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I've looked at a ton of these "web3" startups and basically all of them are trying to build some form of payment system or financial service via smart contracts

I've looked at a ton of these "web3" startups and basically all of them are trying to build some form of payment system or financial service via smart contracts. Either that or they're making a less efficient version of a "web 2.0" company by forcing everyone who uses it to go through a blockchain first. If that's not true then please enlighten me as to what I missed. If you were trying to do something else then why even bother with blockchains? They don't bring anything of value if you're not trying to "keep score" and then make decisions based on that.

mattwilsonn888 4y ago
You took a sample of startup-land with people using the latest buzzwords and came away thinking that the meaning of those buzzwords is actually "scam." I mean how naive do you have to be to not realize how these people advertise? You basically have the same level of nuance as the suckers but with a different predisposition - there is actual tech and progress being done by teams not spending all their money on marketing; I don't suspect your cursory glance capable of finding any.