Laurie VossDec 22, 2022
In 2023 non-blockchain decentralized technologies will leave web3 in the dustbin of history.
Show threadEliDec 22, 2022

@seldo Farcaster is actually a pretty good web3 Twitter alternative with lots of users.

You can search for people to follow based on what NFTs they have, which makes discovery much easier than anything on the Fediverse I have seen.

As a freelancer it is much easier to get paid for your work using crypto, are you against FOSS devs getting paid and having more equity and control of capital allocation?

Show threadSören
@elih @seldo even if we concede that “this person bought gizmos x, y, z; therefore, they should pop up in discovery due to shared interests” is a good approach (I’m not sure that it is since it marginalizes poor people), why does that require a blockchain? In-app purchases don’t need a blockchain. It’s an extremely and unnecessarily inefficient implementation of loot boxes
Dec 23, 2022 at 11:45amWeb
Show threadEliDec 26, 2022

@chucker @seldo

Lots of NFTs are free mints on Ethereum Layer 2s like Optimism.

Blockchains allow transactions without trusted third parties and enable people to log in to websites with a portable identity and collection of items.

Many people involved with crypto used it to get out of poverty, and tech work in crypto can be much more inclusive because you can work as an anonymous persona. So if you care about poor people why attack one of the few opportunities they have to get out?

Show threadLaurie VossDec 26, 2022
@chucker @elih pyramid schemes do not lift people out of poverty on net, and all crypto is a pyramid scheme.
Show threadLaurie VossDec 26, 2022
@chucker @elih as for the tired old one about portable identity, nobody actually does that. Nobody wants it and nobody is doing it. Ditto for trustless transactions. Why is that good? Who wants those?