Crypto Circle: Jumping Classes Was Never Meant for the Majority

The crypto world is often portrayed as "a place where everyone has a chance to turn things around,"
but if you stay in the circle long enough, you'll realize—
it's actually an extremely brutal, zero-sum world with rapid class solidification.

Using the "Hunter" analogy, the crypto circle resembles three zones.

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First Layer: The Hunter Exam Tunnel (A5–A6)

Minimal capital, first attempt at class jumping

People in this layer are usually:
• Almost no principal
• Relying on luck, market cycles, or a bull market
• Jumping from "a few thousand to tens of thousands of USD" to "ten thousand to a hundred thousand USD"

At this stage, many people first think:
"Wow, I can change my fate through investing."

But the problem is—
They're still in the tunnel, not truly at the table.

People in this layer:
• Are very prone to zeroing out
• Easily lose everything in the next market cycle
• Most will cycle in and out here, unable to break free in a lifetime

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Second Layer: Sky Arena Tower (A7–A8)

The middle class, those with capital entering the game

People here already have:
• A certain amount of principal
• Knowledge of cycles, DeFi, narratives
• Can steadily reach A7, with a few reaching A8
which means:
• Million-dollar level
• A few reach several million USD

But there's a brutal truth:

The Sky Arena Tower is the most illusion-inducing place.

People tend to think:
• They are very strong
• They understand the market
• Their online life seems close to winning

In reality, this layer:
• Chips repeatedly double, then double again
• But as long as you're still at the table,
• These doubles can all be lost in one go

Just like Texas Hold'em—
The chip leader you see may be the one going out behind.

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Critical Breakpoint: A8 → A9

Here, 90% of people can't pass

From A7 to A8 involves skill + luck
From A8 to A9, it becomes:
• Psychology
• Discipline
• Willingness to "not get back on the table"

Most people get stuck here for a lifetime.

Because:
• They are unwilling
• Think they can try again
• Feel they are close to the finish line

The result—
They lose everything back again.

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Third Layer: The Dark Continent (A9–A10)

The very few among the very few

If you've truly seen enough "living people" in crypto, you'll know:
• A9 is already among the very few
• A10 is basically a world of fewer than a hundred people
• Fewer than twenty people may reach A10 solely through crypto

And there are only two paths to A10:

Path 1: Leverage from A9 to A10
• High risk
• Almost certain death
• Successful ones become legends
• Failures disappear immediately

Path 2: Holding massive amounts of BTC through multiple halvings
• Enormous capital
• Very long time
• Patience and discipline are far more important than trading

Neither path is meant for the majority.

This is the Dark Continent.

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The Cruelest Reality

Earning:
• 1 million USD
• Or even 10 million USD in crypto

Creates an illusion:

"Online life feels like I’ve beaten the game."

But looking at the next level, you realize:
• 10 million USD ≈ 300 million TWD
• In Taipei, Japan, San Francisco, New York
• Not even close to touching true wealth

The threshold for truly "not worrying inside" often starts at over 100 million USD.

And this number—
Crypto has hardly given to many.

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Ending: Crypto is just a school, not the world

Crypto is very much like a school:
• People look up to each other
• Think someone is very strong

But once you leave this school,
you'll realize:

The world is much bigger than crypto.

The Sky Arena Tower is already brutal,
The Dark Continent was never meant for most to survive and come back.

So hard, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh