# Two Types of Players in Crypto

**Type One**: People who are clear-eyed about the fact that they're betting in a casino.

They treat candlestick charts like baccarat road maps, liquidations as normal losses, and take-profit/stop-loss as basic casino discipline. They don't try to "educate the market makers," don't write thousand-word essays proving the project is wrong, and don't debate fundamentals and technicals at 2 AM in group chats seeking compensation. They do only two things:
- Understand probability and odds
- Strictly execute their risk management and position sizing

Made money? Exit gracefully and enjoy life.

Lost it all? Accept it, review what happened, and come back next time with stricter rules.

They don't hate market makers or the market. They hate themselves for not following discipline last time.

**Type Two**: Genuinely believe they're here to "invest for value," then dedicate themselves entirely to "converting/convincing/inspiring" market makers, project teams, and influencers.

They will:
- Write threads arguing why some coin is "undervalued"
- Patiently convince others in chats: "Don't panic sell, the fundamentals haven't changed"
- After getting rekt by a pump-and-dump, post on every platform blaming "corrupt market makers," "scam projects," and "exchange manipulation"
- After liquidation: create compensation groups, draft petitions, file police reports, contact media... trying to recover lost money through "logic" and "moral judgment"

The results typically are:
Type One → Spends their profits in the real world
Type Two → Spends their losses on membership fees in compensation groups, lawyer fees, emotional validation, and self-admiration

The harsh truth is:

Most Type Two people never realize they actually are Type One too—except they're not betting on price movements. They're betting on "the world should operate according to my logic."

So think carefully: which are you?

A gambler seriously playing in a casino, or an "idealistic victim" treating a casino as a value investing classroom, trying to move the dealer with passion and reasoning?