“It was the most correct decision of my life to miss the opportunity with all my warehouse.”
Looking at the dim night outside the window, I said this to Lin Xiaoyu beside me. She laughed and hit me: “Don’t come on, you were shouting about missing the market every day at that time.”
Indeed, I missed the big market at the end of 2023 perfectly. But if I hadn’t missed the opportunity, I might have missed something more important in my life.
At that time, I had just experienced a major retracement and my confidence was almost destroyed. Throughout November, I locked myself in the rental house, living on instant noodles and coffee, and never went out of the door. Until one day, the owner of the cat cafe downstairs knocked on my door.
“The takeaway boy downstairs said that you have ordered instant noodles for 20 consecutive days.” Lin Xiaoyu stood at the door with a bowl of hot preserved egg and lean meat porridge, “I think you need a good dinner.”
To be honest, I was a little resistant at first. But I couldn’t resist her enthusiasm and went downstairs. That was the first time I took a close look at this cat cafe that had been open for half a year. The decoration of the store is very warm, with popular science posters of various cryptocurrencies hanging on the wall, and a Bitcoin ATM in the corner.
“Do you understand currency?” I was a little surprised.
“No,” she said while serving me porridge, “but I think this is an interesting field. You know, people come to use this ATM every day, and their expressions are different. Some are excited, some are nervous, some regretful, and some are looking forward to it. I think there are many stories hidden here.”
In this way, I started to go downstairs for dinner every day. Sometimes it was her home-cooked dishes, and sometimes it was takeout from nearby. We talked about Bitcoin, the market, and life. She didn’t understand technical analysis, but she could always give the most simple advice.
“Have you ever thought about it,” she suddenly asked me one day, “Why did Satoshi Nakamoto set the total amount of Bitcoin at 21 million?”
“This issue has always been controversial in the academic community…” I was about to start a long speech, and she interrupted me.
“I think, maybe it wants to tell us that the most precious things in the world are limited. For example, time, such as fate.”
I was stunned. No one has ever interpreted Bitcoin from this perspective.
In early December, the market began to pick up. But my funds had basically been cleared, and I could only watch others get rich. During that time, my mood began to decline again. Until Christmas Eve, Xiaoyu gave me a special Christmas gift.
It was a customized cat wallet with a handwritten note in the wallet: “To the most unlucky Bitcoin investor: This is a priceless option contract with a lifetime exercise period. Payment consideration: a sincere heart Contract content: Promise that no matter how the currency price rises or falls, someone will make soup for you to warm your stomach and give you a hug to drive away the cold. Issuer: Lin Xiaoyu”
“I think,” she said with a blushing face, “some investments are more valuable than Bitcoin.”
Just like that, I missed a round of market, but found the heat of a lifetime. Now in our cat cafe, there are not only guests who come to buy coins every day, but also a “guest analyst” who specializes in explaining the market to guests.
The market has begun to fluctuate again recently, but my heart is surprisingly calm. Because I know that no matter how the currency price fluctuates, there is always a warm cat cafe and a considerate girl waiting for me.
“By the way,” Xiaoyu suddenly said, “I’ve been studying smart contracts recently and want to write our story into the blockchain.”
“Why?” I asked curiously.
“Because I want the whole network to witness that a girl met a sad leek in a bear market, and then decided never to let him eat only instant noodles.”
I couldn’t help laughing. Perhaps this is the best investment – meeting the right person at the right time, and then writing love into the blockchain that can never be tampered with.
The street lights outside the window are still bright, and the aroma of coffee is floating in the cat cafe. I looked at Xiaoyu who was playing with the cat, and thought: In this bear market that is destined to be recorded in history, I have harvested the most precious “digital assets”.
