In 2021, everyone wanted in.
They were not only buying NFTs. They were buying identity, proximity, and the feeling of belonging to something that looked permanent.
For a moment, it worked.
Then the cycle turned.
Noise faded. Floors collapsed. Founders vanished. Communities dissolved. What many called conviction disappeared with liquidity.
Almost everything died.
Some stayed.
Not because it was easy. Not because it was profitable. Because they understood what collapse really is:
SELECTION.
