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Something to Read: Why Web3 Matters | Chris Dixon

Jargon words like metaverse and blockchain still don’t make sense to many of us.

And it’s tough to get clarity on this subject since most resources aren’t written for the common person.

But have no fear — this short read made more sense than anything else I’ve read on the power of Web3 and it’s potential to create change.

Here’s a snippet:

Web1 (roughly 1990-2005) was about open protocols that were decentralized and community-governed. Most of the value accrued to the edges of the network — users and builders.

Web2 (roughly 2005-2020) was about siloed, centralized services run by corporations. Most of the value accrued to a handful of companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook.

We are now at the beginning of the web3 era, which combines the decentralized, community-governed ethos of web1 with the advanced, modern functionality of web2.

Web3 is the internet owned by the builders and users, orchestrated with tokens. 

Now let’s talk about web3. In web3, ownership and control is decentralized. Users and builders can own pieces of internet services by owning tokens, both non-fungible (NFTs) and fungible.

NFTs give users the ability to own objects, which can be art, photos, code, music, text, game objects, credentials, governance rights, access passes, and whatever else people dream up next.

Something to Watch:

Great Leaders Do What Drug Addicts Do | Michael Brody-Waite

What a title — worth the listen.

A Song to Listen to:

Amtrac - Never Lost

Listen to this track and many others on La Fórmula, a playlist by Modern Analects

A Tweet to Think About:

This is the beginning of a 30 tweet thread on the tyranny happening in Canada.

Well worth the read in it’s entirety.

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Things like which section above is your favorite, what do you want more or less of, what you want more of?

Until next week.