Local man Terence Koh has officially achieved financial enlightenment by refusing to touch "filthy fiat" and instead attempting to pay for his cai fan with pure, unadulterated hope.

Clad in a sweat-stained "HODL" shirt at Amoy Street Food Centre, Terence spent forty-five minutes explaining the Lightning Network to a confused auntie who just wanted her $5.50.

"Eh, auntie, you don't know meh? This paper money is just centralized garbage created by lizards, okay?" Terence shouted while clutching a hardware wallet that contained his entire life savings.

Despite his portfolio being down 65% this week, he remains convinced that he is a visionary genius and everyone else is simply "too poor" to understand the blockchain.

"I don't need food, I have digital gold," he whispered, his stomach growling in a way that sounded suspiciously like a market crash.

"Liddat how to buy? You wait until Bitcoin go moon, then I buy your whole stall and your grandson also, but now I stay hungry first lah!"