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Surely JSON is going to be an important component of Web3. Web 2.0 was bringing the application to the browser. Web3 is going to be about distributed data archi

Surely JSON is going to be an important component of Web3. Web 2.0 was bringing the application to the browser. Web3 is going to be about distributed data architecture and JSON is going to have a big place in that.

littlestymaar 5y ago
In case it wasn't clear from my comments above: I don't doubt JSON may be important for this “definitely-not-the-web”-3. I just don't care about it, and neither does a good half of web developers here on HN. (And yes, I'm also a bit angry because a bunch of lazy marketing dudes decided to hijack the “Web” name for something which has nothing to do with the web…)
- LukeEF 5y ago
  Gavin Wood who came up with the name web3 (as a 'decentralized online ecosystem') has a PhD in CompSci - hardly a lazy marketeer! This one is on the technologists...
  - littlestymaar 5y ago
    Ah yes, a PhD. A PhD on “Content-based visualisation to aid common navigation of musical audio”[1]… Yet another argument from authority which falls short. Also, that's probably why his marketing was lazy. At least marketing people usually make efforts to justify their payroll. Related: https://nitter.net/othermaciej/status/1473415770855989252 https://nitter.net/othermaciej/status/1473415770855989252 [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Wood
    - LukeEF 5y ago
      So he's not a good enough technologist because you look down your nose at the title of his PhD? Such a strange worldview.