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In the ecology of the currency circle, in addition to common roles such as project parties, media, and investors, there is also a type of work that is not paid attention to by the public, but has an important impact on the project-the wool party.
They fight alone or in teams, and carry out large-scale operations without violating the rules set by the project party. Wherever they go, there is often "no grass growing", which often makes the project party frightened.
When a blockchain project is initially launched, some promotional measures are usually introduced. For example, every time a user is invited to register an account, the inviter will get XX tokens (the original token of a certain project or USDT, etc.), and the exchange will return a part of it. Invitees wait for handling fees and more. Some of the more famous projects include: In 2018, Enumivo airdropped ENU tokens to users who used the Ethereum wallet to transfer 0 ETH to a smart contract; Ontology airdropped 1,000 ONT to every user who subscribed to emails on the official website Tokens), and the EIDOS airdrop, which has been very hot recently and caused a shortage of EOS network resources.
The above-mentioned projects all have the figure of the wool party. They control hundreds of accounts, obtain tokens far exceeding ordinary users, and create the myth of getting rich through wool.
"It's good to be a wool party: Bai Yan will never lose money, but at most lose some time." The professional wool party "Wang Er" (pseudonym) expressed his attitude to 31QU.
Text / Deep Alchemy
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The combat process of the wool party
One of the most competitive tracks in the currency circle is the "exchange", so many exchanges have launched a lot of preferential measures. Wang Er also believes: "Exchange wool is the place where big hair happens most often. For example, Changsi, an account Thousands of dollars. The wool of Whale Exchange is also good. But exchanges are the most difficult to collect, they have a lot of security monitoring, and they love to seal their names. Especially small exchanges, they run away when they disagree, and they don’t want to give it away at all.”
At the same time, he introduced the conventional combat procedures of the Wool Party in one go:
The first step is to find the wool.
Good wool is only a matter of luck. For example, the most common one is exchange wool. Some exchanges or projects are too small to be smaller. Let’s let them go. Most of them are a waste of time.
After finding the projects that can be squeezed, then observe their certification difficulty. There are mainly three authentication methods of exchanges:
1. holding an ID card;
2. face recognition;
3. Comprehensive certification.
Handheld authentication is the simplest and is easy to pass.

Face authentication is also considered simple, you can find a task platform to post tasks, about 5-10 yuan per order.
Real-name authentication service for a mission platform
The comprehensive authentication is handheld + face video recognition + swiping transaction volume authentication + data monitoring. This is not recommended, because most of them are banned.
Once you have this information, you can start digging.
But at this time, you need to prepare some tools for switching IPs and browsers. Because the exchange usually records the registered IP and equipment, if a large number of accounts are registered with the same IP, it is easy to trigger risk control and lead to being blocked.
After the tool is ready, change the IP, open the anonymous mode of the browser, clear the cookies, and even open a virtual machine for projects with strict risk control, then you can officially start registering an account.
One thing to pay attention to is the problem of mobile phone numbers. If you have the conditions, you can raise more mobile phone numbers yourself. If you don’t have the conditions, you can use the code receiving platform. You can receive a text message for about 10 cents.
Finally, there is the issue of risk control. If an account invites hundreds of people, it is easy to be blocked. Therefore, it is best to do it in batches. For example, after one account invites a dozen or so, change to another account.
In the end, it is fate: either do nothing, or get rich.
The ratio of doing nothing and getting rich needs to be seen. 60% of the projects I like are not in vain.
Remember to cash out the coins you got as soon as possible, don't be emotional.
sell sell sell.
Finally, Wang Er added:
The wool party must have professional ethics.
Resolutely do not have emotions for any project, and will never be turned back.
If a project is crossed, it will be replaced quickly, and time is wasted defending rights.
In the WeChat group, because of this strategy, Wang Er was also called "sales boss" by the group friends.
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A professional wool party is like a legion
Wang Er made a simple classification for the Wool Party:
Some are specifically pushed;
Some are sending tasks, such as registering through the invitation link, how much subsidy will be given to you;
Some are based on pure programming technology;
Some are equipment-based, where one person controls a wall of mobile phones.
Basically, the accounts (mobile phone numbers/wallet addresses, etc.) controlled by professional wool parties range from tens to thousands or even tens of thousands. Wang Er said: "One person controls hundreds of accounts, and the feeling of group control is quite enjoyable. ". And he has more than 1,600 Ethereum accounts, "because it is easy to register", and he can control more than a dozen mobile phones and computers.

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The Ethereum wallet address mastered by Wang Er
But he said that his rank is not advanced enough, and another "Boss X" (pseudonym) is "Wei Shui": "Boss X is not limited to the currency circle, but the whole field. The real estate opening lottery, he went to grab other people's air-conditioning sofas. He collected all the coupons and full reductions in the bank APP and so on. As for the lottery in the currency circle and the like, he alone accounted for more than half of the lottery quota."
In addition, Wang Er also introduced two amazing past events of Boss X, "Before there was a promotion for installing software, it was roughly like how much money would be given for installing a software on a computer. As a result, he ran to various places in the local area. Big Internet cafe, communicate well with the network administrator, and install this software on all the machines in the city."
Brave is an ad-free, fast-response browser with embedded token incentives, but its token BAT has also been "poisoned" by Boss X: "There is also a BAT currency, at least half of which are in China. His team took it away, and forced others to upgrade the verification many times. Some project parties even sent him an email, saying that the project is yellow, so don’t stalk it.”
A professional wool party is comparable to a legion, so it is a test for the design of the project party mechanism. A little carelessness may cause major problems for the project party.
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The project party who loves and hates the Wool Party
When asked whether any platform was brought down by the wool party, Wang Er first said, "A project can never be destroyed by a wool party. If it really fails, there must be something wrong with that project. Wool The party just accelerated the process."
But then he added: "It is true that some projects were ruined by the wool party, such as POB, distinction, fulcrum, 32zhi... Several small projects on Steem were also smashed in an instant."
As for the reasons behind the collapse of the project, Wang Er summarized several reasons:
1. The currency price fell.
2. The distribution of coins is unbalanced, and those who play seriously complain that their coins are all taken away.
3. The governance is too strong, and all the players are wiped out, resulting in no popularity.
4. Originally poor, stingy and not issuing coins, all ran away.
Therefore, for the project party, the design of the incentive mechanism for attracting newcomers at the start of the project must be very, very cautious.
Since the wool party’s crimes are so “evil”, should the project party kill them all?
The answer to this question cannot be killed with a single stick: Many ordinary wool parties actively invite users and create good-looking data for the project party, such as registered users, daily activities, usage time, and so on. And a very important point is that there is no clear boundary between ordinary wool parties and users, and they can be transformed. The actual purchase behavior; the wool party of the content platform is providing content for the platform, and may also stay on the platform and conduct real viewing of content.
In this regard, Wang Er’s suggestion is: “The wool is on the left, and the funds are on the right. The boundaries between the wool party and the power party should be clear. It is very clear on the Internet, but after the ban is over, the platform is likely to lose popularity."
Finally, when asked whether the Wool Party’s activities follow the law of bulls and bears, Wang Er said: “Whether it’s bulls or bears, as long as there is an opportunity, they will come immediately. After all, the personnel and equipment are ready-made.”
"For example, this time in EIDOS, Boss X invested in dozens of mobile phones lightly, and also took a lot of EOS away."