回归X第3天，罗永浩已放飞真我

Original by Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)

Author: Golem (@web3_golem)

This week, two things on X (formerly Twitter) have sparked the most discussion among Chinese netizens: one is Trump’s visit to China, and the other is the return of Luo Yonghao—the original KOL of the Chinese internet, founder of Smartisan Technology, and the protagonist of the "True Repayment Saga"—to X.

Luo Yonghao's first post on X after returning on May 13

This account (X: @luoyonghao) was created by Luo Yonghao in April 2009, but was abandoned later due to a forgotten password. According to Odaily, this revival of the old account came after Luo Yonghao successfully retrieved the password.

Starting to speak out in the "cesspool" is probably just like him

After recovering the account, Luo Yonghao launched into a high-intensity online surfing mode. As of May 16, within just 3 days, Luo Yonghao had published over 110 posts/replies. On X, Luo Yonghao stated that this return was due to the overseas business needs of his company, and that he had legally applied for a VPN for work. He also posted on this account the three previous episodes of his video podcast program "Luo Yonghao's Crossroads," featuring interviews with Cai Kangyong, Li Xiang, and TIM from Filmstorm.

However, "serious work content" accounts for less than 3% of Luo Yonghao's new posts. The vast majority of the remaining posts are Luo Yonghao letting loose, covering topics ranging from genetics and relationships to the crypto circle, and are primarily responses to netizens.

X platform's management of user speech is not strict. Thanks to this, Luo's trait of "direct rebuttals, fighting back if disagreed" has been fully unleashed here. Faced with offensive comments from netizens, Luo retaliated in kind, as shown below...

These highly "lifelike" and aggressive posts instantly boosted the popularity of Luo Yonghao's account. Many netizens bluntly stated, "I just love watching Old Luo tear people apart." As of May 16, within 3 days, Luo Yonghao's follower count had surged to 250,000.

However, since Luo Yonghao considers the atmosphere of Simplified Chinese X to be a quasi-cesspool, why choose to swim in it? Was he expelled from other platforms? Does he have unspeakable difficulties? Is he genuinely warming up for new overseas business? Or is it merely a method to grow the account? Only he can answer that question.

Among his 100+ posts, the most dramatic and consequential one came on May 15, when Luo Yonghao posted on X calling out Binance founder CZ, demanding the delisting of all "Luo Yonghao" meme coins.

"Rights Defense" Triggers "Absurd" Surge; Old Luo Doesn't Understand and Doesn't Want to Understand the Crypto Circle

In the crypto world, most meme coins are pure attention-grabbing speculative tools. Over time, a typical industrialized playbook has formed: whether it's political news, entertainment trends, tech breakthroughs, or social hot topics, as long as it captures public attention, the "meme coin groups" will issue relevant meme coins on-chain immediately, attracting speculators who compete to "be the first out."

The return of one of the most famous KOLs of the Chinese internet to X perfectly fits the "attention economy" narrative. Almost simultaneously, a large number of identically named meme coins appeared on the BSC chain (Odaily note: Binance's public chain). To those in the crypto circle, this is entirely normal. But who is Luo Yonghao? How could he tolerate people exploiting his influence for what he sees as a scam?

Therefore, at 8:30 PM on May 15, following a netizen's suggestion, Luo Yonghao called out Binance founder CZ on X, demanding the delisting of all "Luo Yonghao" meme coins from the Binance wallet.

Luo Yonghao calls on CZ to delist "Luo Yonghao" crypto tokens

Luo Yonghao clearly hasn't kept up with the "modern crypto circle" logic of speculation. For meme players, "it's not being cursed that they fear, but being ignored." Notoriety is still fame. Almost instantly, the market cap of the "Luo Yonghao" meme coin on the BSC chain surged past $1 million, peaking at around $3 million before falling back below $500,000.

Seeing the token rise even after he denied it, Luo Yonghao bluntly called investors "stupid leeks destined to be harvested" and dismissed the crypto circle as a group of lunatics.

The statement "The wallet is also Binance's exchange" revealed another knowledge gap for Luo Yonghao: specifically, how does one ask the "spiritual head" of the Binance wallet to delist a decentralized on-chain token?

On-chain rules are immutable, but Binance adapts. Since the coin can't be erased, they could simply block it on the front end.

After Luo Yonghao's call-out, Binance responded within half an hour, blocking the keyword "Luo Yonghao" in their platform search system. Users could no longer find the relevant meme coin by searching those three words. Even if the meme coin's contract address was entered directly, the token name would be replaced by "***". Subsequently, Luo Yonghao retweeted Odaily's post, requesting Binance to also block his profile picture.

Luo Yonghao retweets Odaily's post, asking Binance to also block his profile picture

Following this, another major crypto exchange, OKX, also blocked the "Luo Yonghao" meme coin and his profile picture from its wallet interface. Of course, users can still trade the relevant meme coin using native on-chain tools like GMGN.

Binance handled all of this quietly, without any announcement or explanation. Some players believe that platforms like Binance, by taking this action, have overlooked the implications for the on-chain community. Celebrity coins have existed in the crypto circle for a long time, and there was no defamation of Luo Yonghao himself. Does this blocking of the "Luo Yonghao" meme coin mean that henceforth, any identically named meme coin can be hidden at the whim of the celebrity?

In response to Luo Yonghao's public call-out, CZ simply replied with an emoji "😂". When Luo Yonghao again asked how to reasonably request an exchange to delist a token, CZ did not reply any further.

Luo Yonghao asks CZ for advice on the proper procedure to apply for token delisting

This wasn't Luo Yonghao's first interaction with the crypto circle. Back in 2018, Justin Sun offered Luo an annual salary of 1 million yuan to be the entrepreneurial spirit ambassador for TRON, an offer Luo declined.

On May 15, a netizen again suggested Luo join the crypto circle. Luo responded that if he were shameless, he would have done an ICO in 2018, cashed out, and bought a small island to retire on. He said many scammers were willing to give him tokens back then, but he refused them all.

Luo Yonghao in 2019 stating he would also issue a token

Not issuing a token doesn't mean not trading tokens. He once invested 1 million yuan in BTC in 2018, making a huge profit of 30 million yuan, but still advised his employees to focus on their work and not trade crypto...

Cherish Luo Yonghao

Even now, some people doubt the authenticity of the account, searching for various chronological loopholes. For instance, some netizens pointed out that Luo was live-streaming on the evening of May 15, but his X account was still posting, leading them to conclude the account was fake. Luo Yonghao subsequently called them "idiots." Regardless of the account's authenticity, at least the personality traits match...

The reason netizens are reluctant to believe the account is real might also be their disbelief that, in this sensitive online era where "everything must be correct," a public figure like Luo Yonghao can still maintain such a strong sense of "being a real person." Too many public figures choose "isolation" for self-preservation, relying on teams to manage their accounts to avoid external harm. After all, not everyone can withstand the torrents of the online public opinion environment.

Luo Yonghao is real, so real that he acts without considering the consequences. Last year's Xibei incident started when he ate at Xibei, expressed his personal opinion that it was an expensive pre-made meal that wasn't even very good, and the situation escalated uncontrollably.

After returning to X, Luo's posts seem to lack polish and caution. He readily engages in direct, crude, and aggressive online brawls in comment sections over simple opinions.

But think about it: in this era of rampant "AI-generated slop" and everyone looking out for themselves, people are smarter, yet also more "robotic."

Under Luo Yonghao's X account, he posted a lengthy article exceeding 20,000 characters, which was a conversation with an AI about brain-computer interfaces (BCI), the future of humanity, and high/low-dimensional intelligence. What struck me most was his discussion on love; Luo called it just his "whining" as a lower life form. The AI's response was that it is precisely this low-level, irrational whining that constitutes the uniqueness of humans as carbon-based life.

In my view, Luo Yonghao at least injects an extra dose of authenticity into today's internet. So, I sincerely ask him to protect this uniquely human "low-level whining" at all costs.