[Sohcahtoa82]

I think most Web3 shills fall into one of two buckets:

1. People treating it like a Ponzi and are just trying to avoid holding the bag.

2. Non-technical people that have no idea that databases have existed for decades.

All it takes is a basic rudimentary analysis of most Web3 "solutions" to determine that they're entirely overengineered and unnecessary. Everything about Web3 is a solution in search of a problem.

[cmrdporcupine]

I don't disagree. But I think the broader "success" of it is a portent of something bigger. Enthusiasm by a #3 you never mentioned: powerful financial interests (legitimate and illegitimate) who want to move capital outside the explicit view or mgmt of the state.

In any case, every time I get a recruiter pinging me about some "crypto" job I almost want to respond with "Not interested. But do you have any jobs that are actively working to suppress crypto?"

I don't like working for government, but man I'd almost take pleasure in working for an entity doing forensics to trace illegal transactions through the blockchain.