http://simonwillison.net/2023-01-01T05:13:32+00:00Simon Willison2023-01-01T05:13:32+00:002023-01-01T05:13:32+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2023/Jan/1/in-2022-web3-went-just-great/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/in-2022-web3-went-just-great">In 2022, web3 went just great</a></strong></p> Molly White’s essential roundup of 2022 in cryptocurrency. “$4.27 billion was stolen in various hacks and scams this year alone”. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/web3">web3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blockchain">blockchain</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/molly-white">molly-white</a></p>

2022-03-24T11:07:29+00:002022-03-24T11:07:29+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2022/Mar/24/molly-white/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://www.fastcompany.com/90733574/how-a-wikipedia-engineer-became-one-of-the-loudest-web3-skeptics"><p>DAOs are, I think, one of the best illustrations of the problem with a lot of these Web3 projects: They are trying to find technological solutions that will somehow codify very complex social structures. A lot of them also seem to operate under the assumption that everyone is acting in good faith, and that project members’ interests will generally align—a baffling assumption given the amount of bad actors in the crypto space.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90733574/how-a-wikipedia-engineer-became-one-of-the-loudest-web3-skeptics">Molly White</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/web3">web3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/molly-white">molly-white</a></p>

2021-11-18T21:55:29+00:002021-11-18T21:55:29+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2021/Nov/18/robin-sloan/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/notes-on-web3/"><p>Many Web3 boost­ers see them­selves as disruptors, but “tokenize all the things” is noth­ing if not an obe­di­ent con­tin­u­a­tion of “market-ize all the things”, the cam­paign started in the 1970s, hugely suc­cessful, ongoing. I think the World Wide Web was the real rupture — “Where … is the money?”—which Web 2.0 smoothed over and Web3 now attempts to seal totally.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://society.robinsloan.com/archive/notes-on-web3/">Robin Sloan</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/robin-sloan">robin-sloan</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/web3">web3</a></p>

2007-02-15T22:35:57+00:002007-02-15T22:35:57+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Feb/15/twitter/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/lmorchard/statuses/4574763">Les Orchard: &quot;Web 3.0 will have Galactica-style angled corners.&quot;</a></strong></p> Here’s hoping. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2007/02/06/so-twitter-we-all/">Bill Humphries</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/corners">corners</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/funny">funny</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/les-orchard">les-orchard</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/twitter">twitter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/web3">web3</a></p>