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Web3 will go through its current hype cycle peak (with lots of people both hyping and hating it), and in a few years we will see what actually comes of it. I pr

by kennu 5y ago

Web3 will go through its current hype cycle peak (with lots of people both hyping and hating it), and in a few years we will see what actually comes of it. I predict we will find some interesting unforeseeable use cases for decentralized computing/currency, but it'll take some time.

thaufeki 5y ago
I'm not sure that I like the term 'Web3', as it implies that everything will move in that direction, which I don't think will be the case. I just refer to it as the Decentralized Web. Centralization has many benefits over Decentralization and vice versa. Its a very healthy thing to happen though. I do think it has a place, and is a promising emerging market. Which is why I've been interested in learning development in that area.
- kennu 5y ago
  It's not too important for me what the name is, but I think the boat already sailed and the name Web3 will stick. When Web 2.0 was being born, the name wasn't that important either. It's just a social phenomenon that we need a common moniker to refer to the technology/culture at a high level.
- thecleaner 5y ago
  Web3 means using UDP as the backbone protocol and with hole-punching it makes P2P interactions possible. Hence the whole decentralisation bit. Tbh ipv6 can also achieve the same goals but at the cost of de-anonymization since it's a unique marker.
  - pedalpete 5y ago
    Is that really the technology capability that has been added? I'm not sure you can talk about decentralized Web3 without talking about blockchain. I credit much of Web2 kicking off with AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3. Though many others would say it was lead by mobile. My general thoughts, it isn't one thing, or just one technology. Even Web1 was a combination of TCP/IP, HTML, HTTP, and Mosaic/Netscape.
alex_duf 5y ago
I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction every time I hear web3, and immediately picture somewhat interesting tech with not that many practical applications. I'm possibly lacking vision, so I'm wondering if anyone could share interesting examples of that (old) new wave of technology?
speedgoose 5y ago
Yes I think semantic technologies will become more popular as the performance overhead will be less a problem.

by kennu 5y ago

thaufeki 5y ago

I'm not sure that I like the term 'Web3', as it implies that everything will move in that direction, which I don't think will be the case. I just refer to it as the Decentralized Web. Centralization has many benefits over Decentralization and vice versa. Its a very healthy thing to happen though. I do think it has a place, and is a promising emerging market. Which is why I've been interested in learning development in that area.

kennu 5y ago
It's not too important for me what the name is, but I think the boat already sailed and the name Web3 will stick. When Web 2.0 was being born, the name wasn't that important either. It's just a social phenomenon that we need a common moniker to refer to the technology/culture at a high level.
thecleaner 5y ago
Web3 means using UDP as the backbone protocol and with hole-punching it makes P2P interactions possible. Hence the whole decentralisation bit. Tbh ipv6 can also achieve the same goals but at the cost of de-anonymization since it's a unique marker.
- pedalpete 5y ago
  Is that really the technology capability that has been added? I'm not sure you can talk about decentralized Web3 without talking about blockchain. I credit much of Web2 kicking off with AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3. Though many others would say it was lead by mobile. My general thoughts, it isn't one thing, or just one technology. Even Web1 was a combination of TCP/IP, HTML, HTTP, and Mosaic/Netscape.

alex_duf 5y ago

I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction every time I hear web3, and immediately picture somewhat interesting tech with not that many practical applications. I'm possibly lacking vision, so I'm wondering if anyone could share interesting examples of that (old) new wave of technology?

speedgoose 5y ago

Yes I think semantic technologies will become more popular as the performance overhead will be less a problem.