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

Suddenly thought of a question in the early morning. If CORE hadn't properly fixed the vulnerability this time, I guess no one in the community would be discussing BTCFi now. But now that the hard fork is done, everyone is back to discussing how much to burn, when exchanges will resume, and whether the price can rise. In the end, the market is just that realistic. What the project team says about the future is one thing; whether the market is willing to give it more time is another. I currently hold CORE, so of course I hope it can pull through. But I don't want to deceive myself either. Next, it depends on whether it can fill the holes left this time. $CORE

After the CORE hard fork ended, I actually feel the real test is just beginning. Before, everyone was focused on whether the "vulnerability could be fixed." Now that it's fixed, the next thing to see is whether the market will still buy in. Whether the candlestick can hold steady, whether the trading volume can return, whether staking is normal, whether deposits and withdrawals on exchanges have fully resumed—none of these can be avoided. The project team can fix the code, but they can't fix market sentiment. So how CORE moves these days, I think, is more worth watching than the announcement itself. $CORE

Brothers, right now I'm actually more concerned about a detail. Earlier, the project team said that over 150M excess CORE was permanently removed, but now on-chain analysis mentions that about 186,153,000 tokens were removed through network state adjustments, and roughly 69 million have already been transferred to external wallets, which can't be handled the same way. How exactly are these numbers calculated? I'm not saying the project team has issues, nor am I trying to cause panic. But since this kind of thing has happened, it's best to have the numbers clearly explained. After all, what holders need most right now isn't a simple "it's okay," but a complete account. $CORE

I'm a bit looking forward to the next step of CORE now. Not expecting it to skyrocket tomorrow, but genuinely wanting to see if the project team can regain control of the pace after this incident. Because the biggest story of CORE right now is still BTCFi, and the project team had clearly set the direction for 2026 — turning BTC-related activities into revenue, then transmitting value to CORE through buybacks. This story sounds fine. But now everyone will definitely take a closer look: when will these things you mentioned actually turn into data? If the ecosystem data picks up later, I think this accident will gradually be forgotten by the market.

Brothers, I have a question that might offend some: If you still hold CORE now, is it because you believe in it, or because you don't want to sell at a loss? These two are actually completely different. Believing in it means you think the project can still succeed in the future. Not wanting to sell means you feel cutting losses is too painful right now. I personally think many people actually mix these two up, including myself sometimes. So after the project team had technical issues this time, I seriously thought: if CORE starts proving itself again from now on, I'm willing to keep believing; if it's just the community shouting slogans every day, then I don't need to fool myself.

What concerns me most about CORE this time is not whether 150M tokens were burned or not. It's a question: What if this went unnoticed? I think everyone holding positions should think about this. The project team has now said the issue is resolved, the 150M+ excess issued CORE tokens have been permanently destroyed, and previous transactions will not be rolled back. Alright then, let's see if they can handle what comes next well. I myself am not planning to liquidate my holdings just because of this incident, but if you ask me to blindly shout "CORE is invincible" right now, I just can't.

Some say CORE is done for this time, while others say the 150M+ overissued tokens were all burned, which actually turned out to be a big positive. I think both of these statements are too hasty. There was indeed a serious reward issuance problem this time, and the project team has indeed completed a hard fork fix. So from now on, don’t just listen to who shouts the loudest; watch the chain, watch the exchanges, watch staking, and watch the data that follows. If these things gradually recover, then this might just be a pitfall CORE stepped into. If there are still problems later, then that’s when it really becomes troublesome.