How to view the recent development status of Virtual.

For several consecutive days, readers have been asking about Virtual at the end of the articles, especially regarding the recent coin price trend of Virtual.

Today I happened to see a popular post on Twitter discussing the Virtual ecosystem as well. The poster stated that he/she "has written articles for two months, and all he/she got was xxx, and will never build a project like this again."

In the replies to this post, almost everyone expresses agreement with this viewpoint or echoes it, showing dissatisfaction with the Virtual project.

The most expressed is:

• The effect of making money through advertising is very poor.

• I arrived late; I missed those early projects that increased by tens or hundreds of times.

• Holding project tokens for the long term only leads to losses; you can only make quick in-and-out trades.

• The logic of blockchain is to trap people.

• The project's actions are all wrong.

Regarding the first point, I have never done Yapping, so I am not aware of the earnings from such Yapping advertisements and cannot comment on whether the earnings are poor.

I do not agree with any of the other viewpoints.

In my view, all these opinions are speculative.

Thoughts determine actions. The attitude and perspective with which participants view a project will ultimately lead to the results they deserve.

If you look at the project from the perspective of a gambler, then his outcome will be the outcome of a gambler; if you look at the project with a speculative mindset, then his outcome will definitely be the outcome of a speculator.

In the projects launched in the Virtual ecosystem, there are indeed a number of early projects whose tokens have increased by dozens or even hundreds of times, but the vast majority of that wealth is on paper. Unless one is exceptionally talented, it is generally difficult for ordinary participants to realize this seemingly exaggerated paper wealth through timely trading.

Therefore, I have been completely immune to this kind of "dozens to hundreds of times" surge for several years now. I advise our readers, especially those who have been navigating this ecosystem for several years, to also try to avoid being obsessed with this "surge" in the future. It's fine to chat about it as a topic, but treating it as an achievable goal is unrealistic.

In the crypto ecosystem, there are indeed plenty of projects that only lead to losses when held long-term, but there are also clearly projects that only lead to profits. This is a common rule that exists in any ecosystem. Even in the US stock market, the vast majority of projects will incur losses if held long-term, with only a few projects resulting in gains.

As for whether long-term projects like Virtual will incur losses, I think it is still too early to make a judgment.

The key here is not in the project but in the investors themselves, in their mindset and starting point, as well as the behaviors resulting from this mindset and starting point. If participants develop a habitual mentality of losing money by holding onto projects for a long time, that will be very detrimental. I believe that, apart from a few trading geniuses, the vast majority who can achieve substantial returns on investments certainly do so through long-term investments.

As for the statement "the logic of blockchain is to trap people", this is a typical "victim" mentality. Participants with this mentality are simply not suitable for investment, not only in cryptocurrency assets but in any investment field.

Regarding the operations of the project team, since I started to understand this project until now, there is one operation that I do not quite agree with:

It is when the project party stipulates that when the coin price reaches a certain amount, they will perform XX behavior.

This approach can easily lead the team to sacrifice long-term benefits for short-term effects.

The project team does not need to deliberately pay attention to the trends in coin prices.

I greatly admire the practices of some publicly listed companies on Wall Street. They clearly state to Wall Street: our revenue for the next few quarters is not optimistic, and we expect a significant discount. If the stock price should fall, then let it fall; as long as we focus on delivering results, we don't need to worry about the stock price not rising. Such value companies do not belong to speculators, but to investors with keen insight.

Apart from that, although some other practices may not be 100% agreed upon, I think they are all minor issues.

Overall, I think this team is good.

In addition, from the real results, several well-known AI Agents integrated into the Coinbase APP were almost all incubated on the Virtual platform, and at least two of them were incubated in this round of Genesis Launches. Just for this point, it is a good achievement of the entire crypto ecosystem in this round of the AI + Crypto track.

Of course, whether these achievements can ultimately mature and be realized, and whether they can truly lead consumers to pay and thus generate cash flow and profits, will take time. I will continue to be patient and hope they keep refining.

Seeing these viewpoints above, I am reminded of a passage I shared in an article some time ago: I am worried that Virtual may not withstand certain opinions from the community and go in the wrong direction.

I now believe even more that for any project party, there is no need to pay attention to the behavior and trends of short-term speculators; this part of the participants can be completely ignored. What truly supports the advancement of a project are long-term investors and genuine consumers and users. The project party must stick to doing the right thing, truly addressing the needs of consumers and users, and providing returns to long-term investors. Short-term speculators are neither true consumers nor users, and they will not bring long-term value to the project; their presence or absence is irrelevant.

Returning to the Virtual project itself, I don't care about its recent price trends. As long as the team's efforts remain unchanged and the direction is good, I will continue to wait and hold.

Of course, the worst outcome is that if the Virtual ecosystem does not make significant progress, its token could go to zero. This risk is something that must be considered and prepared for from the very beginning of participating in this ecosystem, rather than worrying now about whether it will go to zero.