<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">by Moxie Marlinspike. Very brief summary: dApps and NFT's are nowhere near what they claim to be (even if you actually want what they claim to be). Good quote: "I have only dipped my toe in the waters of web3. Looking at it through the lens of these small projects, though, I can easily see why so many people find the web3 ecosystem so neat. I don’t think it’s on a trajectory to deliver us from centralized platforms, I don’t think it will fundamentally change our relationship to technology, and I think the privacy story is already below par for the internet (which is a pretty low bar!), but I also understand why nerds like me are excited to build for it."<br class=""><br class="">I won't try a less-brief summary - the whole article is worth reading.<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html" class="">https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>I mostly agree with Moxie, but I think the future is less bland than that. It is possible to build so-called ultralight clients that can verify proofs along with responses from services like Infura. I wrote a light response here: <a href="https://www.cryptologie.net/article/548/in-response-to-moxies-doubts-on-web3-and-about-ultra-light-clients/" class="">https://www.cryptologie.net/article/548/in-response-to-moxies-doubts-on-web3-and-about-ultra-light-clients/</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>David</div></body></html>