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I had a similar feeling for a long time. Today I realized that the whole Web3 movement makes much more sense than I previously thought. All the NFT and cryptocu

by kennu 5y ago

I had a similar feeling for a long time. Today I realized that the whole Web3 movement makes much more sense than I previously thought. All the NFT and cryptocurrency stuff is just the tip of an iceberg that might result in a truly decentralized web, following up the current cloud-based centralization. So I decided to start learning more about what has been going on the past few years in that space and to start getting new ideas.

hihihihi1234 5y ago
Any reading recommendations re: web3? I still don't really understand what it is but I've been meaning to do a deep dive.
- kennu 5y ago
  Reading this conceptual overview was what made me excited today. I knew all the basics but it was nice that someone put them all together. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-web3/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-web3/
- throwaway98797 5y ago
  Best way to grok crypto is to try it. Buy $500 worth of ether. Download metamask. Login to opensea. Buy a cheap NFT. Look at it as an education budget.
- nielsole 5y ago
  When did web 3.0 stop being synonymous with semantic web? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
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  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    Since when was the semantic web a thing? Metamask exists and people use it, I think it wins the 3.0 designation.
- lynx234 5y ago
  I agree with what another commenter said about getting some money and trying it out for yourself. I'd add on though to try out some DeFi protocols as well. Using things like DEXs, lending protocols, and yield farms. Experience is the best way to learn for sure.
- knownjorbist 5y ago
  Some jumping off points: https://web3.foundation/ https://web3.foundation/ https://dci.mit.edu/decentralizedweb https://dci.mit.edu/decentralizedweb https://berkeley-defi.github.io/f21 https://berkeley-defi.github.io/f21 Find a DAO aligned with something you like. Join their discord and get engaged. It's really the wild west right now.
  - tienthanh8490 5y ago
    The Berkeley course is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing this.
knownjorbist 5y ago
The moment it "clicked" for me was accessing an app and paying for its premium features using my wallet. I didn't sign up. I didn't provide any information about myself. Having a wallet is effectively having a pseudonymous account to every dApp that will ever exist. Likewise, the developers don't have to store any of that information or care about auth, authorization or payments. This obviously won't translate to everything, but it does show how some presumptions about the way the web has to work(just because it always has worked that way) are being completely turned on their head.

by kennu 5y ago

hihihihi1234 5y ago

Any reading recommendations re: web3? I still don't really understand what it is but I've been meaning to do a deep dive.

kennu 5y ago
Reading this conceptual overview was what made me excited today. I knew all the basics but it was nice that someone put them all together. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-web3/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-web3/
throwaway98797 5y ago
Best way to grok crypto is to try it. Buy $500 worth of ether. Download metamask. Login to opensea. Buy a cheap NFT. Look at it as an education budget.
nielsole 5y ago
When did web 3.0 stop being synonymous with semantic web? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
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- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  Since when was the semantic web a thing? Metamask exists and people use it, I think it wins the 3.0 designation.
lynx234 5y ago
I agree with what another commenter said about getting some money and trying it out for yourself. I'd add on though to try out some DeFi protocols as well. Using things like DEXs, lending protocols, and yield farms. Experience is the best way to learn for sure.
knownjorbist 5y ago
Some jumping off points: https://web3.foundation/ https://web3.foundation/ https://dci.mit.edu/decentralizedweb https://dci.mit.edu/decentralizedweb https://berkeley-defi.github.io/f21 https://berkeley-defi.github.io/f21 Find a DAO aligned with something you like. Join their discord and get engaged. It's really the wild west right now.
- tienthanh8490 5y ago
  The Berkeley course is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing this.

knownjorbist 5y ago

The moment it "clicked" for me was accessing an app and paying for its premium features using my wallet. I didn't sign up. I didn't provide any information about myself. Having a wallet is effectively having a pseudonymous account to every dApp that will ever exist. Likewise, the developers don't have to store any of that information or care about auth, authorization or payments. This obviously won't translate to everything, but it does show how some presumptions about the way the web has to work(just because it always has worked that way) are being completely turned on their head.