Indeed, web3 should be decentralisation & P2P to move away from silos, not crypto bullshit.

Way back in 2009, Tim Berners-Lee declared Web 3.0 should be about linked data and the semantic web. https://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/0427-web30-tbl/

If you ignore all the crypto grifters, it's indeed this.

I think it is doable, I mean, rewriting it for Web3 stacks. But why bother? It works as is.

I read the parent comment differently.

I believe the point is that Popcorn Time is/was a shining example of the decentralized web, to the point that it accomplished some of what “web3” claims it is trying to achieve (for a specific set of use cases), and therefore is “more web3 than crypto”.

Retooling on a “web3 stack” would be pointless, because it is already accomplishing its goal without that stack.

Agreed!

My impression is that overall HN was generally enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies and the tech powering them until a few recent scandals and scams. To be honest that is just broadly similar to public opinion (or at least, the portion of the public who have heard of cryptocurrencies)

> until a few recent scandals and scams

Last year's endless deluge of scams and rugpulls will probably be cryptocurrency's Eternal September.

leave it to the HN to complain about demonisation of scamtech