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With standards and open source. Email is great because there is no vendor lock in. Open source is great because large groups of people can decide to fork it (o
by koonsolo 9y ago
With standards and open source.
Email is great because there is no vendor lock in. Open source is great because large groups of people can decide to fork it (or even inividuals).
The blockchain tech now opened a lot of applications that could rival these current tech giants.
Just 1 example: OpenBazaar received 3 million dollar investment. I'm curious what these kind of web 3.0 techs will change.
- marcus_holmes 9y agoNothing. They will change nothing. The illusion that "no-one is in control" of blockchain applications is going to meet the brick wall of regulatory reality pretty hard.
- koonsolo 9y agoYou mean the same like the regulatory of copyrighted material on BitTorrent? Can't wait. BitTorrent is indeed another nice example of what I meant.
- marcus_holmes 9y agoIn which case, yes, you're absolutely right. Open-source protocols could possibly change the situation. But that's got exactly zero in common with funded organisations making applications using the blockchain. You can't monetise what you don't control.
- koonsolo 9y agoThe example that I gave (OpenBazaar) is not an organization making application using the blockchain. That's like saying Bitcoin is such an organization. Yes, they got 3 mil for developing their open source platform further, which in my opinion, is mind blowing. Especially since they don't have any clear plans on how to make revenue out of this. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBazaar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBazaar