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I think besides all the stuff happening with NFTs, there will be a lot of good stuff that will come out of the web3 tech stack. EDIT: I love the downvotes. Doe

I think besides all the stuff happening with NFTs, there will be a lot of good stuff that will come out of the web3 tech stack. EDIT: I love the downvotes. Doesn't matter that I wrote an article explicitly calling out web3 as a scam. The article in question got over 100,000 views to date.[0] [0]: https://stackdiary.com/web3-scam/ https://stackdiary.com/web3-scam/

unemphysbro 5y ago
I agree especially from the authentication side of things.
fennecfoxen 5y ago
What exactly do you have in mind? I've read Moxie Marlinspike's little takedown†; my takeaway was that web3 is hard to work with, so it's mostly a loose collection of platforms which everyone centralizes around. But we already have centralized platforms like that; what's the good new stuff that's going to last? †https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
Ancapistani 5y ago
I feel like NFTs have a lot of promise, but that their current implementation and the hype around them is almost certainly a bubble. In fact, I wish they’d pop already. I’m trying to learn what I need to build a useful product with them, and it’s been difficult to find resources that focus on the technical underpinnings instead of just “copy this code to create your generic NFT.” On the other hand, the hype cycle is likely driving the tech to mature much more rapidly than it otherwise would. Hopefully, once the crash does come, we’ll be left with a solid platform to do real, novel work.
- tylersmith 5y ago
  Where are you in your learning? What do you want to do with nfts that you don't feel you have the right knowledge about?
Double_a_92 5y ago
So far all use cases that people seem to propose just don't make sense. All ideas I have heard so far fail at the connection to real life. (I.e. what's the point of having a plane ticket in the blockchain if I still need to trust the airline anyway to accept it and let me board the airplane?)
dleslie 5y ago
It's entirely possible that nothing good comes from this effort. Do you have anything in particular in mind that you expect will emerge as useful in the very long term? IMHO, federated networks are about the only promising tech in the web3 soup.

unemphysbro 5y ago

I agree especially from the authentication side of things.

fennecfoxen 5y ago

What exactly do you have in mind? I've read Moxie Marlinspike's little takedown†; my takeaway was that web3 is hard to work with, so it's mostly a loose collection of platforms which everyone centralizes around. But we already have centralized platforms like that; what's the good new stuff that's going to last? †https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html

Ancapistani 5y ago

I feel like NFTs have a lot of promise, but that their current implementation and the hype around them is almost certainly a bubble. In fact, I wish they’d pop already. I’m trying to learn what I need to build a useful product with them, and it’s been difficult to find resources that focus on the technical underpinnings instead of just “copy this code to create your generic NFT.” On the other hand, the hype cycle is likely driving the tech to mature much more rapidly than it otherwise would. Hopefully, once the crash does come, we’ll be left with a solid platform to do real, novel work.

tylersmith 5y ago
Where are you in your learning? What do you want to do with nfts that you don't feel you have the right knowledge about?

Double_a_92 5y ago

So far all use cases that people seem to propose just don't make sense. All ideas I have heard so far fail at the connection to real life. (I.e. what's the point of having a plane ticket in the blockchain if I still need to trust the airline anyway to accept it and let me board the airplane?)

dleslie 5y ago

It's entirely possible that nothing good comes from this effort. Do you have anything in particular in mind that you expect will emerge as useful in the very long term? IMHO, federated networks are about the only promising tech in the web3 soup.