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Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by bawolff »

yrral wrote: post #11

What are the goals behind these people who spend time making sites and long blogposts about the failings of blockchains/web3, etc? In real life, if I talk to people about crypto they are curious and open to learning about it and most just don't have the time to learn about it. However, when I go online and see a post about NFTs or crypto, there somehow is always tremendous backlash, generally by people not involved i…

People arguing about the merits of various technologies on the internet is not a new phenomenon.

Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by aeonflux »

jimjimjim wrote: post #25
danlugo92 wrote: post #12

So much FUD daily here against Bitcoin and Web3. Ask yourself, who is the most affected by these 2 technologies existing? Web3 is young still, I'll grant you that, but it will eat the world in 3 to 5 years. Bitcoin is already mature and it's the most democratic type of currency/money/property in the world, how can you argue against that? I hear you about the electricity usage, but Bitcoin Lightning will drive down th…

electricity usage... the answer is always blah blah blah WILL or GOING TO. when?

I hope more countries will make this activity illegal. This is a zero sum game. Wasting energy makes it more expensive. If this madness will go on, everyone will have to pay for it.

Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by antupis »

bawolff wrote: post #18

I hate this web3 bs as much as the next guy But, this seems more a list of people doing stupid shit with blockchain-y things, and not an argument against it as a whole. That doesn't distinguish blockchain that much from other technologies (e.g. consider WWW during the hype of dot-com bubble). I pretty much believe its all absolute bullshit, but picking some egregious examples, while amusing, doesn't really show that.

This pets.com was bullshit but selling pet supplies at online definitely is not.

Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by fab1an »

DantesKite wrote: post #13

All the Web3 criticisms remind me of my experiences with Star Trek. For context, I never watched Star Trek. I'd read stories about fans and it always struck me as the dorkiest possible show, with unabashed nerdiness making something like the Big Bang Theory look like a sophisticated work of art. But one day, I listened to a podcast about strength training and a question came up about which Star Trek leader the host l…

This is a superb metaphor.

Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by tux3 »

DantesKite wrote: post #13

All the Web3 criticisms remind me of my experiences with Star Trek. For context, I never watched Star Trek. I'd read stories about fans and it always struck me as the dorkiest possible show, with unabashed nerdiness making something like the Big Bang Theory look like a sophisticated work of art. But one day, I listened to a podcast about strength training and a question came up about which Star Trek leader the host l…

So, that's a good argument for why you shouldn't dismiss a show or a thing in general based only on negative secondhand impressions. The lesson to takeaway is that you should judge a thing by its own quality, not by your negative impression of the fanbase.

But from that, there is no way you should conclude that cynicism is wrong in general. You should not overreact to too much cynicism by discarding criticism entirely! You should react by seeking better information.

Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by carlosdp »

ShamelessC wrote: post #4

The decision to call all of this "web 3.0" without actually consulting any developers (that don't own/trade cryptocurrencies) was such a mistake. No - I don't want to write inherently buggy smart contracts for your scam. If I wanted to do that, I would have gone into fintech awhile ago.

That's not how words work. You propose a term, and either it catches on or it doesn't, and this one has caught on.

I don't know what committee of developers "that don't own/trade cryptocurrencies" you imagine exists that has some authority on what marketing terms you can use on twitter, or why a group explicitly disinterested in a topic should be consulted in the creation of those terms...

Re: Web3 is going just great

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Post by ojr »

antupis wrote: post #33
bawolff wrote: post #18

I hate this web3 bs as much as the next guy But, this seems more a list of people doing stupid shit with blockchain-y things, and not an argument against it as a whole. That doesn't distinguish blockchain that much from other technologies (e.g. consider WWW during the hype of dot-com bubble). I pretty much believe its all absolute bullshit, but picking some egregious examples, while amusing, doesn't really show that.

This pets.com was bullshit but selling pet supplies at online definitely is not.

storing scarce jpegs is bullshit but decentralize storage definitely is not

Re: Web3 is going just great

#40

Post by bicx »

pcbro141 wrote: post #5

I'm hearing disturbing reports of all sorts of hacking, thievery, and even trafficking of drugs and people spreading to lawless protocols like DNS, HTTP, TCP. The government must do something to get rid of these dangerous protocols before it's too late.

Wait until you hear about IMAP, a protocol used by Nigerian scammers to deceive and bankrupt innocent Americans.
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