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The purpose of every generation of Web is to create the frustrations that trigger the next generation of Web while solving the frustrations created by the last generation. Web3's purpose is to aggravate people into creating Web4. While solving the culture war created by Web2.
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To work, Web3 will require humans to be very effective chain runners. But of course humans are mostly bad at anything involving procedural discipline, so most chain runners will suck and create problems of various sorts. From lost keys to hacks to voting screwups.
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So around 2030, holy warriors will demand a Web4 built around reliable robots that solve the problems created by unreliable human chainrunners. 4 laws of robotics ftw.
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The moment reliable custodial behaviors built around airgapped hardware wallets becomes central, you've opened the door for robots eating everything. Every robot will soon be basically an extremely complicated hardware wallet. Just like we're basically complicated digestion tubes
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When we build the Web4 wallet-robots, there should be a low-level firmware logic that turns a pair of LEDs from green to red when it turns evil through malicious code.
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A hardware wallet that can run malicious code is no better than a software wallet.
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Gotta move to PoS and L2 stuff soon. These calculations are always super sketchy and comparisons are often disingenuous but zero-carbon blockchains are a necessary goal.
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"The average NFT generates 440 pounds of carbon—the equivalent of driving 500 miles in a gas-powered car—producing emissions 10 times higher than the average Ethereum transaction" news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/09/20/bit
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In the past I’ve countered “bitcoin uses more energy than Nigeria” opening gambits with “whatabout all the physical bank branches with AC and people and ATMs?” but it’s a lose-lose type whataboutism detpfest argument to have.
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The newer proof of stake / non proof of work ones should improve on the energy stuff. People buying junk novelty gifts for Xmas also uses a lot of energy if we're going down that road.
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