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by IBCNU 1224 days ago
I read up on what Protocol Labs are doing. Seems pretty not-useful to me living in the real world. I'm pretty sure distributed vague-but-epic-crypto-bro-sounding super-important-"let's back up the worlds most important information on the blockchain and also it's a file system like dropbox but on the chain" resonates with some folks, but to me, it's just more of the same: rich folks saying that they better have control of the info, the coins, the way its distributed. It all comes down to _agency_. They actually want to be a centralized owner of information. Crypto is full of ridiculous offerings like Protocol Labs.

I think the web already solves this problem. That's the larger issue I have with web3, trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.