The joy of earning a profit of over ten dollars from my first on-chain transaction was the first green light the digital world shone for me. When the wallet balance ticked upward, the slight tremor of my fingertips gliding across the screen and the repeated confirmation in my gaze all proclaimed: the password gate of the blockchain had opened for me.

At that time, the burning gas fee notification felt like a heartbeat countdown, and when the green confirmation finally lit up on-chain, seventeen dollars quietly lay in my account. I laughed out loud at the screen—this insignificant amount was, in fact, the first badge I had earned by personally solving the mysteries of the crypto world. From understanding the weight of wallet mnemonic phrases to grasping Uniswap trading pair slippage, those once-enigmatic terms finally turned into real gains.
The joy was not about the amount, but about the transformation from bystander to participant. It ignited a lasting desire to explore: researching Layer2 scaling solutions, trying out cross-chain asset bridges, humbly seeking advice from experienced friends. Every new attempt began with the confidence brought by those ten-plus dollars that night.
Looking back now, that small profit was like a spark. It told me: in the on-chain world, the weight of knowledge far outweighs capital. While others chase hundredfold gains, I still cherish the coolness under my feet when I first entered the crypto stream—that is the real touch of freedom and risk coexisting, and more importantly, the starting point of walking independently in the digital wilderness.