Blockchain, crypto, DeFi, DAOs. NFTs, Ordinals, MemeCoins, SocialFi. So many words! So much promise - and so much grift. After a rough couple of years, web3 is back with a vengeance. Is this truly a Brave New decentralized World, or really, fundamentally, just a scam? And why should folks in spatial computing care? Thirty-year Metaverse veteran Tony Parisi has thoughts. He will share them, and stories from the front lines as he continues his transition from 3D technology guru to self-sovereign artist and content creator working in web3 and the Metaverse.