Is web3 still a useful term? It's not well defined and means different things to different people. I find myself moving towards more specific and self-describing terms like onchain. Do you still use "web3" or do you have other terms you prefer?
would love for the standard terms for this industry to move towards concepts like self-ownership, sovereignty, onchain / offchain, transparency, privacy. web3 really doesnt mean anything to me or to anyone (outside of crypto) i say the term to
In line with you and others, I'd prefer to be more specific where possible Web3 is an umbrella that encompasses a philosophy more than anything else fwiw I rarely, if ever, see orgs refer to themselves as "Web2"
Of course I have to share this: https://proofinprogress.com/posts/2020-09-08/web3.html But generally, I‘m also disappointed that we‘re bumping the web‘s major version. Web v2.1 could have been nice too. Anyways, I think actual dapp innovation isn‘t happening in browsers right now. Devs are playing with CRDTs a
Contra to most people commenting I do find it useful. It's a stack of things that can and do come apart but it's useful to see it as a stack, in the same way that web2 is a stack.