Author: Xiaobing, TechFlow TechFlow
Original title: Even Satoshi Nakamoto had to kowtow to the God of Wealth.
Every year on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Xiaobing gets up very early to go to the Temple of the First God of Wealth in the World at Beigaofeng in Hangzhou.
I thought I was going to be squeezed in with all the aunties and uncles, but when I got there, I found that everyone kneeling in the smoke was someone I knew.
On the left is a well-known insider KOL, on the right is someone from a Ponzi scheme community, and there are also several tech upstarts who usually talk about "decentralization," all of whom are now devoutly kowtowing. At that moment, nothing—no algorithmic consensus, no Fed policy—could compare to the three sticks of incense they held.
In the past two years, metaphysics has become a "hot topic" in the crypto. If you're still looking at candlestick charts, it means you're still a classic newbie; the real veterans are now looking at the Eight Characters (Ba Zi).
A crypto trader familiar with various macroeconomic indicators eventually turned to metaphysics, recently calculating the horoscope for BTC and declaring it a terrible year: Fire clashes with the wealth repository, 2026 (the year of Bingwu) will be Bitcoin's darkest hour. I was terrified and quickly checked my wallet; thankfully, it was empty to begin with.
Remember when Alen, a partner at crypto VC y2z Ventures, bluntly stated that one of his fund's core competencies was "reading faces"? In the past, when people did due diligence (DD), they looked at code audits and business models. Now it's different. They first look at whether the founder has a "money-losing face," and then check if the project name is feng shui inauspicious.
I recently visited Shenzhen and discovered that the standard equipment for traders and KOLs isn't data terminals, but rather a "feng shui consultant" standing behind them.
Don't laugh, this trick actually works in the crypto. I know a boss of a Hong Kong-listed company who's a devout believer in feng shui. He donates real money to temples, probably more than the company's R&D investment.
And what happened? It could be said that good fortune brought him good luck and helpful people. He started buying Bitcoin in 2023 and made hundreds of millions of dollars by accumulating it. Later, he caught the wave of the DAT (crypto treasury reserve) narrative, and the company's stock price doubled again... Although everyone knows this is called "survivorship bias," there's no denying that he really made a fortune.
There are also many negative examples. A certain KOL with a frog avatar had a feng shui consultant who advised him not to make any moves recently, but he couldn't resist playing with contracts and ended up getting wiped out.
This matter is not entirely superstition.
Our traditional land-based civilizations emphasize farming, believing that sowing a single grain in spring yields a bountiful harvest in autumn, prioritizing certainty. But what do maritime civilizations face? They face storms and uncharted waters.
Why do people along the southeast coast worship Mazu? It's not out of ignorance, but because on the vast ocean, besides experience and skills, you need something else.
The crypto world is essentially a modern-day "Age of Exploration." It's about navigating unfathomable waters and facing unpredictable storms. Humanity is like that; the greater the randomness and volatility, the more we need to find a supernatural spiritual anchor.
When candlestick charts become ineffective, and a single tweet from Musk, Trump, or CZ can influence market trends, feng shui becomes the last psychological defense. This isn't ignorance; it's an instinctive stress response in the face of massive wealth fluctuations.
After all, when your assets can fluctuate by 50% in a single day, you need to believe in something to sleep soundly. As for whether the God of Wealth understands blockchain, does that even matter?
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