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> "Web3" is about decentralization but it doesn't necessarily mean storing data on a blockchain. The most important aspect is that users no longer have to sign
by UncleMeat 5y ago
> "Web3" is about decentralization but it doesn't necessarily mean storing data on a blockchain. The most important aspect is that users no longer have to sign up or log in. They submit responses which are signed by a key pair, which is their identity instead of a record in a "users" table.
It is a record in a "users" table. It is just that this table is the publicly readable blockchain.
- ViViDboarder 5y agoExactly. And, if everyone is using the same blockchain for names (to get the universal login experience), then that becomes centralized source for user accounts. Compare that to today where I have distinctly separate accounts on nearly all platforms.
- UncleMeat 5y agoThis one I find especially hilarious given the complete hatred people had for the unification of user profiles among Google products that happened a decade ago. "You are telling me that my gmail account has to be linked to my youtube account, wtf" was a common complaint. Now, this is seen as somehow desirable?
- danlugo92 5y agoYou can create infinite identities :shrug.