I saw someone posting pictures of New Year's gift boxes from exchanges. It brought back some memories. Back in 2020 and 2021, the most prosperous years for Chinese crypto, we'd receive a dozen or more gift boxes every holiday, sometimes even more. I remember one year I ate so many zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) that I still hadn't finished them by the following year. I'm not bragging about the value; I joked back then that the cost of sending the gift boxes was all in the boxes themselves. The main point is that everyone was in China back then, making it very convenient to send gifts, and the sentiment was truly heartfelt. Exchanges sent gifts, project teams sent gifts, even VC firms and various media and security service organizations sent gifts. It really felt like a true internet company during those two years; the entire industry seemed to be booming and thriving. I remember there were even dedicated KOL (Key Opinion Leader) sections for unboxing videos, where you could unbox a whole bunch of boxes at once—a diverse and vibrant scene. Unfortunately, after May 19th, that kind of extravagance never returned. Firstly, fewer people sent gifts; everyone went abroad. Secondly, we didn't dare receive them anymore.

I remember one year, they were giving us hairy crabs as gifts. It took six or seven of us several meals to finish them all.

Why are you afraid to accept it?