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As my edit mentions, seems at least that part is opt-in rather than a core of the protocol. So you can use it without "Web3" if you want.

k__ 4y ago
Web3 is the decentralized web. Cryptocurrencies are just an extra. No wonder, people here hating on Web3 all the time, if they don't understand that.
- Klonoar 4y ago
  ...no, the decentralized web is just the web. Web3 is utterly synonymous with cryptocurrency. Plenty of people here understand what it is and what is discussed when the term is brought up.
  - k__ 4y ago
    If you think that while using HN, Twitter, FB, GitHub, Google, or anything like that, then bless your heart.
    - Klonoar 4y ago
      You appear to have completely missed the point of my comment, but given that you ended this comment with a bad attempt to be condescending I suppose I'm not surprised.
      - k__ 4y ago
        Come on, you really wanna the high road here? Your comment was basically "I know better and people who are my opinion know this too". I'm not that long in the Web3 space, but from what I read I got the impression it's about decentralization, self-sovereign identity and permissionless infrastructure. These are fundamental building blocks, which happen to allow the creation of cryptocurrencies, but, as systems like IPFS or Radicle show, they also allow the creation of different things.
        Klonoar 4y ago
        >Come on, you really wanna the high road here? I wasn't taking the high road. It was not necessary nor conducive to good discussion for you to end your comment the way you did. >Your comment was basically "I know better and people who are my opinion know this too". No, it was not.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  Crypto hype projects continuously obscure the facts with confusing marketing hype. One thing I couldn't work out from the page is how much it costs to use. It was my understanding that pretty much all web3 projects are hit hard with transaction fees for any change.
  - k__ 4y ago
    Cryptocurrencies are a way to get funding for web3 infrastructure in a decentralized way. Sadly, it's not the only way cryptocurrencies can be used. I think, IPFS and Radicle did good here by not making these type of payments mandatory. They said: if you don't want to run all that stuff yourself, pay someone to host your node. If you want that someone to host nodes in a decentralized matter, you can pay them with crypto.

k__ 4y ago

Web3 is the decentralized web. Cryptocurrencies are just an extra. No wonder, people here hating on Web3 all the time, if they don't understand that.

Klonoar 4y ago
...no, the decentralized web is just the web. Web3 is utterly synonymous with cryptocurrency. Plenty of people here understand what it is and what is discussed when the term is brought up.
- k__ 4y ago
  If you think that while using HN, Twitter, FB, GitHub, Google, or anything like that, then bless your heart.
  - Klonoar 4y ago
    You appear to have completely missed the point of my comment, but given that you ended this comment with a bad attempt to be condescending I suppose I'm not surprised.
    - k__ 4y ago
      Come on, you really wanna the high road here? Your comment was basically "I know better and people who are my opinion know this too". I'm not that long in the Web3 space, but from what I read I got the impression it's about decentralization, self-sovereign identity and permissionless infrastructure. These are fundamental building blocks, which happen to allow the creation of cryptocurrencies, but, as systems like IPFS or Radicle show, they also allow the creation of different things.
      - Klonoar 4y ago
        >Come on, you really wanna the high road here? I wasn't taking the high road. It was not necessary nor conducive to good discussion for you to end your comment the way you did. >Your comment was basically "I know better and people who are my opinion know this too". No, it was not.
Gigachad 4y ago
Crypto hype projects continuously obscure the facts with confusing marketing hype. One thing I couldn't work out from the page is how much it costs to use. It was my understanding that pretty much all web3 projects are hit hard with transaction fees for any change.
- k__ 4y ago
  Cryptocurrencies are a way to get funding for web3 infrastructure in a decentralized way. Sadly, it's not the only way cryptocurrencies can be used. I think, IPFS and Radicle did good here by not making these type of payments mandatory. They said: if you don't want to run all that stuff yourself, pay someone to host your node. If you want that someone to host nodes in a decentralized matter, you can pay them with crypto.