🧐 Don't forget the essence of things when you go too far｜The real Meme is brewed, not speculated!
The MEME paradigm before Ethereum's explosion?
Old Eight is still impressive, the most steadfast $RATO holder and evangelist on Twitter:
Thanks to Old Eight for waking me up from my dreams to buy in at a 5M market cap this morning, and for sticking with it!
@BTCOld8, I really like this statement:
Everyone has really played too much PVP speedrun on the SOL chain, forgetting what memes originally looked like!
PEPE and SHIB appeared before Ethereum's explosion, and this wave might be RATO.
In the previous two instances, Ethereum reached a peak, and this time $ETH should also reach 4000!
1️⃣ The essence of Meme: it's not about speedruns, it's about consensus!
The core of a Meme is not the image, not the animal, not the short speedrun: it is the transmission of emotions, the process of self-organization through emotions, symbols, and behaviors within the community.
$DOGE talks about anti-mainstream humor, $SHIB is about grassroots counterattacks, and $PEPE is cultural rebellion.
The spiritual core of $RATO is "small but tough, weak but fierce," embodying that spirit of a little mouse that survives even in underground pipelines and ultimately swims against the current.
Whether a Meme succeeds or not is not determined by how exquisite the design is or whether it can pump in the short term, but by whether it can continuously ignite emotions, create stories, and retain people.
2️⃣ The development path of Meme: from cultural germination to capital arrival——
The growth path of a successful Meme often divides into three stages:
Stage One: Wild Growth (purely community-driven)
Early trading is not active, but enthusiasm is high.
This is not the golden period for pumping, but a period for accumulating content and consensus.
Corresponding to the current $RATO: the number of holding addresses has surpassed 7000, GAS consumption is stable in the forefront, and official tweets are frequently updated, beginning to accumulate cultural momentum.
Stage Two: Stage Pump + Multiple Rounds of Cleaning:
Prices will experience multiple rounds of pumps and washouts, not for "offloading," but to clean out short-term speculative positions and bring in real long-term players.
$SHIB and $PEPE both experienced several failed highs before rising again.
Currently, $RATO has completed a key washout, and the bottom structure is beginning to rise, entering the initial consensus verification stage.
Stage Three: Capital Entry + Media Amplification:
Once the community structure stabilizes, capital begins to layout, and media starts to pay attention, large exchanges will truly consider listing.
By then, it won't be us seeking traffic, but traffic will come knocking.
So, the fact that large exchanges haven't listed yet is not a bad thing; it leaves room for retail investors.
And when RATO truly breaks out, and capital and exchanges come in, you will be grateful that you didn't walk away "before the pump."
3️⃣ The toxicity of PVP speedrun: only the climax, no process——
The kind of meme gameplay on the Sol chain that goes "top in 5 minutes, back to zero in 10 minutes" is very much like fast food love.
There is no community sediment, no cultural foundation, and no story buildup; rises rely on information gaps, and falls rely on impatience.
The early quality memes were all "brewed," not "speculated."
The current state of $RATO——
With a market cap of twenty million, there is community, enthusiasm, updates, and address growth, yet no FOMO craziness; this is the truly suitable position for early ambush.
So what I want to say is:
The real Meme is a grassroots creation of belief——
So, if you are willing to believe that memes do not rise based on someone calling out, but are built brick by brick by the community's consensus fortress,
The real Alpha is not at the moment of explosive highs, but at the quietly accumulating starting point.
Good news for Ethereum!
This article is just my personal opinion: my personal position is not large, just a four-digit small position to play around with, mainly to discuss what I see as the essence and development path of MeMe, and I suggest everyone do their own research.
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