🧨Lessons from Failure

I’ve lost more money than most people ever dare to risk.

And yet, I’m still standing, still building, and sharper than ever.

• 🤝 November 2021 – Broken alliance

I partnered with a Polish influencer. We signed a traditional contract but skipped a smart contract. He breached the deal and vanished with $60,000, without delivering any of the agreed services.

• 💸 June 2022 – Phishing attack

I fell into a trap that wiped out everything, over $300,000 gone. It brought me to the edge of bankruptcy in Scan DeFi and hard times in avatar social

• 🧩 September 2022, Rebuilding and another hit

As I was trying to bounce back, I placed my trust in an Indian development agency I found through Fiverr Pro. I lost $70,000 developing avatar social, to a failed delivery and empty promises.

• 🪙 2024 – The toughest betrayal yet

After 4 years of work in avatar social, I launched a token. I trusted the wrong exchange, Coinstore, based in Singapore. They manipulated the deal, broke our agreement, and I lost over $150,000 in a matter of weeks.

💥 The Hidden Costs of Trusting Too Much

Not all losses come from numbers. Some come from people. From misplaced trust. From expecting loyalty in a game where most just play for themselves.

Some of the hardest lessons didn’t come from strangers, they came from people I once trusted the most.

• 👨‍💻 I trusted a developer for years

I gave him room to grow, responsibility, and my vision. When I needed him most, he left. No loyalty.

• 🤝 I made over 40 “empty alliances”

With influencers, agencies, and companies. Most said the right things… until my first hack came. Then they turned their backs, or worse, turned against me.

• 🔐 I didn’t filter values — just skills

I let the wrong people close. People who smiled but didn’t stand for anything. Some even hacked my social media, trying to extort money when they saw me vulnerable.

• 👨‍💻 An ex-employee deleted our repositories out of spite

After resigning, he wiped critical work out of anger. I had no backups. That moment taught me that technical systems need emotional risk planning too.

• 💔 I made my ex-girlfriend the community manager

We worked well, until we didn’t. After a fight, she deleted all of our company’s social media content. Years of branding and engagement… gone in a single emotional click.

Here’s the truth I had to learn the hard way:

💣 Never give power to someone who isn’t prepared to carry the weight of your vision.

🌪️ Skills build projects. Values build legacies.

Today, I no longer work with people I like. I work with people I respect.

I’ve built filters. I’ve learned to say “no.”

And above all, I’ve made peace with my scars.

Because they remind me of one thing: I survived. And I’m still building more wins