2025-12-17 09:07:09

You know what's wild? The moment people adopt zero-sum thinking, they're basically locked into a mental prison. Someone else's win automatically becomes your loss—at least in their head. That's where all the envy crawls in. That's where the cynicism takes root.

In crypto especially, you see it everywhere. Token pumps, founder successes, early investor gains... people watch it happen and instantly think the pie just got smaller for them. But that's not how innovation works. That's not how markets actually function.

The builders and believers? They understand there's plenty of value being created. The doubters stuck in that zero-sum trap? They're too busy resenting others' progress to build anything themselves.

It's a mindset thing. And mindsets can change.

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GateUser-beba108d

· 2025-12-19 17:27

That's true, but I see a bunch of people just can't fix this bad habit. They get jealous every day watching others make money, but end up doing nothing themselves.

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LoneValidator

· 2025-12-17 11:55

Honestly, this zero-sum mindset is just self-limiting. Feeling envious when others make money, mocking when others build, and in the end, you have nothing. The crypto world is full of these kinds of people.

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MysteryBoxBuster

· 2025-12-17 09:37

Zero-sum thinking is really poison. I've seen too many people whose mentality collapses every day just by watching others make money, and as a result, they can't get anything done. Those who constantly shout about being scammed whenever they see the price of a coin go up have never thought about how they can participate in value creation.

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ShortingEnthusiast

· 2025-12-17 09:35

Really, those who constantly shout "crypto circle harvesting" are just victims of zero-sum games... In fact, they are complaining when it's time to build.

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LiquidityHunter

· 2025-12-17 09:34

Still reading articles like this at 3 a.m., to be honest, zero-sum thinking is the root cause of market inefficiency. If you ask me, those who constantly watch others' returns haven't really grasped where the liquidity gap is.

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CryptoWageSlave

· 2025-12-17 09:20

Zero-sum thinking is just self-limiting. Watching others make money every day feels like losing something. This is especially obvious in the crypto world—when a project takes off, some people criticize... little do they realize that the ecosystem's cake is actually expanding.

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AirdropHunter007

· 2025-12-17 09:19

Honestly, I see too many people in the crypto world with this mindset: they can't make money and instead blame others. Those who entered early and made profits, then start to envy? Why not reflect on why you didn't seize the opportunity? Complaining about others all day is useless.

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SingleForYears

· 2025-12-17 09:11

To be honest, I see many people in the crypto world behave like this: when others make money, they get jealous; they do nothing themselves and just blame the market. This mindset really needs to change, or they'll be stuck in endless complaints.

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