"web3 is a stupid idea" is still my gold standard article. web3 has shickingly few protocols. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28457762 https://news.ycombin

"web3 is a stupid idea" is still my gold standard article. web3 has shickingly few protocols. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28457762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28457762 https://timdaub.github.io/2020/09/08/web3/ https://timdaub.github.io/2020/09/08/web3/ oh sure there's some blockchain stuff- the most centralized of decentralized stuff possble. globally consistent, no individual freedom, but distributed. but web3? it basically all revolves around one web3.js file. and assumes everyone has the one same metamask extension installed. very little about web3 exhibits the freedom, interoperability, protocol-centralism, or loose coupling of the real web. it's all tightly-knit carefully targettee blockchain on ramps. usually via very centralized hosted providers, be those extensions, js bundles, or the gateway providers to the blockchain. the "web3 is stupid" post is so good, really captured gow shallow the "web3" idea feels to me. a lot of this could be fixable. but the blockchain folk, to me, feel far more authoritarian & control oriented, dont feel like people who respect the individual liberty & permissiveness & exploration that made webs 1 and 2 excellent & enduring. whats going on here is of a very very very different bent. post script: atek was recently announced, which is a very interesting "self hosting" platform, for bith blockchain & general p2p systems, that calls itself a web3 provider. this is far more interesting & on target, loosens greatly what i think of as web3, in interesting, protocol centric, user empowering, distributed ways. i hope web3 can capture some of this vibes! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28485601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28485601 https://atek.cloud/ https://atek.cloud/