Thanks Dane @forexbrokr I'm happy to.

To try and not digress too long-- I've been aware of crypto for a long time but the idea of new "currency" turned me off. My always intellectually curious business partner Dave kept hearing about web3 and helped build my interest on it. Then I came across a short video of Binance U.S. CEO Brian Brooks's explanation of the basics of web3 to Congress; that's when it clicked.

Dove down the rabbit hole hard, out of intense curiosity and to document my journey, explaining it as I learn it so beginners can conceptualize it simply. I'm still very much in the early innings of this part (and my understanding of it all).

Anyway, came across Splinterlands, which also instantly clicked (I used to play Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid). I saw (and still see) the massive potential in it, who doesn't want to P2E in an already super addicting game as it is?

During my research on SPL and difficulties getting fiat into DEC, etc, I kept seeing PeakD articles over and over again. Then I poked around on Peakd, and saw the massive potential here analogous to a website I use today called Seeking Alpha-- a stock market website which pays its contributors and has a huge number of engaged readers. Contrary to popular belief, blogging is still alive (and people's attention spans still there!) as long as the substance is deep, and not (social media 2.0) shallow.

I'm very much still checking everything out here on HIVE and all of the other platforms out there. I find it all rife with massive potential, but what I've learned through many market cycles over decades of history keeps me cautious and (hopefully) humble.

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To your point on the Metaverse, my daughter plays Roblox and Minecraft (and SPL with me, which inevitably keeps me engaged here)-- the Metaverse is already here, we will see if Big Tech will succeed in centralizing it moving forward.