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

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 18:09, John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov> wrote:

> Given the continuous discussions around centralization/de-centralization
> in our community, I found this essay by Moxie Marlinspike …
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> My first impressions of web3
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> https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
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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
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Hi John, you may also find Alex Russell's (formerly of the W3C TAG) post on
this topic relevant

https://infrequently.org/2022/01/washed-up/

There was a call for W3C to make a statement on the use of such this form
of "web washing", and I personally hope that they do

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> Anil
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> Anil John
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