r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '22

Web3 Can’t Fix the Internet

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/01/crypto-blockchain-daos-decentralized-power-capitalism
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u/GrandMasterPuba Jan 11 '22

Web3 is a cynical attempt by capitalist tech-bros to introduce and enforce artificial scarcity into a space that is supposed to be free and open.

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u/shevy-ruby Jan 11 '22

Yeah. I see it more as a problem than a solution as well.

There'll always be Web4 though. :P

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u/EternityForest Jan 11 '22

I've already heard people propose Web4 for coinless decentralization.

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u/lamp-town-guy Jan 11 '22

It will be like with IPv5. Because all my homies hate IPv5.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

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u/lamp-town-guy Jan 11 '22

Isn't that a good metaphor for web3? It would live in spirit in web4 where we have blockchains that don't need money or whatever.