> People don’t want to run their own servers, and never will.
I just wrote an article about this — what's really new about web3 is the incentives not the tech.
> People don’t want to run servers. It’s okay for markets to specialize and service providers to receive economies of scale.
> Email is a decentralized protocol, and customer behavior shows people just want to click and have things work, like Gmail.
> What’s important is ensuring protocols stay competitive.
> Federated servers following a decentralized blockchain with layers of competitive protocols for storing data, with semi-interoperable apps built on top, seem like a pretty workable solution.
> Forcing everything P2P will be painful; there’s a reason the Cloud exists. Offline apps are great, and P2P app architecture is great, but expecting users to run P2P nodes is a losing battle. Some power users and volunteers will run nodes, but most will use a 3rd party. It’s better to accept this reality, minimize trust and make it competitive as possible.
It's the best thing I've ever written, if you're into this kind of thing I hope you check it out.
Disintermediating Network Effects for Fun and Profit, How to prevent Web3 from ending up like Web2
I just wrote an article about this — what's really new about web3 is the incentives not the tech.
> People don’t want to run servers. It’s okay for markets to specialize and service providers to receive economies of scale.
> Email is a decentralized protocol, and customer behavior shows people just want to click and have things work, like Gmail.
> What’s important is ensuring protocols stay competitive.
> Federated servers following a decentralized blockchain with layers of competitive protocols for storing data, with semi-interoperable apps built on top, seem like a pretty workable solution.
> Forcing everything P2P will be painful; there’s a reason the Cloud exists. Offline apps are great, and P2P app architecture is great, but expecting users to run P2P nodes is a losing battle. Some power users and volunteers will run nodes, but most will use a 3rd party. It’s better to accept this reality, minimize trust and make it competitive as possible.
It's the best thing I've ever written, if you're into this kind of thing I hope you check it out.
Disintermediating Network Effects for Fun and Profit, How to prevent Web3 from ending up like Web2
https://medium.com/@0xluminous/disintermediating-network-eff...