My wallet was 6 years old.

Six years. I thought that meant something.

I hadn't touched it in maybe 4 or 6 months. Life, you know. But then I heard about an airdrop. Nothing massive, like $50 or $60 worth of tokens. Enough to care about.

So I connected the old wallet and started claiming.

Something felt off immediately. Every token that arrived just... left. Automatically. I didn't do anything. I just watched it disappear in real time and couldn't stop it.

Turns out at some point, months ago probably, I approved a contract that had full permission to move my tokens. I forgot. They didn't.

Wallet drainer. Classic. Embarrassing.

The $50-60 I never got to keep hurt less than the feeling of being that close and losing it anyway.

I could have quit. Honestly part of me wanted to.

Instead I made a new wallet. Put $10 in. Starting from zero.

Check your approvals. revoke.cash. Do it now, not later.

NFA. Just someone starting over and writing about it honestly.

0xshadow_void