Guys, the factory just paid out their salaries yesterday, and I got a total of 6,800 yuan. Anyone out working knows that all the money earned is hard-earned money. After deducting the fixed monthly cigarette cost of several hundred yuan, and after subtracting drinking water with coworkers, occasional treats, and daily miscellaneous expenses, there's basically nothing left. Fortunately, the factory provided food and lodging, so I didn't have to worry about food and lodging expenses. I managed to save money through mere gritted teeth, scraped together $800, and directly recharged on C2C, buying 26,000 CORE, pledged everything on-chain, and locked it up, keeping no cent and depositing it all into chips. I've made up my mind that from now on, every month I'll pay a fixed investment of $800 in CORE. My coworkers and strangers online couldn't understand and mocked me every day. People say the market is so bad, this coin is exhausting and weak. Everyone else has left, yet I'm still foolishly adding to my position, saying my efforts were wasted and I just bought in. Honestly, no one really understands my situation. Back when I was at the peak, I heavily invested 200,000 CORE, deeply trapped, and had long since lost the floating losses, my mindset was worn down. Honestly, with everything already set up like this, these ten or twenty thousand chips really don't matter. Rather than losing your hard-earned money in a state of collapse, cutting losses, and losing your hard-earned money, it's better to invest monthly at a low cost, slowly build up your chips, and quietly wait for the market to reverse, betting on a chance to turn things around. To be honest, I've always felt quite wronged. Every time I sincerely post some CORE threads and share my holdings and opinions, the comment section is always flooded with people criticizing, cursing, and mocking me, accusing me of brainwashing, selling orders, and fooling people. But who would have known that I was the biggest victim myself. I'm also someone who stands guard at a high level, deeply trapped. I've lost a lot of money, and I feel anxious, upset, and can't sleep. I have never tricked anyone into buying at high prices; I am simply sharing my own holdings and my own persistence. But no matter what I post, it's always sarcasm and harsh words—it's really disheartening. Many people immediately criticize CORE, calling it junk coins. But they simply refuse to spend a minute understanding its underlying logic. As the core scaling infrastructure of the Bitcoin ecosystem, CORE relies on Bitcoin's top-level underlying security and compatibility with smart contracts, making it the core narrative target for the next bull market BTC ecosystem. Now, with the ecosystem steadily taking root and SatPay counting down to launch, the on-chain burn mechanism continues to operate, whales and institutional funds are quietly accumulating at low levels, and shares are becoming increasingly concentrated. The current long-term sideways movement and repeated oscillating grinding are either weakening or typical main force shakeouts, washing away all mentally unstable retail investors and all floating chips without faith, all for a thorough main rally to explode. I worked 12 hours a day on the assembly line in the factory, repeating monotonous work day after day, exhausted to the point of back pain, and my hands covered in calluses from hard work. I have no background, no resources, no shortcuts. The only chance I dare to gamble on in my life is CORE. My coworkers advised me to cut my losses early, but haters kept stirring up the narrative and selling shorts. Everyone wanted me to sell my shares at a low price. But I knew very well: if I cut my losses, I would truly lose completely. All previous losses, all the persistence, all the hard-earned monthly investments were all wasted. I don't follow short-term price swings, nor am I disturbed by outside noise, nor am I discouraged by ridicule that breaks my mindset. For ordinary people, turning things around is already as hard as climbing to the sky. Since I'm already caught in the game, I'll fight to the end. Sustained regular investment at low levels and locked positions and pledges, quietly gathering strength and waiting for the flowers to bloom. I'm betting just once—betting that CORE won't let down every ordinary person who quietly perseveres. I bet that every night shift and every drop of sweat I shed will eventually earn it back with interest, completely freeing myself from the assembly line routine! $CORE #美伊协议基本谈妥, oil prices plunge and crypto rally across the board. #加息重回讨论桌: Wash takes office, year-end rate hike officially priced in

Because I bought CORE at a high price. My wife wants to divorce me. Brothers. I really can't hold on much longer. I initially bought 300,000 RMB worth of CORE at a high point. Back then, my mind was full of opportunities. I thought the BTC ecosystem had potential, and Core had a story ahead. I hoped that if this wave succeeded, the pressure at home would ease a lot. But it kept dropping all the way down. My account is almost zero now. I'm almost drained too. CORE, please be strong. Pull back up near $2, please. It's not that I want to argue with anyone. Nor do I need to prove how good I am at predicting. I just really want my family to catch a break. Haters laugh every day, and the comment section is full of criticism. They say I’m calling trades, that I’m a bag holder, that CORE is hopeless. I want to pretend I don’t care. But honestly, no one's money comes from thin air. Screenshots from when CORE was over $2. Back then, holding over 1,200 tokens was worth more than $2,700. Look at it now. It really feels awful. CORE, come on. Show some strength. Pull back to $2. Give the haters a hard slap in the face. And let people like me who are still holding on breathe a little. I’m not asking to get rich overnight. Just don’t let me lose too embarrassingly. Brothers holding CORE. If you’re still hanging in there. Let’s support each other in the comments. This road is really tough. $CORE #美伊拉锯倒计时：霍尔木兹30天内重开 #本周宏观三重奏：沃什首秀+美日利率双决议

Brothers. Today I'm making a thread. If one day, CORE really went up to $10. I'll directly send 10,000 CORE tokens on the planet. Not bragging. Nor is it just empty promises. Because when it really reaches $10, I guess I'm already grinning from ear to ear. To be honest. Posting this now. There will definitely be people in the comments saying it's a dream. Some say it's impossible. Some say to get the first cut first. But that's just how the crypto world is. Now it seems impossible. Let's look back a few years later. Maybe it's just so-so. Anyway, I'll keep the post for now. CORE up to $10. I'm back to cash in. I can't get there. You come back laughing at me. Fair. $CORE #霍尔木兹 "closing the Rashomon," Swiss negotiations begin today #美联储: Rate cut window closes, rate hikes reignite

Brothers, I discovered something quite real. Before, when CORE dropped, my first reaction was to sell. Now, when it drops, my first reaction is to see how much money I still have available. It's not because I'm braver. It's purely because the market has worn me down over time. Before, I panicked at every drop. Now I've started to learn to accept the volatility. Of course, when it really crashes hard, it still hurts. But I no longer make decisions immediately like before. $CORE

I used to love calculating my cost when buying CORE. Calculate once after buying. Calculate again after adding more. Keep calculating when it drops. Every day I studied when I could break even. Now I'm too lazy to calculate. It's not that I don't care, but calculating over and over doesn't change anything. Now I just buy a little and leave it, occasionally checking my amount. I actually feel much more relaxed. Maybe this is the biggest change after holding for a long time. $CORE

I don't really remember how I felt the first time I bought CORE. I only remember thinking that buying a little and holding it shouldn't be a big deal, but then I ended up holding it until now. I added a few times in between, sold a little, and regretted it a few times as well. Now when I open my wallet again, I find that the amount has increased quite a bit compared to the beginning. Price aside, at least the quantity has truly been accumulated bit by bit. Sometimes, looking at this number, I even find it quite interesting. At first, I just casually bought a little, but now it has become something I constantly pay attention to. $CORE

Recently, I noticed another direction in the Core ecosystem worth paying attention to: Fiamma's BitVM2 bridge now supports Core. I think ordinary people might not easily feel the impact of this, but it addresses the issue of how BTC and other chains can interoperate with greater trust. I'm increasingly convinced that if Core really wants to build a large BTCFi in the future, just having a staking function won't be enough. How BTC comes in, how it is used afterward, and how assets flow—these infrastructures all need to be gradually developed. So now, I'm actually less concerned about how many points CORE gains today. What I really want to see is whether, after these infrastructures are all completed one by one, a truly usable BTCFi ecosystem can finally be formed. $CORE

Brothers, lately I've been feeling more and more that CORE has a very practical problem. It's not that it lacks features now, but many things are simply too complex for ordinary people to bother researching. If you tell others that CORE has BTC staking, they get it. But if you mention coreBTC, stCORE, BTCFi, App Chains, many people are just confused. That's why I think what CORE really needs to do going forward is not just keep developing, but also get regular users to actually use it. Building the technology is one thing. Getting people to use it is another. If these things eventually form a complete ecosystem, then I think the CORE story will truly be told. For now, I'm still accumulating and watching. $CORE

Core actually has another aspect that I think is quite suitable for long-term observation, which is its EVM compatibility. This may not sound as sexy as BTCFi, but it is very practical for the ecosystem. Because EVM compatibility means many developers, tools, and application logics from the Ethereum ecosystem can migrate more easily, without having to start everything from scratch. Core has always positioned itself as a Bitcoin-powered, EVM-compatible Layer 1, essentially aiming to connect BTC's security and liquidity with the smart contract ecosystem. So now I think if CORE really has a chance, it might not be because of a sudden super positive event one day. Rather, after these infrastructures gradually build up, one day the market suddenly realizes: Wow, this thing actually already has some scale. $CORE