貧民窟的百萬富翁：一個人如何將一枚迷因硬幣變成一筆財富

隨著狗狗幣在 2021 年中期起飛，Contessoto 的持有量激增至 300 萬美元，他利用自己的好運吸引了大批網路追隨者

After splurging on Dogecoin in 2021, Contessoto’s holdings ballooned to $3 million, which he parlayed into a sizable internet following under the handle “SlumDOGE millionaire.”

在 2021 年大手筆購買狗狗幣後，Contessoto 的持有量激增至 300 萬美元，並以「SlumDOGE Millionaire」的名義在網路上吸引了大批追隨者。

But the good times didn’t last. Dogecoin plummeted from $0.53 to $0.06, and Conessoto lost both his millions and his celebrity status.

但好日子並沒有持續太久。狗狗幣從 0.53 美元暴跌至 0.06 美元，科內索托失去了數百萬美元和名人地位。

Yet he didn’t sell. He remained convinced that Dogecoin, and his social media accounts, would make their way back into the spotlight—and he was right.

但他還是沒有賣。他仍然相信狗狗幣和他的社交媒體帳戶將重新成為人們關注的焦點——他是對的。

Amid the current crypto boom, Dogecoin is soaring again and Contessoto’s fortune has grown back to more than $2 million. While he plans to sell a portion of it this time, he is still confident in the future of Dogecoin.

在目前的加密貨幣熱潮中，狗狗幣再次飆升，Contessoto 的財富又恢復到超過 200 萬美元。雖然他這次計劃出售一部分，但他對狗狗幣的未來仍然充滿信心。

“Dogecoin, to me, it was always a conviction play… Once I dove into cryptocurrency, bitcoin, blockchain technology, and ultimately Doge, I was like, wow, this is a technology that’s not only here to stay, it’s going to thrive in the future,” Contessoto told Fortune.

「狗狗幣，對我來說，一直是一種信念遊戲……一旦我涉足加密貨幣、比特幣、區塊鏈技術，最終涉足狗狗幣，我就想，哇，這項技術不僅會持續存在，而且會在未來蓬勃發展。

When Fortune sought to verify the size of Contessoto’s investments, he declined to share his wallet address saying that he doesn’t want people to know exactly how much Dogecoin he has but that it is over 5 million. He also provided this screenshot.

當《財富》雜誌試圖核實 Contessoto 的投資規模時，他拒絕透露自己的錢包地址，他說他不想讓人們確切知道他擁有多少狗狗幣，但數量超過 500 萬。他還提供了這個截圖。

After three lackluster years, Dogecoin has grown over 200% in the last month boosted by President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-crypto platform and Musk’s appointment to head the Department of Government Efficiency, or D.O.G.E — a nod to the billionaire’s favorite crypto.

經過三年的低迷之後，在當選總統唐納德·川普的支持加密貨幣平台和馬斯克被任命為政府效率部（DOGE）負責人的推動下，狗狗幣在上個月增長了200% 以上，這是對這位億萬富翁最喜歡的加密貨幣的認可。

Becoming the SlumDOGE Millionaire

成為貧民窟百萬富翁

When Contessoto splurged on Dogecoin, he was looking for ways to change his life. Upon googling “How to become a millionaire?” he found that most successful people have multiple streams of income and decided to start investing.

當 Contessoto 揮霍購買狗狗幣時，他正在尋找改變自己生活的方法。在谷歌上搜尋“如何成為百萬富翁？”他發現大多數成功人士都有多種收入來源，因此決定開始投資。

Intrigued by the explosive price action of crypto and Musk’s fascination with Dogecoin, Contessoto risked it all on the Shiba Inu-themed memecoin.

出於對加密貨幣爆炸性價格走勢和馬斯克對狗狗幣的迷戀的興趣，Contessoto 冒著一切風險開發了以柴犬為主題的迷因幣。

“Not only is this Dogecoin thing catchy, trendy, and I can see it gaining traction with millennials… but now we also have the richest man in the world that’s also a big fan of it,” he said.

「狗狗幣不僅吸引人、時尚，而且我可以看到它越來越受到千禧世代的歡迎……而且現在我們也有世界上最富有的人，他也是它的忠實粉絲，」他說。

Contessoto saw something in Dogecoin that was missing from most other cryptocurrencies: a familiar face. The doge meme — a sassy, orange Shiba Inu giving the side eye — popularized in 2013, is among the most ubiquitous internet memes, recognizable to almost any Gen Z or millenial.

Contessoto 在狗狗幣中看到了大多數其他加密貨幣所缺少的東西：一張熟悉的面孔。 doge meme（一隻帶有側眼的時髦橙色柴犬）於 2013 年流行，是最普遍的互聯網 meme 之一，幾乎所有 Z 世代或千禧一代都能認出。

He started posting YouTube videos, documenting how long it would take for him to become a millionaire. As his wallet grew, he gained hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube and Twitter.

他開始在 YouTube 上發布視頻，記錄他成為百萬富翁需要多長時間。隨著他的錢包越來越大，他在 YouTube 和 Twitter 上獲得了數十萬粉絲。

The Future of Dogecoin

狗狗幣的未來

When his wealth suddenly evaporated, many of his followers turned on him. Some were upset that they lost money investing in Dogecoin on his advice and others made fun of him for continuing to hold.

當他的財富突然蒸發時，他的許多追隨者背叛了他。有些人對他的建議投資狗狗幣蒙受損失而感到不安，而有些人則取笑他繼續持有。

“Part of the reason why I didn’t sell was because I thought, in some weird way, it would have been hypocritical for me to tell everyone Dogecoin is the future…and then turn around and sell on everyone after I tell them to buy it,” he said.

「我不出售的部分原因是因為我認為，以某種奇怪的方式，我告訴每個人狗狗幣是未來，這對我來說是虛偽的......然後在我告訴他們購買後轉身向每個人出售它，」他說。

The other reason he held on was because he truly believed that Dogecoin would rally again.

他堅持下去的另一個原因是他堅信狗狗幣會再次反彈。

Contessoto recognizes that Dogecoin’s appeal is in its branding, connecting internet memes and pop culture with blockchain technology in a way no other coin has.

Contessoto 意識到狗狗幣的吸引力在於其品牌，以其他貨幣所沒有的方式將網路迷因和流行文化與區塊鏈技術聯繫起來。

While Dogecoin may never be a store of value the same way as Bitcoin, Contessoto sees it as a gateway into the complicated world of crypto for new investors who are unfamiliar with the technology and its use cases.

雖然狗狗幣可能永遠不會像比特幣那樣成為一種價值儲存手段，但 Contessoto 將其視為不熟悉該技術及其用例的新投資者進入複雜加密世界的門戶。

“It’s like, you’re going to a party where you don’t know a single person, and then you recognize somebody from your class,” Contessoto said. “…You feel comfortable. It’s like, oh, I can get behind this. I totally understand this.”

「這就好像，你要去參加一個你一個人都不認識的聚會，然後你就認出了你班上的一個人，」康特索託說。 「……你感覺很舒服。就像，哦，我可以支持這一切。我完全理解這一點。

Now that Dogecoin is tied to Musk’s efforts to curtail government spending, the coin will be brought to mind upon every mention of the tech billionaire and the Department of Government Efficiency. It has secured a lasting place in our culture that, Contessoto says, will continue to drive adoption of crypto more broadly.

既然狗狗幣與馬斯克削減政府支出的努力連結在一起，每次提到這位科技億萬富翁和政府效率部都會讓人想起狗狗幣。 Contessoto 表示，它在我們的文化中佔據了持久的地位，並將繼續推動加密貨幣更廣泛的採用。

“It’s one of those things like, I’m betting on the relevance of this. I’m betting on how big and how massive this becomes as a cultural icon,” Contessoto said.

「這是其中一件事，我打賭這件事的相關性。我打賭它會成為一個文化標誌，有多大，有多大，」Contessoto 說。