PSA: Do NOT make my mistake

About 6 months ago my best friend of 12 years had told me about a project that sparked his interest, great fundamentals, solid dev team, vibrant community. At the time I was making decent money so I decided to throw $300 into it, this was when it's market cap was somewhere around $500k.

He tells me that if we create a smart node and run it we will passively make more and me not knowing how to do that gave him my coins for him to run it.

All was well, my $300 had turned into $5,000 within the coming months and I was super thankful because I ended up having my hours cut and have been barely getting by, covering my bills but no excess income.

Then last week he texts me and tells me that he gambled (dicing) all of our investment on an exchange. All of it. My $5,000 worth, his $5,000 worth and his father's $5,000 worth. He diced $15,000 in twenty minutes.

I am so absolutely devastated, the only thing that was keeping my head above water about my current situation was my nest egg. The project has been doing fantastic, getting listed in larger exchanges, and quickly running up. I always felt secure knowing I had it.

So, do not be like me.

I do not care if it's your best friend of a decade, your family, do not trust your crypto with ANYONE.

I am upset about the money of course, but the thing that upsets me the most is that my best friend who knew I was having financial troubles gambled with MY money. I did not have a say in it, it was not something that I chose to do, just poof everything gone.

And the worst part is that I still believe fully in the project but even if I do eventually have excess income to invest I feel like I've been priced out.