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Are you young? Because, we once had the web3 you're describing about. Back when P2P was a trending technology, we implemented most of the web on peer to peer me

by ezoe 4y ago

Are you young? Because, we once had the web3 you're describing about. Back when P2P was a trending technology, we implemented most of the web on peer to peer mesh network. File sharing, forum, web pages, we had it all. The conclusion is, it was so inefficient most people don't want to use it. That's why people of today use Hacker News rather than P2P forum, trusting the central authority that is Y Combinator. Are you regularly using these P2P mesh network based communication tools? If not, you won't see the web3 future you are looking for. You don't get a future you don't want to use it regularly.

nwienert 4y ago
This reads to me like “GE made the EV1 in the 90s and it sucked, you’re so silly for thinking you can make electric cars work now”.
- ezoe 4y ago
  Back in those days, we didn't have cheap, powerful lithium-ion battery or hub motor. There is no equivalent technological break through on network performance.
  - nwienert 4y ago
    Define “performance”? Depending on how you define it I think it either isn’t the causal reason for the lack of success, or has actually 10xed. Batteries were more of an ease than a step function as well.
TekMol 4y ago
Are you old? You think it is easy to post on Instagram? Haha! Kids go to insane lengths to optimize their reach. They would swim through a lake of piss and puke for a popular post. I now some who sit all evening and "follow, unfollow, like and comment" stuff they are not interested in at all. It's a drag. It's work. It's exhausting. And everybody hates Instagram. Why do they do it? Because on Instagram, you can earn social currency: Likes and follows. A currency that gives you an advantage in the real world. You can't do that with the technologies you mention. But one could do it even better if likes and follows were cryptographically signed messages. Then a like from a celebrity is something that nobody can ever take away from you again.

by ezoe 4y ago

nwienert 4y ago

This reads to me like “GE made the EV1 in the 90s and it sucked, you’re so silly for thinking you can make electric cars work now”.

ezoe 4y ago
Back in those days, we didn't have cheap, powerful lithium-ion battery or hub motor. There is no equivalent technological break through on network performance.
- nwienert 4y ago
  Define “performance”? Depending on how you define it I think it either isn’t the causal reason for the lack of success, or has actually 10xed. Batteries were more of an ease than a step function as well.

TekMol 4y ago

Are you old? You think it is easy to post on Instagram? Haha! Kids go to insane lengths to optimize their reach. They would swim through a lake of piss and puke for a popular post. I now some who sit all evening and "follow, unfollow, like and comment" stuff they are not interested in at all. It's a drag. It's work. It's exhausting. And everybody hates Instagram. Why do they do it? Because on Instagram, you can earn social currency: Likes and follows. A currency that gives you an advantage in the real world. You can't do that with the technologies you mention. But one could do it even better if likes and follows were cryptographically signed messages. Then a like from a celebrity is something that nobody can ever take away from you again.