On The Brink with Castle Island

Paolo Fragomeni (Socket Supply Co) on the Definition of web3 (EP.306)

Apr 13, 2022

49:59

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Web Two Point O

02:58

Is There a Reluctance to Run Servers?

04:14

Is the Excitement Around Web Three Coming From Cryptocurrency?

02:17

Introduction

2min

Web Three and Socket Upply

2min

What Was the Breakthrough of Usor Experience?

3min

Web Two Point O

3min

Web Two Point O

3min

What's the Next Major Version of the Web?

2min

The Consensus in Web Three?

3min

Is the Excitement Around Web Three Coming From Cryptocurrency?

2min

The Big Failure With Looksover

4min

10.

The Biggest Technical Argument for a Distributed and Decentralized System

2min

11.

The Data Center Is a Thick Client, or a Dumb Client?

2min

12.

What Is the Driving Force Behind Infr Structure?

4min

13.

Decentralization and Web Three

3min

14.

Is There a Reluctance to Run Servers?

4min

15.

Cloud Computing

4min

16.

Introducing Distributed Systems to Developers

4min

17.

Is Socket Supply Wildly Successful?

3min

Socket Supply Co founder and CEO Paolo Fragomeni joins the show to discuss what web3 is and isn't – and what it should be. In this episode:

Paolo's start writing modem software and BBS in the pre-modern web days
What delineated web 1.0 from web 2.0
The single request that really made web 2.0 possible
How today's web is limited by incumbents
When did web 3.0 really emerge? What distinguishes it from 2.0?
Best definitions of web3?
State of the web in terms of centralization and prospects from here
How the internet has flip flopped between centralization and decentralization
What will push users towards web3?
Moxie's comments on web3 and whether they have any merit
What Paolo is building at Socket Supply
Why p2p is so fundamental
How to get started with Socket Supply

Read about Socket Supply in Coindesk and on their website.

Intro/outro music: Ocarina #986 (used with permission)

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