Thread by @MerchBit

As the @0xSmartCoin farm comes to an end, it’s time to reflect. After hearing about the project from a well-informed co-worker in late October, I visited the website, watched the promo video and said to myself “no way in hell I’m getting in on this!” The project was… 1/15

… so over the top, it just screamed rug. A week went by and I heard about the project again from another co-worker that was making $800 a day. My interest perked up again. A few days later and after a few more co-workers got in, I decided to put some skin in the game and… 2/15

… test it out for myself. And holy sh*t! Just like magic I was making ~10% a day on my initial investment! I lay in bed at night full of excitement, thinking about how I now had daily income to invest in all the projects that I loved! The next day I decided I would… 3/15

… double-down… errr let’s be honest… 10x my LP position. I took out a loan against some assets on @CelsiusNetwork and created my ticket to living my dream… investing daily in my favorite projects. I even created a well-thought out plan to execute. On the first day, I… 4/15

… sold my #SMRTr rewards and bought #SDOG. With minting ending soon and the $50M buyback and burn imminent, I felt eager to get in. Needless to say, I don’t think I need to explain how that played out. :/ On the second day, I noticed that my LP position had suddenly… 5/15

… dropped. Not cool! I still wanted to maintain the value of my LP so I could invest in my faves! So I traded 1/2 my SMRTr to AVAX, created more LP, and deposited to the farm. The next day, the same thing happened! Wtf. So, I did the same, rinse & repeat. For a week I… 6/15

… didn’t even invest in any other projects. I couldn’t figure out why my LP was dropping so fast. My co-workers had never mentioned this when they raved about all the money they were making in passive income. I dug deep in the Twitter, joined the Discord and learned that… 7/15

… what I was doing was the cardinal sin of the Smart farm. I was suicide compounding 😬. I read the GitBook and found out that what I really wanted was to Diamond Hand the f**k out of my $SMRTr, or better yet, layer in with fresh $AVAX. Around that time I also discovered… 8/15

… @jonray on YouTube. I literally watched EVERY single one of his videos related to the #SMRTcoin and $JADE ecosystem. I particularly found his meditation video helpful, as I had way over-invested and was loosing significant sleep over this. After that, I decided to… 9/15

… PLAY THE F***ING GAME! I stopped selling SMRTr, I stopped suicide compounding, and I even invested more (Am I crazy?)! I created a 2nd wallet with fresh AVAX that I hoped would qualify as a Diamond Hand and have done all that I can to repair my tarnished wallets’ rep… 10/15

… So what did I learn from all this? Don’t take investing so lightly. After a few years in crypto I’ve been incredibly blessed to just take hot tips from friends, listen to talking heads on YouTube, scroll crypto Twitter and make life changing money. I considered myself… 11/15

… well-informed by spending 2-3 hrs everyday in crypto. But how many times do I really dig deep? Read the GitBook? Consider multiple sources? Get involved in the community? Join the Discord? BEFORE I invest. Almost never. Albeit skin in the game is a great learning tool… 12/15

… & helps you gain experience, education is sooo important. My resolve has been tested. Only 1/10 make it they say. I considered pulling out of this project MANY times. That 20 day timer was a KILLER lol. But I’ve made it. When the FLF concept gets executed on $JADE, wagmi 13/15

…I too believe it is a multi-billion/trillion dollar idea. Regardless of what my wallet rep/swap rate ends up being, I’m excited to have access to a dividend of sorts on all future projects that are launched by the JADE treasury/decentralized VC fund. I’m excited to… 14/15

…participate in a (close to) true DAO. An educated community that has a voice in future crypto and non-crypto (philanthropic) projects is exciting! Thanks once again to @jonray, @0xSmartCoin, @JadeProtocol, and my fren @CryptoBjj for the SMRTr experience! 🧠🧠🐉🐉🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻 15/15