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Hey, I share your quest for finding the HN of "Web3". I've long been on CryptoTwitter but I've decided that I don't want to spent a lot of time on Twitter anym

Hey, I share your quest for finding the HN of "Web3". I've long been on CryptoTwitter but I've decided that I don't want to spent a lot of time on Twitter anymore. Since then, I've tried to understand where there could be a technical and philosophical community of tech+crypto people on the internet. - HN is full of haters, sadly - everything on reddit is slightly too non-technical and hype mentality - I haven't found a low noise Discord server - I haven't found a good hacker news clone either. - CT is too self-important I don't strictly want to have this totally crypto-biased community either. I'm in the camp of "'yes' to crypto but I'm critical". For the last year or so, I've simply started to foster my own community. I write a blog on crypto that you may like: https://timdaub.github.io/ https://timdaub.github.io/ My headlines are kinda clickbaity but I think they're legitbait :) Check it! I'd be up for starting a proper crypto community. I even have reserved a name for it: neoactuary.com. I checked out the lobster code base and I think it'd be a good fit too. But those things take ages to get established: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters

Jasper_ 5y ago
Maybe that nobody seems to have interesting conversations about it is a clue that it just isn't that interesting, actually.
- 0des 5y ago
  The problem is the financial component. The ones who concern themselves with price drive away the ones who concern themselves with tech.
- timdaub 5y ago
  I think there's super interesting conversations to be had on e.g. how crypto currencies could influence our society. They're dramatically mind blowing. Even if you're not into the technology, I think simply from a rhetoric point of view, it'd be interesting to take a deeper dive into the space and explore topics not widely discussed elsewhere. Case in point - "Blockchains never forget": https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/25/blockchains-never-forget/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/25/blockchains-never-forg... - https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/decentralized-autonomous-artists https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/decentralized-autonomous-art... - https://www.notboring.co/p/crypto-bezos https://www.notboring.co/p/crypto-bezos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Z5BnBuFyE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Z5BnBuFyE Potential others are: - https://www.untitledfrontier.studio/ https://www.untitledfrontier.studio/ - https://molochpilled.substack.com/ https://molochpilled.substack.com/ - https://vitalik.ca/ https://vitalik.ca/
  - Jasper_ 5y ago
    You keep changing your set of links by editing the comment (mutability sure is convenient, huh!), so I can't easily respond to all of them, but I just read that first link, the "Blockchains never forget" one, and hoo boy, I really wish I spent my time doing anything else. Want to have an honest conversation about it? Let's start with my summary: techbro discovers the concept of paying people for their time, and also keeping records about it, and waxes philosophically about that whole idea for way too long. Techbros really need to get out of their bubble once in a while......
    - timdaub 5y ago
      The problem with your comment is that you're not being fair to both sides of the argument. So I'm not sure what to really respond... You're also calling that author a "techbro" which I guess they don't fully deserve. I don't know them or if they're a "techbro". I appreciate that they put so much time into writing a free public blog. Anyways, I still believe that there's an interesting and respectful conversation to be had.
      - Jasper_ 5y ago
        The author of that post didn't really give me a central argument or thesis to discuss. It was more of an extended diatribe on the possibilities of the future, and my only response is "These are not new ideas, please read up on history". If you don't believe that's respectful or interesting, then I'm sorry, but I just don't feel it's very good conversation fodder. Feel free to strike up a conversation and let me know how it goes.
        timdaub 5y ago
        > If you don't believe that's respectful or interesting, then I'm sorry, but I just don't feel it's very good conversation fodder. I think you've been disrespectful as you immediately resorted to name-call the author a "techbro" that's all.
  - dv35z 5y ago
dv35z 5y ago
Hey Tim - I checked out your blog. Your writing is solid. NeoActuary sounds interesting - I like the name. What’s needed to make it reality? When someone we admire expresses their goals and needs, other people feel subconsciously driven to help them. You could try it out here…
- iamwil 5y ago
  I'm tacking on to this thread, because otherwise, it'd get buried. But I've found that the Ethereum Research forums to be akin to what you're looking for. https://ethresear.ch https://ethresear.ch And the Ethereum Magicians https://ethereum-magicians.org/ https://ethereum-magicians.org/ What have you found?

Jasper_ 5y ago

Maybe that nobody seems to have interesting conversations about it is a clue that it just isn't that interesting, actually.

0des 5y ago
The problem is the financial component. The ones who concern themselves with price drive away the ones who concern themselves with tech.
timdaub 5y ago
I think there's super interesting conversations to be had on e.g. how crypto currencies could influence our society. They're dramatically mind blowing. Even if you're not into the technology, I think simply from a rhetoric point of view, it'd be interesting to take a deeper dive into the space and explore topics not widely discussed elsewhere. Case in point - "Blockchains never forget": https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/25/blockchains-never-forget/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/25/blockchains-never-forg... - https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/decentralized-autonomous-artists https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/decentralized-autonomous-art... - https://www.notboring.co/p/crypto-bezos https://www.notboring.co/p/crypto-bezos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Z5BnBuFyE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Z5BnBuFyE Potential others are: - https://www.untitledfrontier.studio/ https://www.untitledfrontier.studio/ - https://molochpilled.substack.com/ https://molochpilled.substack.com/ - https://vitalik.ca/ https://vitalik.ca/
- Jasper_ 5y ago
  You keep changing your set of links by editing the comment (mutability sure is convenient, huh!), so I can't easily respond to all of them, but I just read that first link, the "Blockchains never forget" one, and hoo boy, I really wish I spent my time doing anything else. Want to have an honest conversation about it? Let's start with my summary: techbro discovers the concept of paying people for their time, and also keeping records about it, and waxes philosophically about that whole idea for way too long. Techbros really need to get out of their bubble once in a while......
  - timdaub 5y ago
    The problem with your comment is that you're not being fair to both sides of the argument. So I'm not sure what to really respond... You're also calling that author a "techbro" which I guess they don't fully deserve. I don't know them or if they're a "techbro". I appreciate that they put so much time into writing a free public blog. Anyways, I still believe that there's an interesting and respectful conversation to be had.
    - Jasper_ 5y ago
      The author of that post didn't really give me a central argument or thesis to discuss. It was more of an extended diatribe on the possibilities of the future, and my only response is "These are not new ideas, please read up on history". If you don't believe that's respectful or interesting, then I'm sorry, but I just don't feel it's very good conversation fodder. Feel free to strike up a conversation and let me know how it goes.
      - timdaub 5y ago
        > If you don't believe that's respectful or interesting, then I'm sorry, but I just don't feel it's very good conversation fodder. I think you've been disrespectful as you immediately resorted to name-call the author a "techbro" that's all.
- dv35z 5y ago

dv35z 5y ago

Hey Tim - I checked out your blog. Your writing is solid. NeoActuary sounds interesting - I like the name. What’s needed to make it reality? When someone we admire expresses their goals and needs, other people feel subconsciously driven to help them. You could try it out here…

iamwil 5y ago
I'm tacking on to this thread, because otherwise, it'd get buried. But I've found that the Ethereum Research forums to be akin to what you're looking for. https://ethresear.ch https://ethresear.ch And the Ethereum Magicians https://ethereum-magicians.org/ https://ethereum-magicians.org/ What have you found?