Ladylala

Web³ Culture & Narrative Analyst

exploring the human side of crypto
because we are not nodes. ✍️ Essays | Threads | Web3 commentary

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Everyone’s cheering @zachxbt for exposing the scammer. Cool. But let’s be real: this trace didn’t happen thanks to “not your keys”. But cos a KYC’d CEX flagged the transaction and froze the funds. Same institutions "crypto purists" love to shit on just proved why they matter🔥

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It's annoying how this shouldn't be funny but it is. Can these Indians just be better?

[ZachXBT @zachxbt]

A short story about Indian scammers who called the cops on themselves:

Earlier this week a follower DM'd me from his personal account complaining that 5.73 BTC ($475K) of his was 'unjustly' frozen at Changelly in Mar 2025.

So I went and plotted the Bitcoin transaction in my compliance tools.

The inflows trace back to illicit sources via social engineering thefts targeting Americans through US exchanges and Bitcoin ATMs.

The broader cluster of high confidence thefts has taken $1M+ from victims since 2025, with several of them elderly.

His story kept changing. It was a loan. No, his boss sent it. No, his boss invested in Bitcoin "during 2014 and 2015" through a friend in the US.

The best part? In Dec 2025 he claims to have filed a police report in India over these frozen funds (3207-P/2025).

In our DMs he shared email screenshots which I queried to surface more data points and map his group out.

I suspect AmanKesar11 is a mule for his boss 'Mr Parveen,' as the 'proof' he sent included bank statements under a different name / location.

While you can message me for help and I'll respect your privacy, at least use common sense and don't contact me with stolen funds.

5.73 BTC frozen order: fb931baac66bfc116deb10fa81417fb3da61e4362cd2997ee1eaa577e96272f3
AmanKesar11 BTC address: bc1q5yjxzcvfswvyx9y6cvlc3xe4laqqnqsjp3f9t2
AmanKesar11 Tron address: TQkEVXjtvSbigGa5fqFUpcYJnGvpKPPBEm

[Ladylala @Bes__tie]

Say what you want about @PiCoreTeam Network

but few projects in Web3 understand community patience like they do.

Years of waiting and people are still showing up.

That’s not trivial.

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@BlarkDemi_01 Sorry Demi. Please, stay strong.

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@Adunniolaide02 "walking on eggshells" around my man! The reddest flag ever🚩🚩

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11/

However, it's funny how that might be the most underrated thing in this space.

Not alpha.
Not tokenomics.

Just resilience.

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1/

Crypto Twitter talks endlessly about wins.

Fundraises. Pumps. Partnerships. 🤝

But there’s a side of Web3 that rarely reaches the timeline.

The human side.

A short thread.

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10/
If you’ve ever:
• searched endlessly for a role

You'd know what I am talking about

You’re not alone.

There are thousands of people quietly experiencing the same thing.

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9/
If you’ve ever:

• shipped something nobody noticed
• defended a project you believed in
• moderated chaos at 3am (Once, a dev I worked with disappeared after presale…leaving moderators alone to face thousands of angry holders)
• held through doubt

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8/

We talk constantly about dApps.

It's always about the alphas, airdrops and the next narrative.

But what keeps Web3 alive is something simpler:

People who keep showing up

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7/
Web3 runs on code.

But it also runs on hope, pressure, ego, patience, and trust.

Sometimes all at once.

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6/
And there are investors who don’t talk about the projects they believed in……

that slowly disappeared.

No announcement.
No explanation.
Just inactive socials and a chart that never recovered. 📈📉

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5/
Job seekers who spend data and nights moving between:

Discord servers
DAO forums
TG and Idolo TL

Trying to prove they belong in an industry where everyone says:

"We're early."

Yet opportunities still feel scarce.

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4/
Community managers who sit in Telegram chats for 12 hours a day.

Answering the same questions:

“wen listing?”
“wen airdrop?”
“team dead?”

While quietly carrying the emotional weight of thousands of frustrated holders. 🏋️🏋️‍♀️

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3/
Some founders raised millions.
And still wake up thinking:
“What if I can’t pull this off?”
Not because they lack skill
But then, expectations are massive and the runway is always shorter than it looks.

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2/
There are devs who spent 6–8 months building a protocol…
Only to launch into a market that had already moved on.

No users.
No traction.

Just commits on GitHub and silence in Discord. 😥

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2/
There are devs who spent 6–8 months building a protocol…

Only to launch into a market that had already moved on.

No users.
No traction.

Just commits on GitHub and silence in Discord. 😥

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@FemiMichaell @Wizarab10 I'm crying 😂😂

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@beebrain Interested

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