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@jstn I think good faith disagreements are fair. I always try to discuss and will continue to. The stuff today didn’t seem good faith. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alebaffa @zachtratar “I don’t personally like it” - doesn’t mean it’s speculation. I’ve been buying NFTs for ~4 ye… https://t.co/gYi6DIZkgq — PolitiTweet.org

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@opiumhum This is the way — PolitiTweet.org

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@zachtratar OpenSea stats - this isn’t “real world” usage? https://t.co/o6RSiu2e3b — PolitiTweet.org

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@thethrum I’d be happy to talk to you more on the topic. Here’s a post I wrote on it recently https://t.co/III9SMCHXv — PolitiTweet.org

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@dabit3 Thank you — PolitiTweet.org

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@thethrum Fixing the business model of the internet is important — PolitiTweet.org

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“Technical advisor to the CEO of Microsoft” https://t.co/cbhV7H8ktm — PolitiTweet.org

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@thdxr @alebaffa There are definitely challenges but lots of smart people working on solutions. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dubeg_ https://t.co/ToIK4MeIz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brian_armstrong: A lot of folks don't realize that crypto is really the 3rd generation of the internet, re-decentralizing it. It is Web… — PolitiTweet.org

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Web 3 offers a new way that combines the best aspects of the previous eras. It’s very early in this movement and a… https://t.co/xRqYmi958K — PolitiTweet.org

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Before Web 3, users and builders had to choose between the limited functionality of Web 1 or the corporate, centralized model of Web 2. — PolitiTweet.org

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This fixes the core problem of centralized networks, where the value is accumulated by one company, and the company… https://t.co/Z9HHvE0lXV — PolitiTweet.org

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Tokens align network participants to work together toward a common goal — the growth of the network and the appreciation of the token. — PolitiTweet.org

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You can also earn tokens through creative and entrepreneurial activities. For example, people are earning roughly $… https://t.co/aAzhl0Xy8x — PolitiTweet.org

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Uniswap famously retroactively airdropped 15% of its governance tokens to early users of the protocol. Community gr… https://t.co/ZOBBLEKibL — PolitiTweet.org

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There are many ways for users to acquire fungible and non-fungible tokens. You can buy them, but there are also ways to earn them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ethereum is powered by a fungible token, ETH, which is used to incentivize the physical computers that underlie the… https://t.co/dWOSbYu6nK — PolitiTweet.org

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Blockchains are special computers that anyone can access but no one owns. — PolitiTweet.org

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NFTs exist on top of blockchains like Ethereum. Ethereum is a decentralized global computer that is owned and operated by its users. — PolitiTweet.org

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NFTs give users the ability to own objects, which can be art, photos, code, music, text, game objects, credentials,… https://t.co/rxMZxoPDfd — PolitiTweet.org

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Tokens give users property rights: the ability to own a piece of the internet. — PolitiTweet.org

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Now let’s talk about Web 3. In Web 3, ownership and control is decentralized. Users and builders can own pieces of… https://t.co/mDVTiBuwVV — PolitiTweet.org

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For 3rd parties, the transition from cooperation to competition feels like a bait-and-switch. Over time, the best e… https://t.co/Ea3eTiVUuF — PolitiTweet.org

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Famous examples of this are Microsoft vs. Netscape, Google vs. Yelp, Facebook vs. Zynga, Twitter vs. its 3rd-party… https://t.co/Env1a83w7H — PolitiTweet.org

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When they hit the top of the S-curve, their relationships with network participants change from positive-sum to zer… https://t.co/AVw6qlaIor — PolitiTweet.org

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They do this to strengthen their network effect. As platforms move up the adoption S-curve, their power over users… https://t.co/gxA8grGwKR — PolitiTweet.org

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Centralized platforms follow a predictable life cycle. At first, they do everything they can to recruit users and 3… https://t.co/mGvSMDWlCs — PolitiTweet.org

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Why does Web 3 matter? First, let’s look at the problems with centralized platforms. (I wrote more about this back… https://t.co/saiY6PzKYx — PolitiTweet.org