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Using a Theory of Justice to Build a Better Web3

Phil Windley

Consequently, I read Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet with interest because it applied John Rawls's thought experiment known as the "veil of ignorance 1 ," from his influential 1971 work A Theory of Justice to propose three things we can do in Web3 to build a more fair internet: Promote self-determination and agency.

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Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?

Vox

It also seems like what’s happening to crypto and/or “Web3” — the recent rebranding of crypto — right now. Tag line: “Don’t miss out on crypto.”. Meanwhile, some workers who were eager to leave their Big Tech jobs for Web3 startups a few months ago may be having second thoughts. Then, the crash. Rani Molla.

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Cloudless: Computing at the Edge

Phil Windley

The genius of of the name cloudless computing is that it gets us out of the trenches of dapps, web3, blockchain, and other specific implementations and speaks to an idea or concept. DEED - cropped) Tags: cloudless picos iot tesla But once the model is built, it operates close to the data.

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Web3: Self-Sovereign Authority and Self-Certifying Protocols

Phil Windley

Web3, if built correctly, can help people to act as full-fledged participants in the digital realm. I stumbled across Web3 is Self-Certifying from Jay Graber. The goals of Web3 include self-sovereignty (autonomy and independence) and censorship resistance. Tags: web3 ssi identity keri decentralized+identifiers.

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Framing and Self-Sovereignty in Web3

Phil Windley

Summary: Self-sovereign identity must be the foundation of Web3 because it is the means for framing ourselves in the digital world and taking action with our peers. As I wrote last week, this, combined with self-certifying protocols is the basis for a Web3 that embodies people so they can act as full-fledged participants in the digital realm.

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Web3, Coherence, and Platform Sovereignty

Phil Windley

In The crypto-communists behind the Web3 revolution , Benjamin Pimentel argues that "The future of decentralized finance echoes a decidedly Marxist vision of the future." Tags: web3 the+stack ssi bitcoin sovereign. Rather it's going to add more platforms that influence, but don't displace, the things that came before.

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Transferable Accounts Putting Passengers at Risk

Phil Windley

proposed what they call a soul-bound token as a non-transferable credential type for Web3. Tags: identity ssi verifiable+credentials reputation. Recently Vatalik el. I'm putting together my thoughts on that for a future post. Photo Credit: A Buenos Aires taxi ride from Phillip Capper ( CC BY 2.0 ).