2021 was a wild ride. NFTs were exploding, and I was riding that wave like a pro surfer (or at least, I thought I was). New colorful projects with great road maps and real-world utility emerged every day, people got rich and the space seemed to be endlessly expanding. But then the whole thing started to feel like one giant meme. Derivative apes, pixelated whatever-the-hecks... It was all starting to blur together. So, I bailed. But my curiosity got the best of me so I got back in and found ou...