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 post. If one day. CORE really rises to $10. I will directly give away 10,000 CORE on the planet. Not bragging. Not just empty talk. Because when it really hits $10. I guess I’ll be 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 will say it’s impossible. Some will say let it reach $1 first. But that’s how the crypto world is. Things that seem impossible now. A few years later, looking back. Might just be so-so. Anyway, I’ll keep this post. When CORE hits $10. I’ll come back to fulfill my promise. If it doesn’t. You can come back and laugh at me. Fair enough. $CORE #霍尔木兹"关闭罗生门"，瑞士谈判今日启动 #美联储：降息窗口关闭，加息重燃

Brothers, don't think that just because I post about CORE every day, I am that determined. Actually, I do get anxious. I also envy other coins going up. I have also thought: "I wish I had bought something else back then." But thoughts are just thoughts. If I were to sell everything now, I still don't plan to. So I keep holding. Keep observing. Occasionally add a little. Keep a calm mindset. This might be the only thing I can do right now. $CORE

If a project can truly revive in the future. Actually, all these doubts, mockery, and downturns now will instead become part of its experience. So I’m not afraid of others talking about CORE now. If you say it’s not good, I listen. If you say it has potential, I also listen. In the end, it still depends on the actual results. For now, I’m still leaning bullish. Not because I think I’m smarter than others. Simply because: I don’t feel it’s time to give up yet. That’s it. $CORE

Just saw a newcomer ask: "What exactly does CORE do?" Then the argument started immediately. Some told him to buy. Some told him to run. Some just said, "Don't touch it." I watched for a while and suddenly found it quite interesting. A person who just got to know CORE really doesn't care about what we old players have been through. He just wants to know one thing: Why is it worth my money to buy now? This question is actually quite hard to answer. $CORE

I used to see people shorting CORE, and I was really easy to get carried away. When I saw the word "zeroing out," I immediately wanted to reply. Later, I gradually realized that those bearish on it aren't completely without reason. Everyone can see CORE's current price and popularity. So now when someone says it's no good, I actually want to see what they have to say. If they just keep saying "zeroing out," then there's nothing much to discuss. But if they can clearly explain why they're pessimistic, then I think it's worth listening to. After all, I still hold some myself. A project that only allows praise and forbids questioning feels even more dangerous to me. $CORE

Just suddenly thought of a question. We say every day that CORE has dropped a lot, and the price is already very low. But if someone sells, there must be someone buying. So who exactly is taking these chips now? Is it the old players topping up? Is it new players thinking it's cheap? Or is it simply that there are still people doing swing trading in the market? I'm actually quite curious now to see what the people who are really willing to buy CORE at this position are thinking. Feel free to discuss in the comments. $CORE

Just came across a post shorting CORE. I originally wanted to argue back a bit, but then I thought better of it. Some of what they said isn't entirely without reason. CORE's current price looks bad, that's a fact. Market attention is low, also a fact. So I don't think it's necessary to explain everything in a positive light just to prove I didn't buy wrong. I'm still holding because I think it's worth continuing to watch. But if it really gets worse and worse in the future, I won't stubbornly hold on just because I've been stuck for so long. The money is mine, and pride isn't that important. $CORE

Brothers, I’ve noticed that we crypto traders have a particularly strange ability: we’re really good at making peace with ourselves. Sometimes it’s really unbearable. The project clearly isn’t doing well here or there, the price has dropped to the point of making you question life, but as long as you still hold a position, your mind always finds a reason for it. "Maybe it’s just a bad cycle." "Maybe the market hasn’t discovered it yet." "Maybe there will be changes later." To be honest, there’s definitely some emotion involved. I’m the most typical example. I started buying CORE intermittently from around 0.8, and sometimes even I don’t understand why I’m still buying now. After buying, I just throw it in my wallet. Then I open the official website. Then I stake. Watching the amount increase little by little. Sometimes I even wonder, what am I really doing? But every time I finish, I feel like it’s not a big deal. Maybe what I’m really waiting for isn’t just the price. I just want to see if the reason that made me buy CORE in the first place will ever appear one day. If in the end it proves I was right, then these years count as having endured. If it proves I was wrong, then I’ll accept it. At least for now, I still want to keep watching. $CORE

I am increasingly feeling this now. If CORE really wants to regain market attention, what it needs to prove most is not "I can rise." But rather: "Why am I worth being noticed again?" Because if it just rises once, everyone will come. But what happens after the rise? If there is nothing to support it, it will quickly fall back. So now I would rather see it slowly build up its products, ecosystem, and user base. Even if the price doesn't take off immediately. At least the logic is changing. $core

Have you noticed? There are fewer people discussing CORE now. Instead, official updates are increasing. When the market is quiet, that's often when real work is being done. $core

Brothers. I don't know if you have this feeling. After holding a coin for a long time. You're actually not just waiting for it to go up. You're waiting for a result. Wanting to know if the decision you made back then. Was you seeing it wrong. Or if it's just that the time hasn't come yet. So now I'm still willing to give CORE some time. Not because I believe in it 100%. But because I haven't seen the final answer yet. So I'll keep watching. After all, we've come this far. We have to turn this page.