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Community-Powered
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Community-Powered
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</h2>
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<h3 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl font-bold">
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<h3 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl font-bold">
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Building the open, user-owned web you deserve
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Building a new world for your data
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</h3>
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</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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Right now, Lume has only one full-time developer, a few freelancers, and
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Right now, Lume has only one full-time developer and limited helper staff!
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limited helper staff! We need help from developers, fundraisers, funders,
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We need help from developers, fundraisers, funders, and contributors to
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and contributors to bring the new internet to the masses.
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bring the new web to the masses.
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</p>
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<div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-6">
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<div class="flex flex-row items-center gap-6">
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<img src={avatar.src} class="w-20 h-20" />
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---
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---
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import mulletMeme from "/src/assets/mullet-meme.jpg";
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import mulletMeme from "/src/assets/centralized-mullet-meme.png";
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---
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---
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<section id="meme" class="tilted-bg">
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<section id="meme" class="tilted-bg">
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<h2
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<h2
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class="font-display text-primary font-bold text-xl md:text-2xl uppercase"
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class="font-display text-primary font-bold text-xl md:text-2xl uppercase"
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>
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>
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Busting the Decentralized Web3 Myth
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BUSTING THE DECENTERALIZED WEB3 MYTH
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</h2>
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</h2>
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<h3 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl font-bold">
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<h3 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl font-bold">
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The Decentralized Mullet
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The Centralized Mullet
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</h3>
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</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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Right now, despite many claims, a majority, <b>if not all</b>, the
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Right now, despite many claims, a majority, if not all, the services
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services that build the legos of Web3 are actually centralized, both
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that build the legos of Web3 are actually centralized, both with what
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with what you can <b>see</b> and what you <b>can't.</b>
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you can see and what you can't.
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</p>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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While some <b>blockchains</b> may be more <b>decentralized</b> than others,
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access to nearly every blockchain is also
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<b>centralized</b>.
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</p>
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</p>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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While some blockchains may be more decentralized than others, access to
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nearly every blockchain is also centralized.
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</p>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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So consider this a call to action for our community to go back to ethos
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So consider this a call to action for our community to go back to ethos
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and make Web3 <i>real</i>.
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and make Web3 real.
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</p>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<img
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<img
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src={mulletMeme.src}
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src={mulletMeme.src}
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class="w-[500px] xl:w-[650px] max-h-[550px] self-center"
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class="w-[500px] xl:w-[550px] max-h-[650px] self-center"
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alt="Web 1"
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alt="Web 1"
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style="padding-bottom: 3em"
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style="padding-bottom: 3em"
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/>
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/>
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---
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---
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// import './Message.scss';
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import './Message.scss';
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---
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<section id="message" class="bg-primary py-16 px-28 space-y-4">
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<section id="message">
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<h2 class="text-3xl font-bold text-black font-display">
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<h2>
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A message from Derrick
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A message from Derrick
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</h2>
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</h2>
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<p class="text-2xl text-black font-body">
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<p>
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Some of the world's largest online threats right now are censorship of
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Some of the world's largest online threats right now are censorship of speech <i>and</i> money. Web3 represents unifying many legos to create a truly user-owned web. Decentralization is a means to an end, not the end itself. The true goal is that you are in control of your personal web, and no one else.
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speech <i>and</i> money. Web3 represents unifying many legos to create a truly
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user-owned web. Decentralization is a means to an end, not the end itself. The
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true goal is that you are in control of your personal web, and no one else.
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</p>
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</p>
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</section>
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</section>
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Our Vision
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Our Vision
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</h2>
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</h2>
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<h3 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl font-bold">
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<h3 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl font-bold">
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Enable an open, censorship-resistant web
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Make Web3 easy for everyone
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</h3>
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</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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Web3 is the next evolution of the internet that combines many legos from
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Web3 offers freedom of speech, data sovereignty, and privacy. We simplify
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past decades.
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Web3 by bridging the gap between the two webs, enabling easy usage without
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</p>
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censorship or backdoors over your personal web.
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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Benefits include internet <b>freedom</b>, <b>privacy</b>, and <b
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>ownership</b
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> over your personal web.
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</p>
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</p>
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<div class="pt-10 w-full">
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<div class="pt-10 w-full">
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<a
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<a
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---
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---
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import gfxLeft from "../../../assets/home-gfx-left.png";
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import gfxLeft from "../../../assets/home-gfx-left.png"
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---
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---
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<section
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<section
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id="web3"
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id="web3"
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class="flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:bg-transparent lg:p-0 gap-10 mx-10 sm:mx-20 xl:mx-40"
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class="flex flex-col lg:flex-row lg:bg-transparent lg:p-0 gap-10 mx-10 sm:mx-20 xl:mx-40"
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Why Web3 matters
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Why Web3 matters
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</h3>
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</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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Web3 often gets mixed up with other terms/buzz words such as "crypto" or
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Web3 gives people control over their data, privacy, and ownership. Lume's
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"defi". However, the current web you use now is often referred to insiders
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affordable Web3 tech aims to speed up the transition from Web2 to Web3,
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as "web2".
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which matters for privacy and security.
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</p>
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<p class="font-body text-xl md:text-3xl text-body">
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While Web3 can include many decentralized services, it symbolizes the
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multiverse, or the entirety of all decentralized & P2P networks. Some may
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refer to this as the "metaverse", or even "dweb", but we can agree to
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disagree 😉.
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</p>
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</p>
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<div class="pt-10 w-full">
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<a
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<a
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<span class="float-right mt-16 w-[300px] space-y-10 mr-5">
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<span class="float-right mt-16 w-[300px] space-y-10 mr-5">
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Web1</h3>
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Web1</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-2xl text-body">
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<p class="font-body text-2xl text-body">
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Web1 is probably best remembered by geeks as chat rooms and IRC (which
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Nostalgically recalled for chat rooms and IRC by tech enthusiasts,
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still exist to this day, but only to power users). To normal users it
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signifies the era of integrated services like AOL dial-up, providing
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was the age of AOL dial-up and similar networks where you got web,
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web access, email, shopping, and chat for mainstream users.
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email, shopping, and chat all in one place.
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</p>
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class="absolute bottom-0 -left-[110px] object-contain xl:-left-5 float-left"
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/>
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/>
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>
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Web2</h3>
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Web2</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-body text-2xl">
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Web2 since evolved with the web browser and we got better gaming,
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online apps, video streaming and calling and much, much more. However,
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it also got quickly captured by Silicon Valley and what some refer to
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as the "tech bros".
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including the broader internet infrastructure like ISPs and domains,
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</p>
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regulates your web experience, often citing "safety".
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<p class="font-body text-body text-2xl">
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So <i>despite</i> the innovation that occurred, it has turned into a top-down
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system where only a few geeks/CEO's and their investors control your entire
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web.
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</p>
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<p class="font-body text-body text-2xl">
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This also excludes the wider internet infrastructure of domains and
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ISP's (internet providers and hosting), who also play a part in
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controlling your web, be it for your "safety", or other reasons.
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>
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Crypto/<br />DeFi</h3>
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Crypto/<br />DeFi</h3>
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<p class="font-body text-2xl text-body">
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We get the birth of Bitcoin and all of the innovation that followed.
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centralization increased. Factors such as the influx of big money,
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both in operation, and access, the innovation over time has caused
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greed, hype, and FOMO contributed to this trend. The introduction of
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things to re-centralize.
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many money legos worsened the situation, leading to boom and bust
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cycles.
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<p class="font-body text-2xl text-body">
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this to only get worse, creating a classic "boom" and "bust". Human
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</p>
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<p class="font-body text-2xl text-body">
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<h3 class="font-display text-6xl">Web3</h3>
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What to say about Web3? Honestly... upfront it appeared to get used as
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a new buzz word to replace "DeFi". Terms like "Web3" and "Metaverse"
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crypto/DeFi infrastructure. Money dominates over ideology, driven by
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funders. A balance is necessary between free markets and public goods
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system that can be labeled "web3" still builds onto of the same
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centralized crypto/defi infrastructure.
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Web1 is probably best remembered by geeks as chat rooms and IRC (which
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still exist to this day, but only to power users). To normal users it was
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signifies the era of integrated services like AOL dial-up, providing web
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the age of AOL dial-up and similar networks where you got web, email,
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access, email, shopping, and chat for mainstream users.
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shopping, and chat all in one place..
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Web2 since evolved with the web browser and we got better gaming, online
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Featuring improved gaming, online apps, and video streaming, was swiftly
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apps, video streaming and calling and much, much more. However, it also
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monopolized by Silicon Valley, creating a top-down system controlled by a
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got quickly captured by Silicon Valley and what some refer to as the "tech
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few tech elites. Despite innovations, this system, including the broader
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bros".
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internet infrastructure like ISPs and domains, regulates your web
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</p>
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experience, often citing "safety".
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<p class="font-body text-body text-xl">
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So <i>despite</i> the innovation that occurred, it has turned into a top-down
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system where only a few geeks/CEO's and their investors control your entire
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web.
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</p>
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This also excludes the wider internet infrastructure of domains and ISP's
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(internet providers and hosting), who also play a part in controlling your
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web, be it for your "safety", or other reasons.
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</p>
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operation, and access, the innovation over time has caused things to
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to only get worse, creating a classic "boom" and "bust". Human nature
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tends to be greedy, so over time, money overrode principles.
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It became one large crypto casino.
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What to say about Web3? Honestly... upfront it appeared to get used as a
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new buzz word to replace "DeFi". Terms like "Web3" and "Metaverse" have
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many different meanings to many people. It is intended to include more
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crypto/DeFi infrastructure. Money dominates over ideology, driven by
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than just money and trading, and yet every blockchain-based system that
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funders. A balance is necessary between free markets and public goods to
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can be labeled "web3" still builds onto of the same centralized
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address the current imbalance.
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crypto/defi infrastructure.
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The end result is an ecosystem that promotes and <b><i>wants</i></b> to be
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decentralized, but where money overrules ideology, ethos, and principles. This
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is in part due to who's bankrolling it all, and thus the incentives to build
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make it more about the money then about freedom.
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There needs to be a balance here between free markets/money and public
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goods/infra, and so far things are way out of wack and need to be fixed.
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