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CTDKZOO t1_j417bem wrote

We are still figuring it out. We've just scratched the surface of what decentralization might offer and exited the first hype phase. It'll happen again.

Think of it as a third wave of Internet tech for consumers (because it is... web3) and then connect that thought back to 1995 and what the Internet was like when most people first heard about it.

Who could have predicted that we'd have what we have today? It took a lot of trial, error, and money.

Decentralization will too. That's why a lot of it has been garbage, but not all of it. The first pioneers are at it up on the plateau. There's more mountain to climb to keep with your metaphor.

Write yourself a letter with all of your thoughts about decentralization and then read it in 2030. You'll be surprised. Human innovation is truly amazing but feels slow in the moment.

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quaintSloe OP t1_j41tarf wrote

But crypto is 12 (approaching 13 years old). Are you old enough to remember what the internet looked like after 13 years? It was pretty developed and you could do things on it that were never possible. If you wanted to check the weather, you didn't need the weather channel anymore. If you wanted to send a message, you could IM instead of SMS, and so on. What about "WEB3"? It cannot replace the internet anytime soon, even though you hear that too often now

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CTDKZOO t1_j427szm wrote

>Are you old enough to remember what the internet looked like after 13 years?

I first logged on to the Internet in October of 1990 in my universities computer lab on a VAX mainframe-based network.

I did so to play a game that the computer club was hosting.

You cite nice examples, but it's cherry-picking at the up-close level.

All I'm trying to say is that this technology will have utilization and benefits that we can't yet imagine, and once we have them they'll feel as common as checking the weather online is.

Edited for an additional point of reference that is very important: The official birthday of the Internet is January 1st, 1983.

Your 13-year projections would be to reference the very early public internet and AOL world of 1996. The jump in tech is astounding in that context.

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