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Solarpunk and web3 (slrpnk.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Note: I might just be uneducated on the subject.

When I read about web3 with blockchains, smart contracts and dapps, all sounds very promising. But once you look for any real world applications it is just some obscure things that kind of only exist to support the decentralized system. I guess that makes sense, but are there any actual real world uses for that? Like day-to-day things that make a persons life easier, not harder?

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I think web3 could be solar punk compared to the current "web2". It allows for the possibility of smaller internets separate from "the internet" which could be just small webpages on raspberry pis. This would be "solar punk" since even me posting this pointless comment on an obscure forum is involving dozens of computers now and many more in the future as it's data mined (modern day problem, ideally it's resolved soon)

Yeah this could be built (and has been many times) using non-block chain tech, but if you wanted to ensure authenticity of any data you'd most likely need a blockchain - which might be nice if the "solar punk" thought experiment ever had to deal with any adversary

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

if you wanted to ensure authenticity of any data you'd most likely need a blockchain

Lol no.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You either need a central authority or a blockchain

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

@ex_06 @stabby_cicada

Oh no.

Who designs and modifies the chains? Any democracy there? No, not even NGOs, just for-profit tech bros. You can only use their chains by their rules.

Blockchain looks "decentralised" only at user level. Differently from international DNS, which is much more decentralised in control structure, and provides your own freedom in any technology. Blockchains operate under DNS, so they do not remove their constraints, but only add a layer of control of their own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Well if you and 2 of your friends did it, then voilà you'd have a blockchain with no tech bros and no DNS. It's an idea, just because it has been executed poorly doesn't make it bad in every situation

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You know it good, so you also know that blockchain is just a technology. Don’t strawman me pls, I never said to use the existing chains based on cryptonomics :)

Btw NGOs presence is not a good enough marker because usually every chain already got a foundation

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