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Keep the Web Free, Say No to Web3
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The Web3 Fraud | USENIX
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| | [AI summary] An article titled The Web3 Fraud by Nicholas Weaver critiques the technical inefficiency, extreme cost, and lack of actual utility in Web3 and blockchain technologies, labeling them as a hype-driven con job that wastes resources compared to conventional distributed systems.
| | blog.wesleyac.com
Wesley Aptekar-Cassels | web3 is Centralized
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| | [AI summary] The article critiques web3's supposed decentralization, arguing that it is more centralized than the existing web, with systemic risks and profit motives leading to the creation of centralized systems with superficial decentralization.
| | blog.dshr.org
DSHR's Blog: NFTs and Web Archiving
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| | One of the earliest observations of the behavior of the Web at scale was "link rot". There were a lot of 404s, broken links. Research showed...
| | etherplan.com
Introduction to Cryptocurrencies - Etherplan
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| The most important thing to know when learning about cryptocurrencies is their original purpose: Trust minimization. The second most important thing to know when learning about cryptocurrencies is what are not cryptocurrencies.