After having used a large central exchange for 9 months, I decided to go custodial and create wallets, maintain keys, and so on so that I could explore DeFi, buy NFTs, chase airdrops, and keep ‘the man’ out of my business. Despite a number of wrong turns, it has been a worthwhile experience and I have learned a lot. Among these are, gas is expensive L2s rule there are soooo many scammers Discord is a must