贫民窟的百万富翁：一个人如何将一枚模因硬币变成一笔财富

随着狗狗币在 2021 年中期腾飞，Contessoto 的持有量激增至 300 万美元，他利用自己的好运吸引了大批互联网追随者

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 年大手笔购买狗狗币后，Contessoto 的持有量激增至 300 万美元，并以“SlumDOGE Millionaire”的名义在互联网上吸引了大批追随者。

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.

但好日子并没有持续多久。狗狗币从 0.53 美元暴跌至 0.06 美元，科内索托失去了数百万美元和名人地位。

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.

但他还是没有卖。他仍然相信狗狗币和他的社交媒体账户将重新成为人们关注的焦点——他是对的。

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.

在当前的加密货币热潮中，狗狗币再次飙升，Contessoto 的财富又恢复到超过 200 万美元。虽然他这次计划出售一部分，但他对狗狗币的未来仍然充满信心。

“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.

“狗狗币，对我来说，一直是一种信念游戏……一旦我涉足加密货币、比特币、区块链技术，最终涉足狗狗币，我就想，哇，这项技术不仅会持续存在，而且会在未来蓬勃发展。”未来，”康特索托告诉《财富》杂志。

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.

当《财富》杂志试图核实 Contessoto 的投资规模时，他拒绝透露自己的钱包地址，称他不想让人们确切知道他拥有多少狗狗币，但数量超过 500 万。他还提供了这个屏幕截图。

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.

经过三年的低迷之后，在当选总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持加密货币平台和马斯克被任命为政府效率部（DOGE）负责人的推动下，狗狗币在上个月增长了 200% 以上，这是对这位亿万富翁最喜欢的加密货币的认可。

Becoming the SlumDOGE Millionaire

成为贫民窟百万富翁

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.

当 Contessoto 挥霍购买狗狗币时，他正在寻找改变自己生活的方法。在谷歌上搜索“如何成为百万富翁？”他发现大多数成功人士都有多种收入来源，因此决定开始投资。

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

出于对加密货币爆炸性价格走势和马斯克对狗狗币的迷恋的兴趣，Contessoto 冒着一切风险开发了以柴犬为主题的模因币。

“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.

“狗狗币不仅吸引人、时尚，而且我可以看到它越来越受到千禧一代的欢迎……而且现在我们也有世界上最富有的人，他也是它的忠实粉丝，”他说。

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 在狗狗币中看到了大多数其他加密货币所缺少的东西：一张熟悉的面孔。 doge meme（一只带有侧眼的时髦橙色柴犬）于 2013 年流行，是最普遍的互联网 meme 之一，几乎所有 Z 世代或千禧一代都能认出。

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.

他开始在 YouTube 上发布视频，记录他成为百万富翁需要多长时间。随着他的钱包越来越大，他在 YouTube 和 Twitter 上获得了数十万粉丝。

The Future of Dogecoin

狗狗币的未来

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.

当他的财富突然蒸发时，他的许多追随者都背叛了他。一些人对他的建议投资狗狗币蒙受损失而感到不安，而另一些人则取笑他继续持有。

“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为我认为，以某种奇怪的方式，我告诉每个人狗狗币是未来，这对我来说是虚伪的......然后在我告诉他们购买后转身向每个人出售它，”他说。

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

他坚持下去的另一个原因是他坚信狗狗币会再次反弹。

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 认识到狗狗币的吸引力在于其品牌，以其他货币所没有的方式将互联网迷因和流行文化与区块链技术联系起来。

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.

虽然狗狗币可能永远不会像比特币那样成为一种价值储存手段，但 Contessoto 将其视为不熟悉该技术及其用例的新投资者进入复杂加密世界的门户。

“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.”

“这就好像，你要去参加一个你一个人都不认识的聚会，然后你就认出了你班上的一个人，”康特索托说。 “……你感觉很舒服。就像，哦，我可以支持这一切。我完全理解这一点。”

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.

既然狗狗币与马斯克削减政府支出的努力联系在一起，每次提到这位科技亿万富翁和政府效率部都会让人想起狗狗币。 Contessoto 表示，它在我们的文化中占据了持久的地位，并将继续推动加密货币更广泛的采用。

“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.

“这是其中一件事，我打赌这件事的相关性。我打赌它会成为一个文化标志，有多大，有多大，”Contessoto 说。