Zcasher tragic life stupid story

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Hi All,

My name is Alexander D. I was born in Sweden but moved to Poland my mom and brother when I was 10.

I graduated collage in like 2011 with a masters degree in marketing management in Olsztyn (Poland).

Never worked in my profession, always dreamed big, always knew I was meant to be great… somehow but never knew how.

I learned about btc in like 2012, but never holded any because it was the times I should work but didnt as I couldnt find a job in Poland in marketing. I remember times XRP costed less than a cent..

Fast forward I learned about Zcash like in 2019. Started buying some small single coins on exchanges.

Few years later I had decent jobs in (IBM, EY, Olympus) making 1,5k usd a month (in Poland its fine). I could affort holding 100 $zec. THIS was my dream, and I had it! THE Most private digital money in the world.

All was good! life was good! in 2018 I met my wife in a boardgame pub in Wroclaw on my 29th birthday.

Covid came. Home office times came. I started gambling on sports.

I always had like 10k usd (40k PLN) savings to feel safe that even if i loose my job im fine.

I started loosing on bets. my savings were fluctuating (40k-20-10-30-20k etc).

I started selling my 100 $zec for $sol to bet on solcasino sportsbetting website so I can double up and buy back the 100 $zec and have some PLN in my bank account. I was loosing it all.

When I got a new salary I started again. This was happening the last 2 years.

My wife got pregnant in 2023-24 (we learned about it on the new years eye).

Because of my frustration from loosing and time spent betting my relations with wife got alot worse.

She gave me a son on 31.08.2024, his name is Filip.

I stopped gambling for some months, and I told myself i want to hold 100 $zec for his retirement.

I bought already in June,July and August 2024, the good times when price was amazing to buy.

I felt good. I had a good job a healthy son and $zec for myself and my son.

My wife asked me if I didnt want to create a bank account for our son, I told her she can stack cash if she want, but i have some other plans (never told her that I holded $zec for him, as she never understood crypto nor did she try to understand how it works).

I started gamble again, lost most savings- had to withdraw our $zec from zashi (to doubleup and buy back) which ofc. eventually went bad and I lost all our $zec in April this year.

Next week my boss told me I’m getting fired.

I’m still looking for a job. It’s been 6 months now. I sold my car (when selling I met a owner of a scrapyard TRI-MAR) he told me he can hire me but only pay me fees if i get any customer- until now i have not signed any customer for them, so I made 0. I have this contract with them until 10.31.2025 and next day I am going to the labor office to register as a jobless person.

My wife told me i must change - I agree, and I’m going monthly on gambling rehab.

My saving are at …250 usd right now ( i have 1,5k usd in my banking account because I took a minor loan hoping this will be enough until I find a job soon)

My wife dont know I lost all my money (we have division of property).

Becuse of covid we moved so now for 3 years we have been living at wife parents house. My son is happy because he have alot room to play arround, but it sucks for me, im 38 in 20 days and i lost hope for anything good to happen.

I’ve been in this forum for years, Im not a begger. Just want to share my tragic story of a Zcasher that lost it all, when I should win it all. I believe in this project that it will change my life and it would. but I lost it.

I think this is what i said in the beginning “I always dreamed big, always knew I was meant to be great… somehow but never knew how”. Because of gambling and my stupidity I lost my life. I had 200 $zec now i have 0,005 and cannot affort a single coin.

I had big dreams. Always wanted to see US, this was my dream. Always felt it was my destiny, same as with Zcash. Never holded any other crypto. This was the special one , always.

Let me know if anyone also have this kind if crazy life, or is it just me. I’m scared of every new week. I’m so tired man, so tired.

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IMHO, it is not just you, life has been challenging for many, and for many different reasons. Keep your head up and thanks for posting. I’m sure you will fight through your struggles. :heart: :shield: :zebra:

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No its not just you! A lot of us Zcashers have had our ups and downs in our own ways (even the fine engineers of our beloved project) but the common denominator in this community has always been optimism and pushing to fight for whats right. Keep pushing and hit back just as hard as you get hit and I promise that you’ll end up just where you want to be! Onward!

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You are not alone, and you can safely + responsibly dollar cost average your way back from anything. Keep up the fight! Don’t give up!!

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Yes, you are not alone I spent 36 ZEC last April never recover. My advice is never give up. Keep your head up you will have a second chance just make sure you have a clear head. You seem like a good guy smart without a doubt you will get another job and recover your ZEC for u and your family.

btw: this hurt venting about my 46 ZEC to be exact.

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Dear Zcasher.

You are not alone. There is no “gambling stupidity” you are not stupid. Most people lose. Even when you thought you had made a winning bet you had lost. Even if that bet made you win the price of a car, the house is sure that if you keep playing you will lose the car and even more. That’s the gambling business. That’s why you should stop doing it. Focus on what’s important.

You have a son and a wonderful family. That is worth more than the 21M ZEC altogether. You are already a Zillionaire. That’s not odds, that’s not a probability it’s a reality. You have them and they have you.

You believe in privacy as a fundamental right for your son and your family. Even if you hold zero ZEC you are a Zcasher. You hold Zcash’s mission values and you can teach them to your little kid so they grow up as free a thinker carrying the torch of the cypherpunk manifesto. That’s more valuable than any shielded pool, that’s what makes our movement thrive.

Please take care of yourself, focus on getting well and quiting gambling. Money comes and goes, you and your familiy is the only thing that matters the most. Focus on the things that always pay well: providing for your family, hugging your wife and son, buying your son the ice cream that makes him smile, build the moments that they will cherish forever in their heart.

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TY brother.

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If anyone has a spare $zec that could send me, you don’t even know how this would help me and change my life. I will not sell but hold for my son until he is 18 (I do promise this!)

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Loss stories are fine in here. Beggars not welcome though.

Want ZEC? We all do. Work for it. Read the forum, there are opportunities if willing to work for it.

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I am trying to everyday to find any option to work, 12 hours a day I’m trying. Sorry for posting an address, my desperation kicked in. Should not do this, but maybe I am naive to believe there are someone with good will to help a random dude who is in deep shit with a family to take care of. Please tell me what do you mean by read the forum for opportunities to work for it. I will explore for sure.

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Once upon a time, I had 21 bitcoins. I did not gamble, but I chased a dream. I swapped them for Zcash many years back, when zcash was for $700. A few months ago I sold near $30. I wish I could rewind. I cannot.

Life is full of bad decisions. What I learned is simple. Markets do not care about hope. No one owes us a rescue. Owning the loss is the only way forward.

Your story hurts to read, especially because a child is involved. But asking strangers to refill your bags is not a plan. It is another bet.

Get honest with your wife. Keep rehab. Find paid work. Open a plain savings account for your son that you can actually control.

And if you still believe in ZEC, buy it with earned money, not with someone elses pity.

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