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What sparked the sudden surge of interest in "Web3"? Was there a specific blog post or talk that pushed web3 = distributed web into the spotlight? I feel like o
by aimor 4y ago
What sparked the sudden surge of interest in "Web3"? Was there a specific blog post or talk that pushed web3 = distributed web into the spotlight? I feel like overnight there was all this discussion about web3 and it felt very artificial because I didn't see any build-up.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=web3 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=w...
- vmception 4y agoIts just VCs. Its the same playbook they (some of the same ones) did for Web 2.0, which was just as cringy at the time. Keep repeating it enough and it becomes normal.
- bombcar 4y agoThe comparison graph breaks down: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=web3,nft https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=w... but I feel it was around the NFT time, and "web3" was a way to market "blockchain" solutions without using the words "bitcoin" or "blockchain" directly. Everyone focuses on the big scams, but there's lots of "small-scale" attempts to get funding from big players who don't want to "miss out" - some may not be scams, but they're all filled with "true believers".
- atq2119 4y agoMy cynical take is that some of the smarter players in the field were worried about running out of greater fools, so they did a concerted marketing push of something new.