Part Two of How I Became a Cryptocurrency Millionaire Overnight — The Unbelievable Story
This is a tale of excitement, immense wealth, and the happiness that befell me, followed by doubt and disbelief
Part one link:
https://cryptonftworlds.blogspot.com/2023/11/how-i-became-cryptocurrency-millionaire.html
Excitement and Contemplation
Filled with excitement and dreams of future wealth, I decided to go to sleep and rest until tomorrow, then figure out what to do next. Sleep eluded me because my thoughts were consumed with dollar figures and cryptocurrency, so I spent almost the entire night contemplating our newfound wealth.
I pondered what we could buy with this money and how to spend or invest it wisely for a secure income until the end of our lives. Suddenly, another thought struck me — a happy reflection about our retired neighbor, our friend, who wasn’t in great financial shape and had a decent stash of mined Pi coins, which, at that time’s rate, would be worth about $0.5 million.
At that moment, a sense of happiness enveloped me — not because me and my wife finally hit the jackpot, but because our neighbor, a retiree, would finally become a wealthy man.
Thinking about it, sleep finally crept in somewhere before dawn, and I fell into a righteous slumber.
Revelation to Spouse
When I woke up in the morning, I wasn’t sure if everything that happened last night was just a dream or not. I kept quiet and didn’t tell my wife anything about it. So, I hurried to the laptop to check what was happening, and of course, everything was the same as last night — we were rich. I didn’t know how to break the news to my wife without alarming her and sought a simple way to do it. I decided to tell her after breakfast — whatever happens, happens.
When I finally told her, she initially received the news with disbelief and suspicion. But when I showed her the figures on the exchanges and we looked at them together several times, a shared joy overwhelmed us, and we openly celebrated our success.
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Inviting the Neighbor
Of course, both of us remembered our old retired neighbor and concluded that it was time to inform him about the latest events and tell him that he had become wealthy. We sent him a message via WhatsApp and invited him over for a gathering, but for now, we kept the good news from him, fearing that he might have a heart attack if we abruptly informed him of his windfall.
After some time, the neighbor slowly made his way to the front door, rang the bell, and my wife let him into the house. We settled him into his favorite armchair and started talking about things unrelated to crypto, chatting lightly about trivial matters for a while. Slowly and cautiously, we steered the conversation towards crypto and asked him what he would do if he hit the jackpot and managed to buy or mine a coin whose value skyrocketed, making him rich.
Unusual Plans and Laughter
Our neighbor was inclined towards dreaming and fantasizing and had often fantasized about such things, so he had no problem unraveling his thoughts.
“Oh, what I would do to get millions or even thousands of dollars,” our neighbor began his tirade.
“First, I’d buy a good car, like an ‘SUV Totoyu,’ (Toyota), as he fondly called it, and then I’d drive around the entire city with the windows down, blasting music at full volume. Let the envious neighbors see that I’ve got money and I’m living well!’’
We all burst into laughter and cheers because our neighbor had a special way of telling us his stories, which always elicited fits of laughter from us. Then, after we calmed down a bit, we asked him to tell us what he’d do next.
“I’d sell this house of mine and buy a small retirement apartment,” he continued, and we asked him to describe his apartment.
“So, the apartment would be about 20 square meters,” he continued in his usual tone. “I wouldn’t buy too much furniture so I wouldn’t have to clean much. Just a bed, a TV stand with a TV, a small table, and one or two chairs to have a place to eat. An armoire and a few other little things. It would be a completely minimalist place with minimal furniture, and I wouldn’t even buy a couch so that nobody visits me or interrupts me.”
Here, I must note that the neighbor was a loner and didn’t socialize with anyone except my wife and me. He had a difficult and strange nature but loved us like his own children, as he mentioned several times.
In jest, we asked if he would allow us into his apartment if he didn’t have a couch to prevent uninvited guests, and for a moment, he was confused. Due to his daydreaming, he forgot about us, his only friends. Slightly stuttering, he said he accidentally omitted us and, of course, we were always welcome at his place. Again, we all burst into laughter and teasing. After joking around a bit, we asked him what he’d buy next.
He pondered for a moment, then blurted out that he’d buy a large grave for himself and his deceased mother, and a nice monument to stand beside her.
We were puzzled and asked why he would buy a new grave when he already had an existing one. He stated that he wanted luxury and grandeur even in death, not just in life. This, of course, triggered another round of laughter and teasing.
“What about the remaining money, if anything is left?” we asked him. He replied that he’d save the rest for rainy days. We wondered why he wouldn’t spend anything on pleasure, travel, or himself, but he responded that he had always been thrifty and needed to save for old age. We laughed again and asked if he wasn’t already old and if it wasn’t time to enjoy life. In his usual tone, he stated that he was still as strong as a bull and felt like a young man, claiming there was time for old age. Jokes and laughter ensued.
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Seeing that the atmosphere was right, we slowly and indirectly told him the good news — that the coin he was mining had been listed on the crypto exchanges, and it seemed he had become rich, able to fulfill all his dreams and fantasies.
At first, he didn’t believe us, looking at us expectantly, waiting for us to say it was all a joke. But on our faces, he could only read expressions of happiness and satisfaction. Naturally, he demanded evidence and asked us to stop joking about such matters. So, without further delay, we showed him the figures on the exchanges.
He began to take it more seriously, opened the calculator on his phone, and started calculating. When he saw the figure on his phone, he began to stutter and tremble with excitement. We feared he might have a heart attack, so we tried to calm him down and gave him some juice to soothe his nerves.
He repeated the calculations several times, looking at the figures on the exchanges, and each time, he experienced such joy that he excitedly rubbed his hands together, pacing around the living room, murmuring to himself, and stuttering with happiness.
After making sure that everything that had happened was indeed true, we sat together on our couch, and he in his armchair, and we dreamt together until late at night, discussing what each of us would buy and how we would spend our share of the money.
Talking like this, we almost welcomed the dawn, then bid him farewell as it was already very late, and he headed home, still happy and content, still daydreaming about what he would do with all that money.
That night, we all fell asleep happy and satisfied, in a very good mood due to the laughter and fun our neighbor provided with his abundant imagination and the way he told his stories.
Reality Check
Unfortunately, the next day brought sobriety, and we were struck by harsh reality as all our hopes and expectations sank with just one statement from the Pi Network administrative team. A representative from the team declared that the exchanges listing Pi coin had done so without the main team’s approval. Pi Network had no connection to these exchanges and did not authorize such actions. Pi Network would continue to operate in a Closed Mainnet, and anyone attempting to sell, exchange, or withdraw Pi coins from their digital wallets would be banned, their accounts suspended, and all Pi coins confiscated.
Naturally, this statement caused immense dissatisfaction and rebellion within the Pi community, but the administrators stuck to their decision. Not a single Pi coin was withdrawn or exchanged, and we all remained empty-handed.
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A Farewell and a Memory
Finally, we’ve reached the end of this story, and I want to emphasize one thing: even though we became rich for just one day and later lost it all, I will never forget the evening when we told our neighbor and spent the night laughing and dreaming together until late into the night.
It was an extraordinary evening, full of stories, dreams, laughter, and fun.
I’m more sorry for our neighbor than for us that our wealth didn’t materialize and was short-lived.
I’m not sorry for spending that evening together because, as it soon turned out, it was one of the last evenings we spent in such joy and laughter, as our dear neighbor soon passed away due to lung cancer.
This article will be a beautiful memory of him and times when we were carefree, happy, and enjoyed ourselves.
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Greetings and until my next article!
Neo77
