Web3 as Poop Emoji

That’s probably the strangest post title I’ve ever written. I really can’t explain it, just read this post. It’s written by the founder of Signal.

Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click on Pepperidge Farm Remembers flavored memes about how “crypto” used to mean “cryptography” than I am the latest NFT drop.

He makes an excellent point that despite the web3 goal of a decentralized web, people are going to connect to a Blockchain through one or two services for convenience. So you will be at the mercy of the service.

He built an NFT app that ultimately delivered a poop emoji (read the post, it’s excellent). OpenSea (NFT marketplace) ultimately stopped showing it. Is it still on the Blockchain? I assume so. If you bought it could you see it? Sorry.

Poop.