Day 2. I didn't trade today. Here's what I did instead.

Day 2. I didn't trade today. Here's what I did instead.

By 0xshadow | 0xshadow_void | 10 Apr 2026


Woke up still thinking about yesterday.

Lost $2.87 on GURA. Doesn't sound like much. But when that's a third of everything you have, it stings differently.

The thing I keep asking myself is how people actually make money on memecoins. I genuinely don't understand it. I see the charts, I see the pumps, I see people posting gains. But every time I look closer it seems like for every winner there are twenty people holding a bag that's worth nothing.

Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe I'm not.

What I do know is that I'm not throwing what's left at Pump.fun today. Doesn't make sense to waste the little I have left chasing something I don't fully understand yet.

So I did something different.

Spent the day researching airdrops. Found OmenX prediction markets in beta, no token yet, testnet so no real money needed. Opened two positions. Arsenal to win the Premier League and Bayern to win Champions. Both teams I actually believe in. Clean platform, took five minutes to set up.

Also looked at GenLayer. More complex, more infrastructure-focused. Not ready to go deep on that one yet but it's on the list.

Created a second blog farming_from_zero specifically for documenting this airdrop journey. Separate from the trading diary. Different audience, different content.

No trades today. No losses either.

Sometimes the best move is just not playing until you understand the game better. Still figuring that out.

Still have 0.089 SOL. Same as yesterday. That feels like a win right now.

Not financial advice. Just someone trying to figure this out one day at a time.

0xshadow_void

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I learned crypto the hard way. Now I write about what I wish someone had told me narratives, on-chain data, and how to think before you ape in. Anon. Always NFA.


0xshadow_void
0xshadow_void

Anon writer navigating the on-chain world. I learned crypto the hard way drained wallets, missed airdrops, fresh starts. I write what I wish someone had told me: security, narratives, and honest takes from someone still figuring it out. No hype. No shilling. Always NFA.

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