Let me tell you why I have always been able to hold $Quark with peace of mind.


I published an article a long time ago, explaining what, in my mind, a project's Builder can do. I have also been practicing this "guide" myself. This is a long-term thing with no end in sight, but it is definitely the right thing.


As long as you understand that the Atomicals ecosystem will indeed achieve greater success in the future, you can ignore the market’s FUD and find your own rhythm.


Sometimes I see some community members, even community OGs, who are very sensitive to market fluctuations and feel very disappointed when the market falls. I can understand everyone's emotions, and I would like to take this opportunity to convey my personal mentality.   ————If you really believe in Quark and ARC-20, don't think about making ten or a hundred times the money from here in the short term. It's been a year, and you should have made money earlier. If you choose to continue to believe, relax your mind and try to look at the future from these perspectives:


[1. Quark Standard]


I have written several articles about the term 'Quark Standard' in the early days; perhaps many people look at it and forget it, but I have been practicing it until now.


There are many opportunities in the crypto world. Beyond ARC, one should actively learn and try to make money outside, and then use that profit to increase their holdings in Quark. If you have no other income possibilities outside, don't put 100% of your holdings into Quark. What this market needs are holders with risk resistance; the liquidity of each holder ultimately reflects the liquidity of the entire token.


The current Quark can be your long-term investment or even your self-accumulated retirement security; after all, at worst, it is still Bitcoin, right? Such an asset is perfectly suited as a standard asset. Confirm your logic of being optimistic about ARC20, and accumulate more tokens before it explodes; this is the source of great wealth. Many people feel miserable watching Quark drop because they think everyone outside is making money while they aren't. The more you have this mindset, the more I suggest you venture outside more. If you can seize the opportunity, come back and increase your Quark holdings. But what if you keep losing money outside? Haha, doesn't that make you cherish Quark even more?


Taking myself as an example, sometimes I earn a little money from other projects or make a small profit in real life business, not much, but I will occasionally add more Quark. I often joke with friends that once I earn a certain amount from a project, I will come back and pump Quark hard. Unfortunately, that has not yet been realized, but I can promise everyone that if I get rich outside first, I won't let ARC20 down.


Some people say, is it good if all our own people keep buying? Let me explain from two points. First, the total amount of Quark is large and dispersed, and it is not something one or two people can easily disrupt the chip structure; second, when more people see that Quark has continuous buy orders regardless of bull or bear markets, they will naturally join the ranks of regularly investing in Quark. The actions within the community will ultimately create a positive cycle for the liquidity of the entire market. It is clear that liquidity is what we need most in the current Quark market. With liquidity, it can attract fresh blood, and how to attract it is the common goal of the entire community.


[2. Returning to the Smart Mindset]


Many years ago, when I had nothing, my goal was to accumulate one Bitcoin to leave for future generations. After drifting in the crypto world for so many years, I could never hold onto Bitcoin. Now that I have encountered the atomic protocol, I have decided to change my goal to accumulating enough colored coins equivalent to 1 Bitcoin in the form of ARC20.


Maintain a good mindset; you only need to calculate two numbers. First, your expected value of Quark; even if Quark doubles in the short term, we old community builders won't sell. For example, if our target price is 500u or 1000u for Quark, calculate a final target price based on those numbers. Anyway, we will build until our targets are achieved. Life will be fulfilled; if we don't achieve it, what have we lost? Second, your Quark's returning to the smart value; for example, if you have 1000 tokens, even if the returning value is 0.2 BTC, hold and build with this mindset. If the price target of Quark isn't achieved, as long as you accept the returning price early, the rise of Bitcoin may bring unexpected surprises. Holding and building with the returning mindset, you will find that what we lack the least is time.


I have been an entrepreneur for the past few years, and when we started a project from scratch, we had a mindset of having nothing to begin with. Watching the project grow and thrive sometimes even took precedence over earning money for myself; after all, when I really earn money, I still think about using it to continue expanding the project's development.


In Web3, the cost of 'building' is not high, or even has almost no financial cost, and it can develop a person's multiple abilities. Once you take the 'returning to the smart mindset' as the premise of building, you will find that you can't lose. If Bitcoin can rise, so can you; if Atomicals can rise, so can you; if the community can rise, so can you; or you can also try to drive all of this yourself.


[3. Basic Belief in the Field]


A fundamental logic is that colored coins will not disappear, ARC20 will not end, and Atomicals will continue to develop.


In a short cycle, we often see many projects in the same field fail, leading the market to underestimate those that can actually survive. Speaking of the era of inscriptions, countless meta-protocols have made it to this month, but only a few remain. So who can survive until next year, the year after, or even longer? My definition of 'survival' is also very simple; for example, the purpose of the Atomicals weekly report is to let everyone know that Atomicals is doing well.


The greater the project, the longer the accumulation period required. Accumulation is continuous 'survival'. An ecosystem, a community, a project is either accumulating or disappearing; this is quite obvious, and I believe most people can see it.


Atomicals has been continuously expanding its influence. We haven't taken off immediately, which may disappoint speculators. But in the eyes of every builder, we are undoubtedly facing a thriving ecosystem.


We have a group of long-termists and a group of idealists, and everyone makes their own efforts within their means. The development of the ecosystem will naturally become smoother.