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Web3 Criticism

The cluster focuses on skepticism and debate about Web3, frequently dismissing it as overhyped crypto, blockchain grifts, or unrelated to core web technologies like HTML/CSS/JS, while some defend or clarify its broader potential.

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Sample Comments

fivelessminutes • Nov 19, 2021 • View on HN

... nobody needs 'web3', just like nobody needed the blockchain grifters.

blondin • Jan 5, 2023 • View on HN

many?! you think web3 is only about crypto?

bigfatkitten • Jan 10, 2025 • View on HN

Have they moved away from Web3 rubbish?

internet_user • Dec 30, 2019 • View on HN

There is no such thing as web3. Please stop hyping your heavy bags.

calibas • Feb 2, 2023 • View on HN

Can we stop calling this stuff "Web3"?

suyash • May 20, 2022 • View on HN

Web3 needs to detangled on beyond crypto/NFT, Crypto has very little if anything to do with web technologies like HTML/CSS/JS which are core of the current Web 2.0 era

kranke155 • Jan 3, 2022 • View on HN

Here's a good article about web3 that no one here will read - https://continuations.com/post/671863718643105792/web3crypto...

pketh • Nov 25, 2021 • View on HN

web 1 and 2 promised very little and delivered a lot, web3 looks like the opposite

palata • Aug 2, 2023 • View on HN

That's what the web3 people try to make you believe

zonotope • Jul 18, 2023 • View on HN

This sounds a lot like some of the rationale behind "web3"