My First Impressions of Web3

Re:My First Impressions of Web3 by clippablematt on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:00AM (#29850849)

It requires a change in mindset from “efficiency first” to “robust first”. That’s a tough learning curve for trad web devs, the best web3 dev I know comes from aerospace engineering where resilience and redundancy are part of the process.

But ultimately succeeding in making something that can live in the sometimes hostile environment on chain means you make something that can last and is reliable. There can be awkward UX issues with that though.

Relying on stable gas fees won’t work because the network has to have a priority list when it’s busy, so those willing to pay more will be prioritised and you’ll be stuck. If you want to inherit the properties of the chain that are why you would build on it in the first place then you have to work to those constraints.

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Re:My First Impressions of Web3 by teatree on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:02AM (#29851760)

In conventional web wasn't the same war fought as 'net neutrality' ? All packets are equal. Pardon me if I am wrong, I don't understand web3 or crypto much but what you describe looks like a capitalist version of Internet where processing of every request depends on one's ability to pay. If this is the future, history has already taught us that it is bound to fail.

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Re:My First Impressions of Web3 by mattwilsonn888 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @01:25PM (#29854531)

Strong claim and no evidence.

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