I used to see Web3 developers as mystery men. People with deep knowledge of cryptography, blockchains, wallets, distributed systems, and concepts that looked impossible to understand unless you had spent years in the space. Meanwhile, there was me — a regular Web2 developer building traditional backend servers and frontend applications while quietly avoiding anything related to Web3. Sometime last week, while researching open source opportunities as a developer, I stumbled on the 100 Days of Solana Challenge on MLH . (And yes, I genuinely love open source. If you have a good project, call me 😂) The Surprise What shocked me the most was how familiar many of the concepts felt. Creating public and private keys suddenly clicked because I already had some understanding of SSH keys from Web2 development. I realized Web3 wasn’t some completely alien world after all.…