Money game bring me to the world of Bitcoin 庞氏骗局带我进入比特币的世界

金钱游戏（Money game)或是庞氏骗局(Ponzi Shceme)，有些人也叫金字塔游戏，就是类似中国盛行的传销。所谓金钱游戏是因为参加的人们不用买卖货物，只用金钱就足以“钱滚钱”。金钱游戏的噱头不外乎:

• 投入一定数目的本金，在特定的时候可以好几倍的价格连本带利拿回来。低风险，高收入。
• 鼓吹人拉人的无极限的单向性增长。比如说每拉一个人做下线，就能从他的本金里抽成。下线再不断的发展下线，你就在家躺着都有钱赚了。

几乎有点金融常识的人都知道这是违背投资周期的影响的，完全不可行的，崩盘只是时间问题。金钱游戏赢钱的为一法门就是尽早入场，制定目标，捞了一笔后在崩盘以前全身而退。

Money games/Ponzi scheme is so popular with some obvious characteristics:

• Low risk, high return. Invest a certain amount and get double or more back after a certain period.
• Pyramid payment mode by pulling more people in to become your downline.Whatever they contribute into the game you get a commission.

We knew this business model wouldn't last long however there is a way to win if you are the early gamer, and quit before the collapse.

开始金钱游戏 Join a money game

2016年7月，我一个哥们介绍了了我一个新开发的金钱游戏。游戏的方式是投入固定数目的资金，每个星期都有机会被系统抽中，然后就得到双倍回酬。游戏本身起源于马来西亚，所以资金也是以马币为主。我们三人组成小组进行融资，游戏便正式开始了。虽然过程中的种种担心受怕让我觉得其实这快钱赚得也并不容易，但那是另一个故事了，表过不提。

到后来游戏崩盘之前，鉴于法币流动会收银行监视，而金钱游戏本身也是非法集资的一种。所主办方就开始把法币转成比特币，当时还有‘热心’的上线们忙着举办各种讲座科普什么是比特币，如何注册交易所和建立个人钱包。当时的我很早就听过比特币，但一直没有足够的动力去研究这神奇科技，不然现在很可能都退休了。当下依然还是觉得要学习那么多的东西，实在是太麻烦了，只是草草的注册了一个交易所和网上钱包，然后继续使用马币在游戏里运转。

July 2016, me and my friend form a small team to join a newly started money game which was conducted in Malaysian Ringgit. And the game evolved to switch from fiat currency to Bitcoin to avoid monitor from the banks. After all money game was sort of illegal fund-raising. I was too lazy to study this new technology and just simply registered an account on an exchange which introduced by the game master.

第一次正式拥有比特币 The first time to own Bitcoin

2016年9月，游戏正式崩盘。我们小组之前放出去的资金有很大部分都拿不回来了。我最后一个收到的记得是代表600马币的 0.28723400 BTC，第一次正式拥有比特币。当时也不当一回事，因为600马币对我们最后所发放出去的资金总数来说只是很小的一部分。心痛收不回的资金对游戏的心寒，我们把两三个月里的本金和利润均分然后就解散了。我也渐渐忘记了留在那交易所的‘一点点’比特币，继续生活。

September 2016, the money game is finally crashed. Most of our last batch of an outgoing fund is not coming back anymore. The last payment from the system was 0.28723400 BTC which was equal to RM600 at the time. We split the fund together with the earnings and call it an end. I thought the Bitcoin that left on the exchange is just 'tiny' compared to our lost fund, so I just let them be staying on the wallet and life goes on.

Bitcoin price from Spectember 2016 to April 2017

2017年4月，开始在各种新闻和社交网站上再度听到比特币的名头。原因好像是比特币状态大勇，涨了不少。记得还读到一则有些在北京的年轻人专门靠交易比特币为生的新闻。他们年入百万，似乎就是全职搞这个的，当时中国交易所应该还是零手续费的时代吧。这时比特币让我越来越好奇了，决定好好研究一下这到底是什么玩意。同时也想起了我留在那交易所的比特币，查一查价格。0.28BTC等于1200马币？印象中应该没有这么多啊。

后来再三确认，发现当初价值600（200美金）的比特币半年之后已经变成了1200（400美金）！ WTF！

April 2017, I started hearing about Bitcoin again from various source of information. Mainly due to the price spiking and how people make tons of money from it. I remembered the tiny amount of BTC I left on the exchange, logged in to make sure they are still there. And I proceeded to check the value, only to find out 0.28 BTC has become RM1200 worth.

Something that worth RM600($200) doubled to RM1200($400) within half a year! I was blown away.

于是我正式进入了虚拟货币的世界 I decided to study more of it

听到某某资产增值是一回事，实际感受自己的资产增值又是另一回事。由于比特币的短时间暴力大涨带给我的震撼太大，自此我就开始不断地学习和研究关于这科技的一切，从区块链到各种小众货币（Altcoins），实在是收获良多。这段日子学习了很多之前压根不会接触到知识，比如地域性搬砖需要知道当地相关的金融法规和条例。最重要的是，明白了开明的学习态度的重要性。Steemit的出现真的很合时宜，可以从各路高手的文章中汲取资讯的同时也可养成写作的好习惯。

金钱游戏不可取，过程中可能会毁灭你的人际网，最后还很可能血本无归。有过那一次不美好的经验，决不会在重蹈覆辙。但也正是这次糟糕的经验，把我带入到了虚拟货币的神奇世界里。回想起来，还是血赚的！

It was so amazing when something this unbelievable actually happened on you. I started studying everything about cryptocurrency. From blockchain to various altcoins, and all the knowledge that I wouldn't even touch before this. I realized the importance of learning persistently. And it was a pleasure to discover Steemit along the way too.

Taking part in money game was a bad experience, it could destroy your network and potentially lose all your money at the end. That was my first as well as the last. But it was this bad experience bring me to this exciting new crypto world. I would say it was worthwhile though!