OpenClaw Ruined My Project (And I'm Grateful It Did)

I build software that turns a user's imagination into real investments. The Beginning Back in July 2025, I built and released — for free — a cryptocurrency trading program. It started as a simple idea: what if anyone could create their own trading strategy using plain language? Here's what it could do: Natural language strategy creation — No coding needed. Describe your strategy in words, and the AI builds it. REST polling mode — Reliable, periodic market scanning. WebSocket streaming mode — Real-time data for faster reaction times. But the real magic was the pipeline: Trading Strategy → News Search → Real-time News Collection → AI-powered Analysis → Signal Generation → Actual Trade Execution The AI doesn't just alert you. It actually trades — with real money, in real markets, based on real-time news sentiment and your personal strategy. Quiet Growth, Zero Marketing I didn't run ads. I didn't do promotions. I just quietly wrote a few blog posts and let the product speak for itself. And