WTF Is Web3?

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4.1 • 572 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Web3! It's the latest internet buzzword which encompasses an egalitarian vision of the web that's more reliable, based on trust, and, inevitably, built on the blockchain. This plan for the future is being pushed by startups, venture capitalists, and Silicon Valley bigwigs, all of whom stand to make some sweet, sweet cryptocurrency from a new breed of web app that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back in the hands of the people.

This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED senior writer Gilad Edelman joins us to talk about whether the reality of whatever Web3 becomes will ever live up to Silicon Valley's rosy vision of it.

Show Notes

Read Gilad’s story about Web3.

Recommendations

Gilad recommends the book Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper, and also Boone Ashworth’s story about Fire Twitter on WIRED.com. Mike also recommends the Fire Twitter story. Lauren recommends the show Broad City.

Gilad Edelman can be found on Twitter @GiladEdelman. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.

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0:00.0	Mike.
0:01.1	Lauren.
0:02.1	Like, what if I told you that you've been doing the internet all wrong?
0:06.5	Like you've been too trusting about how it works and it's like all centralized and stuff.
0:13.1	I mean, I signed up for Twitter.
0:14.8	So every day I feel like I'm doing the internet wrong.
0:18.2	What if I told you that the blockchain is going to fix everything?
0:24.1	I would run in the opposite direction.
0:26.5	Well, just stick around at least for this podcast.
0:28.8	Okay.
0:29.2	Okay.
0:32.6	Hey, everyone.
0:37.4	Welcome to Gadget Lab.
0:38.5	I'm Lauren Good.
0:39.2	I'm a senior writer on the blockchain.
0:42.5	I'm a senior writer at Wired.
0:45.4	My name is Michael Coloria.
0:46.9	I'm a senior editor at Wired.
0:48.7	Which is also on the blockchain.
0:50.2	Oh, no.
0:50.7	We're also joined by Wired Senior Writer,
0:52.7	Gillaud Edelman, blockchain expert.
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