# Too late to the party?

By [Sabesh](https://paragraph.com/@sabesh) · 2023-09-29

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I’ve never been a fan of the Web3 culture. Or the crypto culture. Or the NFT culture. Mostly because there was lack of understanding / awareness. There was an insane hype in the Web3 space around a year or 2 ago when every inch of VC money got poured into crypto based initiatives and startups. People were in it to _WAGMI_ and get rich quick. This made me actively sway away from exploring the raw beauty of the architecture on which all of this decentralization happens.

It’s been a couple of days since I started my exploratory journey into the Web3 space and it’s been thrilling. I love rich software and everyday I find modern tools and software built on Ethereum that makes me feel joy using them. I’ve been exploring a lot of Crypto wallets and I minted my first NFT! It’s on sale here:

[https://foundation.app/@sabeshbesh/8plesth/1?ref=0x2771B4fB28d5dfC48F68025c27644EfAeD167c59](https://foundation.app/@sabeshbesh/8plesth/1?ref=0x2771B4fB28d5dfC48F68025c27644EfAeD167c59)

The mere concept of ETH and how all this works is truly fascinating. Frankly, now that the hype for crypto has subdued, it seems like a great time for slow and deep exploration into the space. I don’t know if this will be the future with Web2 corporate networks posing as threat to humanity (especially with the rise of AI) or if Web3 will remain to co-exist peacefully with existing Web2 tech. But the entire concept of digital ownership, incentives and decentralization is truly interesting. Looking at it from both a computer science perspective (Be it hash functions or blockchain) or a practical perspective (De-Fi and ownership) it’s really thrilling and an exciting new way to browse the internet. I want to explore and try out new tools and software analogous to software I’ve been using all this while, but whilst taking true ownership of my content. Some examples I see are:

Medium → Mirror

Instagram → Opensea / Foundation

Twitter → Farcaster

and so on. It’s truly exciting to be here, learning and growing. Lesgo.

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*Originally published on [Sabesh](https://paragraph.com/@sabesh/too-late-to-the-party)*