Today was asked by to explain his Wikipedia-on-the-blockchain vision.
He says the blockchain will store proofs of true facts... with the caveat that people could also put falsehoods on-chain.
calls him the one that got away!
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It's easy for a champion free-associator to exploit a concept with as much hype and mystique as blockchain technology.
It's like how exploits quantum theory.
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In these difficult times, when folks are struggling to name a practical Web3 use case, crypto thought leader @balajis has a dream...
That one day Web3 will end all forms of discrimination, notably reverse racism
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every time i see someone describe "wikipedia but on the blockchain" i end up wondering if they know what wikipedia is
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Cool, I got an on-topic subtweet reply instead of a personal attack like last time.
Unfortunately I still don't get how cryptographic signatures, tech from 1977 that's widely used in the current web, will revolutionize Wikipedia.
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But... what if we use a decentralized double-spend prevention technology with the citations?
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Also, who has any issue with current Wikipedia? It’s great.
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There are plenty of conflicts around things like how to write up controversial topics. But ya, it would be appropriate in this context for him to be more specific about an example problem and its solution.
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FYI, this month, Everipedia, the highly-touted blockchain-based Wikipedia competitor, closed shop and went into archive mode
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