In my eyes, the value of the AI + Crypto track and the role of Virtual

At the end of yesterday's article, there was this message:

"You kept posting articles about this project during the bull market, which reminded me of the last round of continuous fil, which didn't take long to start plummeting."

This round of market has come to this point, and I never think that the crypto ecosystem has gone to a "bull market". The reason is very simple, I have also shared many times, Ethereum has not broken through the previous high, where did the "bull market" come from?

As for the Virtual project and the ecology it carries, I also use the same standard to measure, it is still far from the previous high, and it is also not a bull market.

As for the continuous publication of articles on this project, it is actually more accurate to say that I am posting articles on some projects in this ecosystem, as well as the various views and ideas of the Virtual team that leads this ecosystem.

These articles only discuss their ideas, opinions, practices, and effects, and never talk about their prices and movements that "didn't take long" to follow.

Why are these articles posted?

I also clearly shared it in a previous article:

The first is because in the current crypto ecosystem, the old subdivisions have become aesthetically tired for me, and they have not yet appeared in the innovation that amazes me.

What's so amazing about DeFi?

What's so amazing about NFTs?

What are the amazing innovations of blockchain games?

None seem to have it.

Perhaps the rise of DeFi in HyperLiquid will appeal to many people, but for me, it just doesn't interest me.

The second is because the new hot ecosystem seems to me to have little to do with retail investors like me.

The most typical of these is RWA. I've shared this many times, so I won't go into it.

The third and most important reason is that human society has come to this day, especially after the emergence of artificial intelligence, I think the only thing that can be compared to it is the crypto ecosystem.

So AI + Crypto is the track that I pay close attention to.

Personal time and energy are limited, and since I am optimistic about this track, I must devote most of my energy to this track.

What ecosystems are worth paying attention to in the AI + Crypto track?

Looking around the entire crypto ecosystem, I only find Solana and BASE worth paying attention to. However, the development of the AI + Crypto ecosystem in the Solana ecosystem is far less than that of BASE.

So my focus is only on BASE.

In the BASE ecosystem, the only well-developed AI + Crypto is the Virtual project and the ecosystem it supports.

So my focus is only on this project and its ecology.

That's my logic, and I don't think it's hard to understand.

As for paying attention to a project and writing an article, it will not take long for the project to rise or fall? That's never been something I've ever considered.

If focusing on a project is expecting it to rise in the next few days, then there is a problem with this starting point. Because short-term fluctuations in the market are never the factors that determine whether or not you should pay attention to and participate in a project, in my opinion.

The first time I followed Bitcoin and Ethereum and bought them, it didn't take long for them to hit a bear market crash, does that mean I was wrong to follow them at that time?

So, what is the purpose and reason for focusing on a project?

I focus on one project:

First, from a long-term perspective, see whether the project will have long-term development opportunities in the future;

Second, we hope to discover other opportunities that it has spawned, to see if the ideas it proposes are creative, and whether it means that new business models have emerged.

Specifically, I want to see if Virtual can become a long-term project, to see if its ideas and ideas can really bring the entire track of AI + Crypto that I am concerned about, and to create AI Agents with real value in the process.

Finally, the reader mentions a lesson from the past: shortly after following Fil, it plummeted.

We're at a loss here.

But the same thing has happened with Bitcoin and Ethereum, which I talked about earlier, but also with DeFi and NFTs. But we've been rewarded handsomely on it.

Such events not only happened in the past, but also in the present and future; This is happening not only in the crypto ecosystem but also in other tech sectors.

Since there are both possible outcomes in the past, present, and future facing such events, how should we deal with such uncertainties and risks?

Is it that since then, he has been bitten by a snake for ten years, afraid of grass ropes, and refuses to do anything new?

Or do we learn from the experience and lessons, turn the experience into a sword to open up the territory, and refine the lessons into a solid and heavy shield for self-protection, so that even in the face of the invasion of wind and waves, we can move forward boldly without fear of injury?

I would not hesitate to choose the latter.

I have also shared the specific method many times:

Sufficient for 18 months of living expenses at any time;

Take spare money that does not affect life to participate;

Bitcoin + Ethereum at least 50% of the total position;

As for the Virtual ecosystem, it's even simpler, and I've shared it many times:

If you don't understand it, you don't buy anything, see more and move less;

If all of the above preparations are in place, then play casually and boldly follow your own ideas. I think this is the attitude that a pioneering investor should have, and it is also what I ask of myself.