Re: Ideals meet Implementations - Blockchains, NFTs, Decentralization, Oh My!

Answering my own email, here's a useful collection of resources on the
topic:

https://github.com/rufuspollock/awesome-crypto-critique



On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:32 PM Philipp Schmidt <phi.schmidt@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Moxie’s piece is excellent. I also found the comparison to web 1.0 and 2.0
> in Tim O’Reilly’s article useful:
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> https://www.oreilly.com/radar/why-its-too-early-to-get-excited-about-web3/
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> I would like to read more thoughtful and well argued pro-web3 articles,
> appreciate links from this community!
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> P
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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:28 PM Phillip Long <pdlong2@asu.edu> wrote:
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>> Anil: Moxie is the founder of Whisper Systems, acquired back in Twitter
>> in 2011. Later he developed Signal (the secure messaging app), etc. A
>> similar critique of web3 was published recently by Jeff Galloway (a
>> polarizing voice for many to be sure) at
>> https://www.profgalloway.com/web3/
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>> Phil
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>> On Jan 18, 2022, at 12:06 PM, John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov> wrote:
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>> Given the continuous discussions around centralization/de-centralization
>> in our community, I found this essay by Moxie Marlinspike …
>>
>> My first impressions of web3
>> https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!TWHO5okUoNLRfejX8R4fouQNtXHpePRJgCEMSTTdyJyd1YeYLaovlTtxC0oRLOgLPpNr$__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!IrG5_q6AE6qea1FemPCOy_y8YEw9na8etw2kGHXAB8UhTKiwV9Y0BRQlLhFxxsU$>
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>> … to have aspects that have relevance to the DID/VC work.
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>> If you don’t know who Moxie Marlinspike is, recommend doing a bit of due
>> diligence to find out.
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Anil
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>> Anil John
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>> US Department of Homeland Security
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