

A thought-provoking question:

What do you think the crypto world is now?
A. Casino — transparent rules, relying purely on luck
B. Battlefield — information war, speed war, zero-sum game
C. Construction site — still quietly building infrastructure

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RamenStacker

· 6h ago

72 Hours of Dreams Shattered, Should Have Seen It Coming --- It has truly become a zero-sum game, no wonder people are leaving --- Information gap is the line between life and death; ordinary people have no chance at all --- Used to be able to wait by holding coins, now it's all quick-freeze situations --- Option B, an outright information battlefield --- I chose C, but the builders are the ones who suffer the most --- Half-year stories vs. 72-hour meat grinder, the game has fundamentally deteriorated --- The smart ones are actually the ones leaving --- It's okay to fall behind; the problem is that the rules themselves are poison --- The tool library for big V's leek-cutting has been updated insanely fast --- Those still playing with faith really need to wake up --- Speed race? It’s long been an information black hole --- Being deprived of participation feels more hopeless than losses

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ProposalManiac

· 6h ago

A 72-hour all-in-one system, in simple terms, turns governance efficiency issues into pure information warfare. Without a feedback mechanism, what community consensus are we talking about? --- Lessons from history, it’s always the same. The old cycle still had room for iteration, but now it’s directly turned into a zero-sum game, and the incentive mechanism has been completely reversed. --- The problem isn’t speed itself, but that no one has designed a system of checks and balances. Decentralization of power has become a joke; asset concentration is the norm. --- The people leaving have actually seen through it: this is not an investment game at all, but a chain of harvesting information advantages. There’s nothing worth staying for. --- Hmm... fundamentally, it’s a failure of mechanism design. No feedback buffers, no participation threshold optimization, and then they start PVP. How can this not eliminate people? --- Patience and constructive efforts don’t work out, so what’s the point of DAO or decentralization? It’s all empty talk. --- A cold-blooded winner-takes-all game, who’s to blame?

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RugPullAlertBot

· 6h ago

说得扎心，72小时内结束的游戏我玩不起

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LayerZeroJunkie

· 6h ago

End within 72 hours? We've long become a cash machine --- Basically, the big V's speed in cutting leeks is ten times faster --- The era where faith is valuable is truly gone --- Hold on, are there still people building infrastructure? Why do I only see market manipulation and running away --- That's why I only play with top ecosystems now; I can't afford to play with small coins --- It's normal to be unresponsive; it's not an exception --- Rather than chasing new coins, it's better to hold a few mainstream coins and doze off --- Liquidity has been fractured like this, what can retail investors do? --- Experienced players have long shifted to market makers; we're still fighting for the first launch --- Those who see this clearly will either exit or become cold-blooded --- The construction site option is too ironic haha --- Speed is a war of information; whoever has group news wins

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GetRichLeek

· 6h ago

72 hours are up, and I'm still looking at the charts, laughing to death. That's right, slow reactions mean death. I was serious about bottom fishing last time. That's why I watch the market every day, and my sleep is severely lacking. It's high time to face reality; relying on faith has long gone bankrupt. On-chain data can be deceptive, but speed never lies. I choose B, pure information warfare. Whoever is faster wins, it's that simple. Brothers still waiting for technical support, wake up. The market makers are playing this game, and we can only follow. Actually, those who have exited are quite rational; I need to learn from them. The fear driven by FOMO really can make people do stupid things.

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LiquidationTherapist

· 6h ago

The 72-hour compression cycle is really intense; if you can't keep up, you're out. Honestly, it's a paradise for information gap players; ordinary people don't stand a chance.

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OPsychology

· 6h ago

72 hours of gaming, we're all cannon fodder --- Basically, it's a game of information asymmetry; whoever is faster eats the meat --- Used to be able to buy the dip and hold, now I can't even finish reading the K-line --- Leaving the market isn't shameful; staying sober is the most valuable --- When a big V retweets, retail investors are out, cycle repeats --- Building? Dream on. Now it's only pump and dump --- I'll definitely lose in a speed battle, but I don't want to pay tuition either --- Choose B, it's purely a zero-sum game; there are no winners, only losers --- Three years ago, stories could keep the market afloat; now, before the story is finished, the coin is gone --- The sober ones have all left; those who stay are either gamblers or scythe-wielders

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