Notes on Web3
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- Here, I’ll end with credit where due: Ethereum should inspire anyone interested in the future(s) of the internet, because it proves, powerfully, that new protocols are still possible. I do not think Web3 is a desirable or even tolerable path forward for this web right here, but I take its lesson well. “Code wins arguments”, and so do clubs, and cults; time remains to build all three
- A key characteristic — a key aesthetic—of most (all?) blockchains is immutability. They are ledgers, after all. But, these days, I am more interested in mutability; ephemerality! I like things that can change and grow, then vanish.
title: Notes on Web3
author: robinsloan.com
url: https://www.robinsloan.com/archive/notes-on-web3/
date: 2022-02-15
source: pocket
tags: media/articles
Notes on Web3
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Highlights
- Here, I’ll end with credit where due: Ethereum should inspire anyone interested in the future(s) of the internet, because it proves, powerfully, that new protocols are still possible. I do not think Web3 is a desirable or even tolerable path forward for this web right here, but I take its lesson well. “Code wins arguments”, and so do clubs, and cults; time remains to build all three
- A key characteristic — a key aesthetic—of most (all?) blockchains is immutability. They are ledgers, after all. But, these days, I am more interested in mutability; ephemerality! I like things that can change and grow, then vanish.
title: “Notes on Web3”
author: “robinsloan.com”
url: ”https://www.robinsloan.com/archive/notes-on-web3/”
date: 2023-12-19
source: pocket
tags: media/articles
Notes on Web3
Metadata
Highlights
- Here, I’ll end with credit where due: Ethereum should inspire anyone interested in the future(s) of the internet, because it proves, powerfully, that new protocols are still possible. I do not think Web3 is a desirable or even tolerable path forward for this web right here, but I take its lesson well. “Code wins arguments”, and so do clubs, and cults; time remains to build all three
- A key characteristic — a key aesthetic—of most (all?) blockchains is immutability. They are ledgers, after all. But, these days, I am more interested in mutability; ephemerality! I like things that can change and grow, then vanish.