NattoRare

Long Live The Third World

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

You use the bot to fact check for you, and then if it doesn’t say what you want it to say - you tell the bot that it is being gaslit

And in the same breath, you tell others that this bot is credible for using the very same method that you just worked against

Generational comedy

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

Invisible shackles.
behind boastful hearts lay a deep desperation:
"we must win, we absolutely must... or else..."

All I can know is that God is among us, working. I think to pray for others, but what transpires now and forever is HIS will.

God be with us, every single one.

[jez (equity perps era) @izebel_eth]

thoughts on retail trading - play at the tables that dont exist yet

(this is going to be a longer post as i have a lot of things i want to say)

i have been a dumb retail trader, i have been a sharp retail trader, i have worked at the peak of tardfi/kwant

at a high level you absolutely can be successful as a retail trader, but it comes down to find your edge + the discipline to stick to it

what is your edge as a retail trader?
time + curiosity + breadth + flexibility + reactiveness

you dont have more information than the mms/flow desks/algo shops. you will not be able to predict price on basically any timeframe better than them. that is dumb retail trading. you can argue for trading cycle tops/bottoms, but its harder to time than it looks. predicting price at any ltf is literally called "uninformed retail flow"

but you can spend all your time obsessing over one phenomenon/project/company, unlike the tardfi analyst who covers a sector. the more retail the product the better - the institutions have better supply chain data, they can call up the CEO and ask how hes feeling, but they are not using it, their friends aren't using it, etc

even finding it takes time/curiosity/flexible mandate, which someone who can't afford to waste time may not pursue

that is real edge you can wield as retail. in 2021/2022 i understood nft trading better than any institution. i would argue i understand perp dexes now as good/better than any institution. and there are people that understand memecoins much better than me.

but critically these are specific niches. my point is you cannot have edge on eth as retail - you can think tom lee is retarded, or everyone else is retarded, but you dont have more information than the aggregate market and at the end of the day you're just coinflipping

we are so lucky to live in an era where companies are bootstrapping by giving early adopters "equity". even just a few years ago, before airdrops became quite so big, my edge - "play with good new things" meant finding emerging markets with high onboarding friction and positioning early. now you can simply use platforms organically and be rewarded, you just have to pick the right ones.

that is your edge as retail, being your own best user, through personal experience understanding which platforms are good and which platforms are not (and it wont always look like perp dexes), and investing your time and energy early to position yourself for upside, whether thats earning points, buying the token, buying stock, etc.

play with the good new things

including an old thread i wrote about game selection

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@trading_axe One more time for the throwback

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@Innerdevcrypto anecdotally there's always a little bit of fear when first stepping into the idea of dissolving the sense of self, I think of it as a mental survival instinct of sorts.

Awakening doesn't mean you lose those roles IRL magically. Just that you perceive it from a higher plane. 🙏

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@Innerdevcrypto In an internet space that responds highly to 'gotcha's and 'told you so's, kindness feels genuinely discouraged. Don't think anyone is making this happen, it's just that most don't think about the energy they put down on the timeline.

Kindness needs to be firmly placed in here.

[Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder]

Name the game

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

@Pons_ETH I am one such 9-5er who used to feel resigned for having to 'wagecuck' cause I was influenced by this space.

It's been about a year and I'm glad I made that decision. Now I laugh at the larps and desperation instead.

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

"yeah retail woooo let's sell on them"

>Dumps

"Yeah no more tourists wooooo let's bring it back to when it was good"

😭 How are any of you real

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

If you've spent time learning to be an artist and you could not open your mind to reading abstraction

I have bad news for you... Mainly that you ain't one.

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@Innerdevcrypto Alternative theory from when I was peeking beneath the curtains: they're also out of money and there's less ROI running reputation ruining shills 😂😂😂

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

I've been doing a lot better disconnecting myself from this part of the world

I've achieved so much more trusting in my own ability and what is in front of me - no more strangers & pretenders misleading me with delusion and grifts

the only payoff here is karmic, and its great.

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@Pons_ETH I get a daily dose of schadenfreude outperforming these halflings simply by having a job 😂😂😂

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

there's a sentimentalist in me that's a little sad to see the wind of change, but there's also the pragmatist in me who knows nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

I don't immediately remember why I stepped away at first, then I do.

Some of you are real though, and I'll miss you guys.

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@CrypSaf real i dont even bother anymore i just come here to unc post and move on irl lmao

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

once it is perceived it cannot be unseen.

when the energies of the world lays itself bare for you - you may quickly notice the spiritual friction between opposing forces

Yin & Yang
Black & White
Negative & Positive

energies are amoral - only acting in contrast & harmony.

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the TL;DR in my books is that I've always leaned bearish towards this because it is a problem that directly contradicts the Law of Equivalent Exchange - if we cant make the time spent valuable, why token?

zooming out, my main point is that games should be designed as games first

[NattoRare @NattoRare]

If your bottom line value prop for a game is "xyz market likes this format", you have failed to offer a meaningful value prop.

handwaving gacha players to accept anything as long as there are attractive spends discounts the hundreds of other slop titles already disregarded.

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Not that my opinion matters but this goes doubly so for P2E/W3G propositions. It becomes increasingly more complex because you will need to design a profitable cycle flywheel.

in reality, its trying to turn lead (latent energy provided by players) into gold (monetary conversion)

[scooter @imperooterxbt]

One of the best traders I know said this recently. Sometimes the best risk management strategy is taking no risk at all