How to Earn Your First A7 ($1M) in Web3
This is the core insight I've earned through years of time, significant capital, and countless lessons.
From conception to repeated revisions, this article took me over two hours. But I believe every minute was well spent—because what I'm about to share isn't theoretical knowledge from books or second-hand information from hearsay. It's real experience沉淀ed from practicing, losing, and reflecting in the market time and again with my own hard-earned money. Behind this experience are the tuition fees I've paid, the sleepless nights I've endured, and the opportunities I've missed. Now, I hope it can help you avoid some detours.
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My conclusion is actually quite simple: In the new world of Web3, full of opportunities and risks, as long as you can truly do the following three things well, seize a few opportunities within a year, and achieve your first class leap (earn your first million), it's not as unattainable as you might imagine. (Note: This is the experience of a real retail investor, hoping to inspire you.)
First Thing: Selecting the Right Target (The Most Important, Bar None)
I've posted a lot about how to choose investment targets before, and I still hold this view today: If you choose the wrong target, all subsequent efforts might be in vain. It's like going to a distant place to mine gold. If you can't even find the right vein location from the start, no matter how sophisticated your tools or how hard you dig, you'll only end up with a pile of dirt.
When I screen projects myself, I mainly look at the following five dimensions. It's like a checklist that helps me filter out the noise and find truly promising opportunities.
1. Look at the Community: The "Vitality" of the Project
First, I'll dive into the project's Discord, Telegram, or Twitter community and quietly observe for a few days. What I'm looking for isn't the number of members, but the activity and quality of the community: Are there real people discussing technology and sharing insights in the group? Do members have a sense of participation and constructiveness? Is the overall atmosphere positive and collaborative, or is it full of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and arguments? A healthy, active community is the soil for a project to survive and develop. If the community is dead, or full of bots and ads, the project likely lacks real support.
2. Look at Trading Volume: The Market's Vote with Money
Trading volume is one of the most honest data points in this market; it doesn't lie. When a project's trading volume starts to grow consistently and steadily, or even shows impulsive surges, this is usually a strong signal: hot money in the market has started to notice it. Capital is like water; it always flows to value troughs or high-interest areas. Continuously increasing volume often arrives earlier and is more reliable than price increases.
3. Look at Hype: The Wind Vane of Attention
I simultaneously observe the discussion heat on Twitter, Telegram groups, Space audio rooms, and Chinese communities. Is a new narrative or project being discussed by more and more influential people (KOLs)? Is there a sign of breaking out of its niche? Hype is often a leading indicator of price. When everyone is talking about something, even if the price hasn't moved yet, capital is likely already on its way. Of course, be wary of purely speculative hype; this needs to be judged in combination with other dimensions.
4. Look at Market Cap: The Balance Scale for Risk and Potential
Market cap determines the nature of your investment. For low-cap projects (e.g., a few million to ten or twenty million USD), I value their potential for 100x or 1000x explosive growth, suitable for a "small bet for big win" strategy. For high-cap projects (already in the top 50 or even top 20), I value their certainty and future growth space, suitable for large capital seeking stable appreciation. If you're looking for 10x or 100x opportunities, you should focus more on new projects that haven't been listed on major exchanges yet and are active on-chain.
5. Look at the Narrative: The Catalyst for Value
In the Web3 world, narrative is productivity. A good, resonant narrative is a huge catalyst for a project's value. What is the current market trend? Is it AI + blockchain, DePIN, or a new gaming chain? Is your target project in a strong narrative track? Sailing with the trend's narrative makes the market more willing to give higher valuations and premiums.
I must be honest with you: Even if a project perfectly meets all five points above, it doesn't guarantee 100% profit. There is no universal formula in the market. But the core value of this method is that it can systematically increase your probability of investment success from less than 5% when blindly following others to 50% or even higher. Selecting the right target is the starting point of success. If the target is chosen well, the worst-case scenario is just making less profit; it's hard to lose big money. The next two points determine whether you can achieve a magnitude leap in your assets through one opportunity.
Second Thing: Position Sizing (Many Get Stuck Here)
This is the core bottleneck preventing most people from making big money in Web3.
Imagine this: After in-depth research, you discover a project you're extremely bullish on. It has an active community, a grand narrative, and solid technology. You're excited... and then you buy only $50 or $100 worth of tokens. This coin does exactly as you predicted and skyrockets 100x. You make $5,000 or $10,000. That's nice, but did it change your life? Did it help you leapfrog social classes? Probably not.
You'll notice a phenomenon: Stories of turning $100 into $10 million are extremely rare, requiring incredible luck. But stories of turning tens of thousands of RMB into millions are much more common around us. Why? The fundamental difference is: the latter dares to place heavy bets.
People who truly achieve massive wealth appreciation (A8, i.e., tens of millions) through a single coin usually possess two traits: decisiveness when an opportunity arises, and heavy positioning when they have strong conviction.
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My personal approach is: For targets I'm extremely bullish on after thorough research, I allocate 0.5% to 1% of my total asset position (the exact ratio varies per person, depending on your risk tolerance). This isn't blind all-in, but a concentrated bet within a controllable risk range.
The weight of your position directly determines the weight of your profit. This is why some people who only made 3x can end up with far more absolute profit than someone who made 30x. If you don't put on enough size, even if you catch a 50x super opportunity, you'll just be clapping for others' feast while going hungry yourself. Position sizing determines whether you earn pocket money or life-changing capital.
Third Thing: Diamond Hands (Not Blindly Holding On)
Once you've placed a heavy bet on a target you believe in, the real test begins. Holding a heavy position for the first time is actually quite painful. Because the position is large, every percentage point fluctuation feels incredibly real: your heart races when it goes up, and anxiety keeps you awake when it goes down. As long as your eyes are glued to that bouncing K-line, human nature's fear and greed will easily drive you to make wrong decisions emotionally—selling too early.
But if you look back at history, you'll find that the cases where people truly turned their lives around and made big money often didn't come from frequent trading or chasing every hot trend. On the contrary, wealth came from holding a few correct targets for a sufficiently long time. Of course, there is also the model of growing slowly through high-frequency trading and accumulation, but that requires a completely different skill set and mindset, which isn't the path we're discussing today.
When I say "diamond hands," I absolutely do not mean blindly holding on even if the project is clearly failing and going to zero. Instead, it means guarding against becoming a "P-little general" (a term for speculators who sell for small profits): rushing to take profits after a 30% gain, nervously watching the charts 24/7, being led by the nose by short-term market fluctuations. This operating mode is destined to miss out on huge profits.
The "diamond hands" we advocate are: After careful selection, confirming that the project's underlying logic, community foundation, and narrative direction are correct, and having allocated the corresponding position, you must have enough composure not to be tempted by small immediate gains. You need a clear plan: At what price level should you consider partial profit-taking? Under what circumstances should you reduce your position? And what signal indicates it's time to exit completely? Not being afraid of a pullback when it goes up a little, or doubting everything when it drops a bit.
Here's an extremely important method to share: Participate in Building (CTO).
Why do I particularly advocate personally participating in a project's development? Because when you invest not only your money but also your time and energy to understand the code, participate in community discussions, and even contribute to the project, you gain a depth of understanding and emotional connection far beyond that of ordinary investors. You understand the community's culture, the team's efforts, and the project's vision better. This deep involvement will naturally make you hold on longer and more steadily than those who only look at prices. Your conviction comes from understanding, not just gambling.
But I must also give the most crucial reminder: We come to this market with the ultimate goal of making money, not to become martyrs for a belief.
Don't be morally blackmailed by community culture or "HODL" slogans, forgetting the final action of "selling." The highest level of trading is often counter-human nature. You need to simultaneously maintain idealistic passion (seeing the future) and rational calmness (executing the plan). When it's time to sell, you must be decisive. This is easier said than done, but it's a lesson you must learn to succeed.
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Summary: The Trinity, Indispensable
These three things—selecting the right target, daring to take a heavy position, and holding firmly—form a complete closed loop. They are interdependent and indispensable:
Without a good target, heavy positioning and holding are a disaster.
Without a sufficient position, choosing the right target is just a regret.
Without the composure of diamond hands, all efforts on the first two points may be in vain.
As long as you truly understand and can implement these three points in practice, I believe that in the turbulent waves of Web3, seizing opportunities to achieve dozens of times asset growth within a year is not a fantasy.
For those of you who have read this far, I believe you have a strong desire to make money and a vision for the future. Thank you for patiently reading these heartfelt words. If even one point can inspire you, then the time and effort I spent will have been worthwhile.
Sincerely wishing everyone in 2026:
Those who haven't reached A7 yet, steadily earn your first million.
Those who have reached A7, bravely march towards your first ten million (A8).
The road may be long, but as long as the direction is right, every step counts. Brothers and sisters of Web3, see you at the top! Let's go together.
