Ten years in the crypto industry, I have personally seen no fewer than twenty traders start with ten thousand yuan and eventually grow their capital to the millions level. This may sound like a fairy tale, but there are actually clues to follow. Today, I will lay out this repeatedly validated methodology.

**Break down the goal, advance in stages**

Want to turn 10,000 into 10 million? Don’t think about achieving it in one step. The core logic is simple: break this seemingly huge goal into three relatively manageable 10x increases—10,000→100,000, 100,000→1,000,000, 1,000,000→10,000,000. Each step has a clear strategy.

**How to play the first stage (10,000→100,000)**

There are two feasible paths for ordinary people.

One is to dive into the airdrop territory. In a major project’s airdrop event last year, someone received tokens worth over $20,000 in a single account. What’s the secret? Lock in promising blockchain ecosystems early, participate in testnet interactions, and accumulate address activity. The main investment at this stage is time and effort; real money is not the bottleneck.

The second is to explore whitelist opportunities for NFT projects. Quality teams often lower entry barriers for newcomers to build their communities. But this requires you to study project plans and mingle in community discussions to identify genuine opportunities.

The biggest test at this stage is mental resilience. You must endure loneliness, go through multiple trial and error processes, until you find a profitable model that you can replicate. Once you figure out the way, you can lay a foundation for the next step.

**The key to the second stage (100,000→1,000,000)**

The most direct approach is to amplify the successful experience from the first stage tenfold. But a smarter way is this—use a small portion of the capital accumulated in the first stage (for example, 10,000), continue executing the original strategy to maintain profit continuity; the remaining majority of the funds (90,000) should be patient, waiting for those annual-level big opportunities. This way, you avoid total loss from reckless moves and prevent idle capital.