Brothers, the factory just paid the wages yesterday, and I got a total of 6800 yuan in hand. Anyone who works away from home knows that the money earned is all hard-earned sweat money. After deducting the fixed few hundred yuan for cigarettes every month, and then the usual expenses like drinking water with coworkers, occasionally treating others, and daily small expenses, there’s basically not much left. Fortunately, the factory provides free meals and accommodation, so I don’t have to worry about food and housing costs. I’ve painstakingly saved money from every little bit, managed to gather 800 dollars, recharged directly via C2C, bought 26,000 CORE, and staked all of it on-chain with lock-up, not leaving a single cent, all solidified into chips. I’ve made up my mind that from now on, every month when I get paid, I will unfailingly invest 800 dollars in CORE. My coworkers around me and strangers online don’t understand at all; they mock and ridicule me every day. They say the market is so bad, this coin is weak and exhausting, everyone else has run away, but I’m still foolishly adding to my position, saying I’m just wasting effort and just taking the bag. Actually, no one really understands my situation. A long time ago, when the price was high, I heavily invested in 200,000 CORE, and I’ve been deeply trapped ever since. I’m numb to the floating loss, and my mindset has been worn down. Honestly, since I’m already stuck like this, losing one or two ten thousand chips more doesn’t really matter. Instead of breaking down mentally and cutting losses to admit defeat, wasting the hard-earned sweat money I saved from working, it’s better to invest regularly every month to lower the cost, slowly accumulate chips, quietly wait for the market to reverse, and bet on a chance to turn things around. Honestly, I’ve always felt quite wronged inside. Every time I sincerely post about CORE, talk about my holdings and views, the comment section is always full of people criticizing, cursing, and mocking me, saying I’m brainwashing, calling signals, or fooling people. But who knows, I’m actually the biggest victim myself. I’m also someone stuck at a high position, deeply trapped, I’ve lost a lot of money, I get anxious, I get upset, I have insomnia. I’ve never fooled anyone into buying high; I’m just sharing my own holdings and my own persistence. No matter what I post, it’s always cold sarcasm and harsh words, which is really disheartening. Many people open their mouths to trash-talk, saying CORE is a garbage coin. But they don’t even want to spend a minute to understand its underlying logic. CORE, as the core expansion infrastructure of the Bitcoin ecosystem, relies on Bitcoin’s top-level underlying security, while also supporting smart contracts. It is the core narrative target of the next bull market in the BTC ecosystem. Now the ecosystem is steadily landing, SatPay is counting down to launch, the on-chain burn mechanism is continuously operating, whales and institutional funds are quietly accumulating at low levels, and chips are becoming more and more concentrated. The current long-term sideways trading and repeated oscillations are not weakness at all; it’s a standard main force shakeout, washing out all unstable retail investors and all floating chips without faith, just for a thorough main rise explosion later. I work 12-hour shifts on the factory line every day, repeating the boring work day after day, exhausted with back pain, my hands full of calluses from hard work. I have no background, no resources, no shortcuts. The only chance I dare to bet on in this life is CORE. My coworkers advise me to cut losses early, haters keep spreading negative sentiment, everyone wants me to cut losses and hand over low-level chips. But I know very clearly: once I cut losses, I’ve truly lost completely. All previous losses, all persistence, all the sweat from monthly investments, will be wasted. I don’t follow short-term price swings, I’m not disturbed by outside noise, and I won’t let ridicule break my mindset. It’s already as hard as climbing to heaven for ordinary people to turn things around. Since I’m already in the game, I’ll fight to the end. Keep investing regularly at low levels, lock up and stake, quietly build strength, patiently wait for the bloom. I’m betting once, betting that CORE won’t let down every ordinary person who silently holds on, betting that every night shift I endure, every drop of sweat I shed, will finally earn back principal and interest, and completely break free from the assembly line life! $CORE #美伊协议基本谈妥，油价暴跌加密普涨 #加息重回讨论桌：沃什就任，年底加息正式定价

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, I think many people are confused about this issue. This incident affected the validators' reward accounting and issuance, not the wallets of ordinary users being directly hacked. Core has also stated that user balances and staked assets were not affected. But that doesn't mean there is no impact. Because the market is most sensitive to confidence. If you tell me today "users' funds are not lost," of course, I feel a bit more reassured; but I still have to keep observing whether this chain can run stably in the future and whether the reward mechanism is thoroughly fixed. So I think CORE has now entered a very critical stage: The incident is over, and next it needs to prove itself. $CORE

Brothers, does anyone else find this quite strange? The project's hard fork has been completed, staking rewards have resumed, and exchange restrictions are gradually being lifted, yet the price of CORE is still sluggish. Actually, thinking about it, it's normal. Fixing the code is only the first step; market confidence doesn't just come back by pressing a button. If the technical side can't even break through the previous resistance levels and the trading volume doesn't pick up, it means the funds are still waiting and watching. So now I'd rather see it move slowly than see a big bullish candle only to be smashed back down afterwards. $CORE

Brothers, the biggest feeling I have about this CORE incident is: before, when I looked at public chains, I only looked at the price. Now I start to feel that what really determines whether a project can survive for many years is still the underlying stuff. This time, the vulnerability related to EIP-7702 was exploited, causing future rewards to be released early, and later most of the impact was handled through a hard fork. To put it simply, this time CORE paid a tuition fee. Whether the tuition fee is expensive or not is not the point; the key is whether they have learned their lesson after paying it. If in the future they can really build up security, BTCFi, and the ecosystem one by one, then this incident might just be a chapter in CORE's growth process. But if problems keep happening afterward, then that's another story. $CORE

What I really want to see now is how CORE performs in the next month. Not a 20% or 30% increase in a day. I just want to see if it can slowly regain the state it was in before this incident. Because a truly strong project isn’t one that never encounters problems, but one that can keep moving forward after problems arise. This time, CORE has at least passed the first technical hurdle. If the BTC market cooperates next, and CORE itself can rebuild its trading volume and structure, then I’ll feel like this story might not be over yet. $CORE

Honestly, after this time, I have a bit more respect for CORE. I used to think that when the project team issued an announcement, it was just an announcement. Now I realize that when there’s a problem on the chain, handling hundreds of thousands, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of CORE tokens is no joke. This time, about 255 million CORE tokens entered the reward system early, and in the end, around 186 million were handled through the network upgrade. So next time I see someone say "CORE is about to take off," my first reaction will probably still be: let’s check the data first. $CORE

Looking at CORE again today, I'm suddenly not in such a hurry. A few days ago, when the exchange suspended deposits and withdrawals, I was really a bit confused. After all, when something like this happens to the coins you hold, saying you're not worried doesn't mean much. Now that the upgrade is complete, staking has returned to normal, and market trading volume has started to change. So now it depends on whether it can slowly digest the impact left by this incident. If the price stabilizes later, trading volume returns, and the ecosystem keeps working, then this incident might be forgotten in a few years. But if it never recovers, the market will definitely bring up old issues again. $CORE

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.