I think Web3 is real. It’s strange to me that anyone would say otherwise. We wouldn’t be looking for it in the first place if it weren’t real. And I think it’s deeply exciting. I’m talking about the collection of technologies that we’re now calling Web3. I’m not talking about day trading and speculation. I have
"Web2 boomer" - oh lord, how nailed I am. Great piece. Each day I get my head around all of this a little more, but I think it's that lack of the first breakthrough UX layer that you've highlighted that's most exciting to me (and the reason much of Web3 still seems like found alien tech).
There's nothing intuitive about spacer GIFs, either, and yet I learned to take those for granted at one point.
"Web2 boomer" - oh lord, how nailed I am. Great piece. Each day I get my head around all of this a little more, but I think it's that lack of the first breakthrough UX layer that you've highlighted that's most exciting to me (and the reason much of Web3 still seems like found alien tech).
There's nothing intuitive about spacer GIFs, either, and yet I learned to take those for granted at one point.
Great write up Mike. Ngl that second-order consequences hyperlink made me chuckle.