After months of hearing nerdtastistic new words like DeFi, NFTs, the metaverse, and web3 spam my peaceful internet experience as “the technological inventions of this lifetime, all powered by crypto”, I reached a breaking point this past Monday. I decided I was tired of not getting it. I searched a YouTube video on how to build everyone's first app: a to do list, but on the blockchain. I honestly thought it was kind of a joke search, but the internet seemed to take me at face value. I fo...