#我的Web3感恩瞬间

Looking back, the Web3 moment I’m most grateful for wasn’t about how much I made, but about a clumsy yet heartwarming plea for help when I was a complete newbie.

At that time, I had just entered the space and wanted to mint my first NFT—a piece I had drawn myself. Faced with the all-English Remix interface and Metamask pop-ups, I was completely lost. In the project’s Discord, I timidly typed out my question with a translation tool and attached a confusing screenshot of the error code.

I thought I would be ignored or even mocked. But a few minutes later, a community member I’d never met before (I remember their ID had a “whale” emoji) replied to me. Instead of sending me a cold tutorial link, they patiently “drew out” the steps for me in the simplest English, line by line:

“Click the blue button, the one that looks like a puzzle piece...”
“Now, paste the code here, in the big white box.”
“Don't worry about the gas, set it to 'slow', it's your first time!”

Just like that, they walked me through the process for nearly an hour, like teaching a child how to walk. When my artwork finally appeared on OpenSea, my hands were shaking with excitement. I rushed back to thank him, and he simply replied: “Welcome to the future. Pay it forward.”

In that moment, what I felt wasn’t just the joy of a technical success, but a strong sense of belonging in the community. Web3 isn’t just cold code and volatile charts; at its core, it’s a warm network made up of individuals willing to share and help each other. I’m grateful to that patient stranger, who made me believe that the future of this world is a warm one.