—Farewell to gray dividends: Understanding this document will determine whether you will be free for the next five years or in tears behind iron bars.
The Ministry of Public Security (Network Crime Prevention Law) is not to catch you, but to eliminate you: the last ultimatum to say goodbye to the era of 'gray dividends'
Most people in the cryptocurrency circle have only two reactions after reading the Ministry of Public Security's (draft for comments):
One is panic: 'It's over, can we still trade cryptocurrencies?'
The other is arrogance: 'This is aimed at telecom fraud and hackers, I'm just an ordinary retail investor, it has nothing to do with me.'
If you are the latter, then you are only one step away from 'going in'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to scare you.
I'm telling you a harsh truth that most people overlook:
In this era of algorithm governance, 'ignorance' is no longer a shield but a original sin.
New game rules are being rewritten.
The 'gray middle ground' that once allowed you to thrive is being filled with concrete.
This is a survival red pill prepared for you.
If you want to ensure the safety of your funds and your personal freedom in the next 5 years, you need to take 5 minutes to read it.
1. You are not an 'innocent bystander', you are a potential 'accomplice'.
Let me ask you a question:
When you buy a 'real-name' overseas exchange account for convenience, what do you think you are doing?
'I just want to trade, I’m not trying to deceive anyone.'
Wrong.
Under the new legal framework, you are 'aiding cybercrime'.
This time, the sharpest cut in the draft is to sever the **'tool flow' and 'account flow'**.
In the past, the law punished the 'murderer'.
Now, the law aims to punish the 'sharpeners', the 'passers', and even those who say 'the knife looks good, I should buy one for self-defense'.
Do you think you are an ordinary retail investor?
But in the eyes of big data risk control models, you are an **'anomalous node'**.
Is your source of funds 100% clean?
Is your trading partner involved in organized crime?
Did the previous owner of that old Twitter account you bought use it to post scam links?
In the past, ignorance was no excuse.
Now, not verifying is guilty.
The label 'ordinary person' won't save you. Only **'compliant individuals'** can survive.
2. The 'entropy reduction' in the gray area: convenience is the biggest trap.
Why do you like OTC (over-the-counter trading)?
Because it's convenient. Because there's no need for KYC.
This kind of 'convenience' is called 'high entropy' in thermodynamics—chaos, freedom.
The essence of the national machinery is **'entropy reduction'**—establishing order, transparency, traceability.
This legislation is essentially a national-level forced entropy reduction.
It aims to eliminate all unclear funding and identity links.
• 📷 Buying and selling accounts (real-name system red line)
• 📷 Providing specialized programs (automated tools red line)
• 📷 Illegal payment settlements (OTC red line)
These three red lines constitute 90% of the daily operations of retail investors in the crypto space.
Do you think you are enjoying the freedom of 'decentralization'?
No, you are actually enjoying the gray dividends brought by the 'regulatory vacuum'.
Now, the vacuum has been filled.
3. The tools themselves are not guilty, but 'intent' is convicted by algorithms.
As a deep Web3 player, we all love to use tools.
Scripts, bots, AI Agents.
The draft mentions: 'Providing programs and tools specifically used for invading and illegally controlling computer information systems' is a crime.
Many people panicked: 'If I write a script to grab land dogs, does that count as a crime?'
There is a subtle psychological dividing line here:
Are you trying to 'improve efficiency' or 'break the rules'?
If you use AI to analyze data, assist in decision-making, and automate your own operations, that is empowerment.
If you use AI to batch register spam accounts, DDoS attack project websites, or forge identities for fraud, that is intrusion.
In this new version, being closed-source is protection, being open-source is risk, and selling is a minefield.
Be a lone wolf (Sovereign Individual), don't be an arms dealer.
4. Anti-fragility: How to become a survivor in the 'surveillance era'.
Having said so many problems, where is the way out?
Do we have to retreat and go back to saving fixed deposits?
Of course not.
Nassim Taleb said in (Anti-fragile): 'The wind can extinguish a candle, but it can also make a fire burn brighter.'
This regulation is a strong wind.
It will blow out the candles that rely on 'black industry', 'gray industry', and 'edge ball' to survive.
But if you are a compliant, professional, hardcore fire, it will not only keep you safe but make you richer.
The real way out for 'ordinary people' lies in the 'dumbbell strategy':
1. Left end: extremely compliant (On-Ramp).
In fiat currency inflow and outflow, and identity verification phases, be a transparent person. Don't try to deceive banks and exchanges. In this phase, be a compliant citizen.
2. Right end: extremely hardcore (On-Chain).
In on-chain interactions, DeFi strategies, and Alpha mining, be a geek. Make money through cognition, not through 'information asymmetry scams'.
Eliminate the foolish middle ground of wanting to conceal identity while trying to monetize in a centralized world.
That is the meat grinder.
5. The [cleaning protocol] for 'ordinary people'.
If you have read this far, it means you do not want to be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Starting today, implement this [cleaning protocol] until it becomes second nature:
📷 1. Account hygiene.
Immediately stop using any purchased bank cards, exchange accounts, or social media accounts.
If the police knock on the door, you must be able to prove 'this is mine' within 10 seconds.
📷 2. Funding link 'cut-off'.
Sever all unreliable OTC relationships.
It is better to incur a little more loss by going through legitimate licensed institutions than to use private transfers through WeChat/Alipay.
Don't risk 100% of your capital and 3 years of freedom just to save 1% in fees.
📷 3. The 'grandmother test' for tool usage.
Before using any automated scripts, ask yourself: If I explained the principle of this script to my grandmother (or a judge), would it sound like cheating/attacking, or like a sophisticated calculator?
If it's the former, delete it.
Final words.
(Cybercrime Prevention Law) is not the end of the crypto space.
It is the funeral of the wild era.
It tells us:
The era of making money by being bold, wild, and daring to cut corners is over.
The future belongs to those who understand technology, understand law, have boundaries, and are extremely self-disciplined professional players.
Do not complain about the changing environment.
It is you who need to evolve.
– 0x325000
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