My Huawei phone P30 Pro may also be time to retire. Remember in 2019, it has been with me for 7 years. The system never got updated. For trading crypto, the older the system, the better—because later phones have stronger anti-theft; when “Uncle Hat” comes in, they’ll call to prevent scams.

Back then, I was working in Beijing. This phone was sold in Paris. The coolest thing was 50x digital zoom—I could shoot the moon! At that time in the crypto circle, it was like earning “ten thousand” every day lying down; sometimes you’d wake up and make tens of thousands. The coins didn’t even move much—still, they just kept ticking up on their own. Then I went to the Huawei store to buy the best phone, brought it to work, and it was all kinds of bragging. Now I don’t have that drive anymore, and I also feel there’s no need to show off. The more people lack something, the more they want to flaunt it. Whatever they lack, they show off.

Look, I haven’t posted in my朋友圈 for many years. I think I live comfortably. Live in the way that’s most me—being the most real is the real foundation. External things will ultimately pass away. Only what you learn in your head—the ability to continuously create wealth—lasts.

I just changed my computer, and I guess I’ll have to change my phone again. Sigh. For someone like me—a small nobody whose goal is to earn 600 RMB a month— I don’t want to change to some fancy tri-fold phone. I also don’t want to switch to an iPhone. Later, I’ll just find an inexpensive Huawei phone for a few hundred RMB, buy it as long as it can be used. Save some money—keep eating the big pie.

It really fits that old saying: life is patched up here and there. In the crypto circle, people spend money like dirt!