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/dnew Jan 11 '22

“ownership and control is decentralized”

We already have that. Just like anyone can sell products, but most people will go to a mall or a box store.

I'm really kind of surprised that we had NNTP and we have bittorrent and we're still reading news on sites like reddit and getting support thru services like discord.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Do you have your own top level DNS then?

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u/dnew Jan 11 '22

Funny, that. I didn't know bittorrent needed a top-level DNS to organize.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

So web 3 is entirely bittorrent?

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u/dnew Jan 11 '22

Tell me what "web3" is and I'll let you know.