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The Interface Phase
- It's important to highlight that crypto is a backend innovation, akin to the first Internet innovation, and very different from mobile, which was a user experience innovation. Just as the first web pages looked a lot like newspaper or magazine pages translated onto a computer screen, we’re still in the early skeuomorphic phase of crypto application... See more
from Does Crypto Have Any Good Use Cases? by Nat Eliason
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- While the blockchain offers promise in addressing some of the challenges present in Web 2.0, the blockchain alone does not comprise the entirety of the web3 experience. In fact, the complexity of working on the blockchain means that the barrier for entering this space is somewhat higher, and as a result there are few companies building the required... See more
from The Myth of Decentralization and Lies about Web 2.0 · EmilyGorcenski.com by Emily Gorcenski
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- The third phase of the internet combines blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and digital ownership with new governing structures with terms prearranged and automated by smart contracts to allow decentralized projects to prosper. Web3 both stands on the shoulders of the open-source ethos that supports the earlier internet phases and threatens to ... See more
from Venture Capital in a Decentralized World by Michael Lazerow
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