I've been aware of crypto through Bitcoin for some time, but the difference between playing the game and sitting on the sidelines is everything. You're only early until you're late. I entered the space as an artist minting on Ethereum and Tezos in March of 2021 through Clubhouse and transitioned to Twitter Spaces, and I've been here ever since.  I bought crypto, deployed my own smart contracts, minted tokens, bought into good projects, bought rugs, held at the top, sold at the top, and all the fun things. I've been hosting rooms and making lasting friendships that mean the world to me. But the real benefits of crypto and the blockchain as an opportunity for artists is what sold it for me. I've honestly been waiting decades for the ability to sell digital artwork originals without having to remove them from their native medium on a screen. So now the fact that there's a viable market with real collectors who value that and also see it as an opportunity to own and trade beautiful things changed the game for me.  So I'm here to stay and build and put out art because I believe in this.  After learning via word of mouth like drinking from a firehose of information, I became an advocate and educator in web3 on all things but mostly on the benefits of Artist Sovereignty, Security, Royalties to Creators, AI Art tools, Artistic Process, and Creative Control on the blockchain.