🐾 Day 1004 · To count the truly remarkable, look to today
@Yi He @CZ
"The northern landscape: a thousand miles locked in ice, ten thousand miles of drifting snow."
This is what the meme market looks like right now.
A thousand miles frozen, ten thousand miles of snow.
The cold is a fact.
There's no need to sugarcoat it.
But in that same poem, there's another line:
"Wait for a sunny day, and see the red makeup beneath the white snow—how enchanting it will be."
Snow isn't the end.
The snow is waiting for a sunny day.
And before that sunny day, the mountain is still the same mountain.
"Silver serpents dance across the mountains; waxen elephants race across the plains, vying with the heavens to see who stands taller."
It speaks of spirit.
The heavier the snow presses down, the more clearly the mountains' contours emerge.
When it's cold, you can see clearly who is still here.
The Puppy Community's day 1004
has come one day at a time, through snow like this.
The livestream has never stopped, reaching up to 700,000 people;
As many as 51 of the top 100 trending posts came from ordinary members;
Every question from a newcomer gets answered;
On-chain addresses are public and verifiable, and contract permissions have been renounced.
There is no project team, and no one can make decisions on behalf of this community.
The snow has fallen for 1004 days;
The lights have stayed on for 1004 days.
Look back at those who made the journey:
DOGE kept going year after year through years when no one believed in it;
SHIB built day by day through that half-year when people called it a zero-bound coin;
PEPE repeated itself again and again from its teamless beginnings.
None of them started out on a sunny day.
They all began in the snow.
Starting out in the snow is so enchanting, drawing countless heroes to "vie to bow before this magnificent land."
The meme world has never lacked people coming into it.
When a hot trend breaks, crowds gather;
When the hype fades, only snow remains.
Those who arrive quickly also leave quickly.
Few ever stay.
But what truly sets them apart isn't who made the biggest splash when they arrived.
It's who is still standing when the snow is deepest.
"All that is past; to count the truly remarkable, look to today."
The legends of the past are just that—the past.
DOGE's legend is its ten years;
SHIB's legend is the half-year it endured;
PEPE's legend is the countless times it kept repeating.
They proved that this path can be walked.
Who are today's remarkable figures?
The people still posting on day 1004.
The people answering questions.
The people keeping the livestream open for newcomers, even in the coldest moments.
No one can promise when the skies will clear, myself included.
But the people here in the snow are real.
The snow will melt eventually.
As long as people remain, the road remains.
@Yi He @CZ
"The northern landscape: a thousand miles locked in ice, ten thousand miles of drifting snow."
This is what the meme market looks like right now.
A thousand miles frozen, ten thousand miles of snow.
The cold is a fact.
There's no need to sugarcoat it.
But in that same poem, there's another line:
"Wait for a sunny day, and see the red makeup beneath the white snow—how enchanting it will be."
Snow isn't the end.
The snow is waiting for a sunny day.
And before that sunny day, the mountain is still the same mountain.
"Silver serpents dance across the mountains; waxen elephants race across the plains, vying with the heavens to see who stands taller."
It speaks of spirit.
The heavier the snow presses down, the more clearly the mountains' contours emerge.
When it's cold, you can see clearly who is still here.
The Puppy Community's day 1004
has come one day at a time, through snow like this.
The livestream has never stopped, reaching up to 700,000 people;
As many as 51 of the top 100 trending posts came from ordinary members;
Every question from a newcomer gets answered;
On-chain addresses are public and verifiable, and contract permissions have been renounced.
There is no project team, and no one can make decisions on behalf of this community.
The snow has fallen for 1004 days;
The lights have stayed on for 1004 days.
Look back at those who made the journey:
DOGE kept going year after year through years when no one believed in it;
SHIB built day by day through that half-year when people called it a zero-bound coin;
PEPE repeated itself again and again from its teamless beginnings.
None of them started out on a sunny day.
They all began in the snow.
Starting out in the snow is so enchanting, drawing countless heroes to "vie to bow before this magnificent land."
The meme world has never lacked people coming into it.
When a hot trend breaks, crowds gather;
When the hype fades, only snow remains.
Those who arrive quickly also leave quickly.
Few ever stay.
But what truly sets them apart isn't who made the biggest splash when they arrived.
It's who is still standing when the snow is deepest.
"All that is past; to count the truly remarkable, look to today."
The legends of the past are just that—the past.
DOGE's legend is its ten years;
SHIB's legend is the half-year it endured;
PEPE's legend is the countless times it kept repeating.
They proved that this path can be walked.
Who are today's remarkable figures?
The people still posting on day 1004.
The people answering questions.
The people keeping the livestream open for newcomers, even in the coldest moments.
No one can promise when the skies will clear, myself included.
But the people here in the snow are real.
The snow will melt eventually.
As long as people remain, the road remains.
