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Recommend? a community around web3.0/blockchain/decentralization to join

25 points by W09h 9y ago

Hi folks, Can anyone recommend a good community of devs to join around blockchain/web3.0/decentralization? IE people willing to have deep debates about philosophies and shared interests. IE I envision an IRC channel or Slack group where people are discussing the good crazy stuff.

Kinnard 9y ago
Cryptoforest
- thatcat 9y ago
  What is this?
coolspot 9y ago
This subreddit may interest you - /r/ethdev .
marknadal 9y ago
Our goal has been to be super friendly and welcoming: https://gitter.im/amark/gun https://gitter.im/amark/gun We just passed 7K+ devs in the community, not all are on the channel, but everybody helps each other out. :)
rayalez 9y ago
I've made a subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DecentralizedWeb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DecentralizedWeb/ It didn't take off yet, but you're welcome to join)
- evbots 9y ago
  Awesome, I also made a sub because I didn't see anything out there focused on more technical dev type stuff https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockchainDevs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockchainDevs/
zodiac 9y ago
I like ethresear.ch for technical discussions about scaling etc on ethereum
evbots 9y ago
I created an blockchain education site: https://coursefriend.com/ https://coursefriend.com/ I'm also working on a more general discussion / Q&A site for blockchain/decentralization topics that will launch soon. I am trying to scratch my own itch of wanting more interesting and informed online discussion/news on dApps and decentralized protocols. This stuff can be hard to grok so finding a good community is important.
williamstein 9y ago
What is "web3.0"?
- W09h 9y ago
  Long story short, My understanding is that it is the idea that web apps would no longer charge for their services directly, but would generate revenue for their decentralized society of which they own a percentage of. Like a farmers co-op. The implications of this have created many new tools and libraries. But hey, take my words with a grain of salt, I am the guy lookin for others to chat with about the subject cause I’ve been in my cave for the past few years, I don’t really know what it means to other folks yet.
  - RRRA 9y ago
    For more than a decade Tim Berners-Lee used Web 3.0 to mean the semantic Web, structured around linked open data, RDF, etc.
labster 9y ago
I feel like your community could maybe have even more buzzwords, like cloud, Rust, or startup.
- W09h 9y ago
  It may. I’ll keep an eye out.
- gridscomputing 9y ago
  crypto-scale
- W09h 9y ago
  On a serious note, I suspect you think decentralization is a fad, and I’d be curious why you think that?
  - labster 9y ago
    Decentralization comes and goes. Gnutella clients used to be the rage, and now YouTube and Netflix are kings. The cloud is the new mainframe. We will shift into distributed software then back to consolidated platforms, and the pendulum will keep moving.
    - xiphias 9y ago
      Decentralized money was/is needed to build robust infrastructure, as Gnutella supernodes couldn't be well incensivised before. I believe most of the decentralized services will become practical in a few years after Bitcoin adoption gets higher. They are not that practical yet.
earenndil 9y ago
Here's one for (decentralised) meshnets: https://reddit.com/r/darknetmarkets https://reddit.com/r/darknetmarkets.
- laretluval 9y ago
  As I recall, most darknet markets are just Tor hidden services, nothing decentralized about them.
  - earenndil 9y ago
    Errrr, wrong link. It's reddit.com/r/darknetplan.
kjullien 9y ago
steemit has alot of posts related to the blockchain and decentralization being a platform based on those principles. they call themselves a social media but its more akin to a medium type site where you can get paid for writing stuff. https://steemit.com/ https://steemit.com/

25 points by W09h 9y ago

Kinnard 9y ago

Cryptoforest

thatcat 9y ago
What is this?

coolspot 9y ago

This subreddit may interest you - /r/ethdev .

marknadal 9y ago

Our goal has been to be super friendly and welcoming: https://gitter.im/amark/gun https://gitter.im/amark/gun We just passed 7K+ devs in the community, not all are on the channel, but everybody helps each other out. :)

rayalez 9y ago

I've made a subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DecentralizedWeb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DecentralizedWeb/ It didn't take off yet, but you're welcome to join)

evbots 9y ago
Awesome, I also made a sub because I didn't see anything out there focused on more technical dev type stuff https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockchainDevs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockchainDevs/

zodiac 9y ago

I like ethresear.ch for technical discussions about scaling etc on ethereum

evbots 9y ago

I created an blockchain education site: https://coursefriend.com/ https://coursefriend.com/ I'm also working on a more general discussion / Q&A site for blockchain/decentralization topics that will launch soon. I am trying to scratch my own itch of wanting more interesting and informed online discussion/news on dApps and decentralized protocols. This stuff can be hard to grok so finding a good community is important.

williamstein 9y ago

What is "web3.0"?

W09h 9y ago
Long story short, My understanding is that it is the idea that web apps would no longer charge for their services directly, but would generate revenue for their decentralized society of which they own a percentage of. Like a farmers co-op. The implications of this have created many new tools and libraries. But hey, take my words with a grain of salt, I am the guy lookin for others to chat with about the subject cause I’ve been in my cave for the past few years, I don’t really know what it means to other folks yet.
- RRRA 9y ago
  For more than a decade Tim Berners-Lee used Web 3.0 to mean the semantic Web, structured around linked open data, RDF, etc.

labster 9y ago

I feel like your community could maybe have even more buzzwords, like cloud, Rust, or startup.

W09h 9y ago
It may. I’ll keep an eye out.
gridscomputing 9y ago
crypto-scale
W09h 9y ago
On a serious note, I suspect you think decentralization is a fad, and I’d be curious why you think that?
- labster 9y ago
  Decentralization comes and goes. Gnutella clients used to be the rage, and now YouTube and Netflix are kings. The cloud is the new mainframe. We will shift into distributed software then back to consolidated platforms, and the pendulum will keep moving.
  - xiphias 9y ago
    Decentralized money was/is needed to build robust infrastructure, as Gnutella supernodes couldn't be well incensivised before. I believe most of the decentralized services will become practical in a few years after Bitcoin adoption gets higher. They are not that practical yet.

earenndil 9y ago

Here's one for (decentralised) meshnets: https://reddit.com/r/darknetmarkets https://reddit.com/r/darknetmarkets.

laretluval 9y ago
As I recall, most darknet markets are just Tor hidden services, nothing decentralized about them.
- earenndil 9y ago
  Errrr, wrong link. It's reddit.com/r/darknetplan.

kjullien 9y ago

steemit has alot of posts related to the blockchain and decentralization being a platform based on those principles. they call themselves a social media but its more akin to a medium type site where you can get paid for writing stuff. https://steemit.com/ https://steemit.com/