Crypto winter is now upon us, and people have lost thousands of dollars, if not their life savings on nebulous solutions in search of a problem. But why was there so much enthusiasm for NFTs, crypto scams, and visions of a new micropayment-based internet that were sold with nothing but brash tech bros vomiting high speed technobabble? Is there something to crypto after all? Or is the entire crypto market fueled by nothing but con men and their desperate marks?