a16z partners: Web 3 is inseparable from intermediary services.

Much of the recent criticism on web3 is that it's not a real distro as it's a mix of middleware services like NFT industry like OpenSea and data services like Alchemy . (Note: Celestia co-founder Nick White notes that Alchemy, Graph, and all other blockchain indexing projects are not data-intensive programs, nor are they storage protocols. data. Filecoin and Arweave.)

This criticism is based on a misunderstanding of web3 commentators called "decentralization", and I try to explain it.

Like web1, web3 has intermediate resources. The key question for web3 is whether network issues are designed to be as private (as in web2) or public (as in web1).

Network issues are a big reason for retaining users and developers. If you try Twitter, you'll lose the followers you've built up over the years. Because of web2, private companies like Twitter create network problems.

However, I can disconnect from my web hosting and change my DNS records to store my internal links, search rankings, etc.

In web1, open protocols such as HTTP and SMTP and community services such as DNS include network issues as resources.

The killer app on the internet is a website. The web and email are networks, social apps like Instagram and Twitter are networks, and apps like Uber and Airbnb are networks.

The network interface allows partners such as Facebook and Twitter to manage and achieve a high level of accuracy (30%-100% web2 acceptance rate).

Blockchain offers a powerful new way to develop collaboration, with network effects happening on public devices, just like in the web1.

For example, Ethereum NFT can be thought of as a network of NFTs with user interactions and established connections. The network is based on the Ethereum blockchain. Users have full control over their data.

Several middleware services provide access to this network, including OpenSea, Zora, LookRare, etc.

(Check out Zora's website above, remember that Zora herself is a politician.)

However, as shown here, these services have no network issues.

There will be intermediate support in web3. In fact, as we see in web1, the open web has opened up many new developments and markets around us.

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in the 90s knew they had the freedom to create and invest without fear that networks would alter markets or reduce access to them, as is often the case with private networks. .

The city's parks attract pedestrians, who serve nearby restaurants and other businesses. Likewise, civil society organizations are open to business and opportunities that may not exist.

Web2 is run by people who spend a lot of money extracting information and funds from the networks they run. For example, Internet TV broadcasting is offered by some large companies and there is no room for start-ups and new ideas.

The good news is that we are still in the early stages of the Internet and new networks will likely be created in the years to come.

web3 offers a new way to create networks by combining the public interfaces of web1 with the advanced features of web2.

Note: DNS is the unknown hero of web1. It is an intermediate representation of the network structure (domain name) and the physical layer (IP) and fulfills user control, allowing monitoring of intermediate services with the ability to shut down was good.