YoungCrypto™

The Rundown from Johnny Fap I hope sharing my story can bring some value to others who might take something away from it. Let’s break it all down, starting from where it began back in 2017. In 2017, I bought crypto for the first time some ETH and DOGE. Honestly, I only bought them because everyone in my class was saying it was “the next big thing.” I didn’t really know what I was doing. I ended up trading my ETH on Binance for random altcoins and eventually sold the ETH I bought at $100 each for coins like TRX… and basically lost it all. I repeated the same mistakes again around 2021. Now for the interesting part. After those first two “cycles,” I had around $3k left. But the difference was that during that time, I’d actually gained more financial knowledge mainly because I had started a stock index investing plan and just wanted to learn how to make money in general. So, I started again with that $3k, but this time I was much more curious and engaged. I lurked around Telegram groups, connected with people, and made my first “friends” in the space. Finally, I turned that $3k into $10k thanks to $RLB. I hit $10k on July 17, 2023, and for the first time, I felt like I actually had some skills and maybe I could really build something from this. I was also slowly grinding up my Twitter account. That turned out to be important, because now we’re getting into some of the shadier parts of the journey. When I reached around 2–3k followers, I started getting my first “KOL” offers. To be honest, the money they throw at you is insanely stupid. That’s why so many people fall for the “free money” trap. You can get $2k–$5k just for a few Twitter posts and Telegram shills. It’s ridiculous. With only 2-3k followers. Most people don’t talk openly about it because they’re scared they’ll stop getting deals. I took 2–3 deals myself I won’t lie. But it always felt gross, and that’s exactly why I stopped. All of that was during the time when ETH was hot, before I ever touched the SOL onchain. Moving forward I got lucky in two presales: one was a random allocation I won in a Discord server, and the other I got simply because I was a “KOL". Both ended up giving me returns in the $10k–$20k range. Then came the big milestone. I hit my first six figures on January 25th, 2024, and I honestly sat there like, “WTF is this money even real?” People like to say things get easier once you hit six figures, but like I mentioned earlier, I’ve always struggled with sizing. So for me, it didn’t magically get easier at all. I think this was also around the time when SOL started getting interesting. To be honest, the SOL market felt completely different. I never got a single KOL offer there maybe because I stopped kissing everyone’s ass just to get allocations. The reality is that most people in this space will do anything for connections, just to sneak into the next bundle and farm some free money. If I had kept playing that game, I probably missed out on 200–500k in KOL deals alone. That was also when I got seriously betrayed for the first time. People I considered “friends” talked behind my back just to get more attention. After that, I stopped trusting most people. And honestly, I think that was the moment I stopped believing in anything in crypto definitely not a good mindset. At this point, I prefer grinding on my own with just a few trusted friends instead of being part of the circus where 10 people print massively while 5,000 followers get farmed into oblivion. Sadly, 97% of KOLs play that game. The whole “KOL” ecosystem has changed too much people just buy because someone bought, or because someone got paid to say so. I kept trading slowly, had some wins on futures, then of course got wrecked again don’t touch futures. It’s not the fast way to big money, it’s the fast way to losing your stack. Around October 20th, 2025, I hit roughly 500k in total portfolio value (my port is spread big). I’ve always been a defensive trader, and I like slow and steady growth more than wild swings. Mentally, I just function better that way. What I’m doing now: I plan to withdraw around 480k (basically everything except my FOMO bag), convert it into fiat, and probably pay 200–250k in taxes. Yeah, it’s brutal, but it is what it is. Why not move to another country? Because I receive 4k per month in healthcare support due to an immune system condition. Final words: Crypto is scammy as hell and extremely hard for “normal” people to make it. I’m just being honest. It is possible, but don’t force it, don’t rush it, and always have risk management. Be careful who you follow 98% of KOLs don’t even risk their own money when they tell you to buy something. This is just my honest look at the crypto space. I don’t hate anyone, I’m not beefing with anyone I’m just trying to share what the space really looks like. Peace out !

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