# Web3 and Polkadot Vision - Twitter Space

These are just fast notes, copy paste links, and sentences that I wrote down to help with this twitter space: https://x.com/alice_und_bob/status/1902404883187126705

## Thought Heirarchy

Chat GPT output:

> Here's an ordered list of what should be done first to last, with additional steps for clarity and logical progression:
>
> * Mission – Define the core purpose of the organization or project. (Why do we exist?)
> * Vision – Establish the long-term aspirational goal. (Where do we want to go?)
> * Core Values – Identify guiding principles that shape decision-making and culture.
> * Strategy – Outline the high-level approach to achieving the vision.
> * Market & Competitive Analysis – Research industry trends, competitors, and target audience.
> * Goals & Objectives – Set measurable targets aligned with the vision and strategy.
> * Products & Services – Define offerings that fulfill the mission and support the strategy.
> * Business Model – Determine revenue streams, cost structures, and sustainability.
> * Roadmap & Milestones – Develop a timeline for execution with key deliverables.
> * Brand Identity & Messaging – Create a cohesive identity (name, logo, communication style).
> * Operational Plan – Establish internal processes, team roles, and workflows.
> * Funding & Resources – Secure necessary capital, partnerships, or investments.
> * Marketing & Sales Strategy – Plan how to reach, engage, and convert customers.
> * Launch & Execution – Implement the plan and begin delivering products/services.
> * Monitoring & Iteration – Track progress, gather feedback, and refine based on results.

### What We Need First

1. Mission
2. Vision
3. Core Values

Then we can think about strategy.

## History

- 2008 financial crisis
- cigarettes and tobacco lies
- big pharma lies
- government surveillance
- election fraud
- consumer physical infra (like optic fiber install)
## Web3

* I wrote this in July 2022
* 
* Web3 Core Values
* Decentralized
* Not decentralization as a goal, but as a path toward Resilience.
* Decentralization of power and of the network itself.
* Acknowledgment that Pluralism (or populism) isn't that great.
* We must agree that centralization is fundamentally bad and will always end in corruption.
* Meritocracy (reputation) is the working Web3 system.
* Verifiable
* Self-Sovereign
* Must be okay with Web3 failing if people do not want sovereignty.
* Education and empowerment is the only path forward.
* Interoperable
* Privacy-Preserving
* "privacy for the weak, transparency for the powerful"
* Cypherpunk Movement, Julien Assange, Wikileaks
* Privacy by default, but not privacy for all
* Open
* Public
* Borderless
* Neutral
* Must be okay with people using the system in any way.
* Alegal
* "Alegal" means something that is not within the framework or concept of the law, or unrelated to concerns of legality.
* The Taliban use Toyotas.
* Censorship Resistant
* Resilient
* Adaptive, Evolutionary
* The best solutions for today wont solve the problems of tomorrow.
* General
* Build a computer, not a blockchain.
* Performant
* We would use a better technology if it existed, even if it was not Blockchain.
* Coherent
* Accessible

If you are not afraid of going to jail, you probably aren't doing anything important - Amir Taki

### The Internet / Technology Is Trending Toward Centralization

> During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the early 2000s — internet services were built on open protocols that were controlled by the internet community. This meant that people or organizations could grow their internet presence knowing the rules of the game wouldn’t change later on. Huge web properties were started during this era including Yahoo, Google, Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. In the process, the importance of centralized platforms like AOL greatly diminished.
>
> During the second era of the internet, from the mid 2000s to the present, for-profit tech companies — most notably Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (GAFA) — built software and services that rapidly outpaced the capabilities of open protocols. The explosive growth of smartphones accelerated this trend as mobile apps became the majority of internet use. Eventually users migrated from open services to these more sophisticated, centralized services. Even when users still accessed open protocols like the web, they would typically do so mediated by GAFA software and services.
>
> The good news is that billions of people got access to amazing technologies, many of which were free to use. The bad news is that it became much harder for startups, creators, and other groups to grow their internet presence without worrying about centralized platforms changing the rules on them, taking away their audiences and profits. This in turn stifled innovation, making the internet less interesting and dynamic. Centralization has also created broader societal tensions, which we see in the debates over subjects like fake news, state sponsored bots, “no platforming” of users, EU privacy laws, and algorithmic biases. These debates will only intensify in the coming years.

- https://cdixon.org/2018/02/18/why-decentralization-matters

> As Gavin said, clever machines will have a destabilizing effect on society, like most ground-breaking tech technology always had. At the moment, AI is a necessarily centralized technology. So, would we be worried? Well…
>
> > AI requires huge amounts of computing power to develop these models, and it’s pretty easy to work out where that computing power is and knock on their door if they’re doing something wrong.

- https://medium.com/@Luuuuu/gavin-wood-about-artificial-intelligence-ai-9caa45d4fbb5

### Beyond Finance

- Finance combines:
- Verifiability, Censorship Resistance
- Essentially just a ledger
- The ability to agree on a number, which represents value.

- Arguable Much of DeFi is not "fully Web3"
- USDC is probably not very "borderless" or "decentralized"
- Or Self-Sovereign or Privacy Preserving or Neutral

- Beyond Finance -> Computation
- Agreement / Consensus of:
- Execution of a general extrinsic
- Computation of a general program
- Storage of a general output

- Why should we be happy about adoption and policies from incumbent powers? Do we forget ourselves?

### Beyond Blockchain

* The Curse of Cryptocurrency
* Acknowledgment that cryptocurrencies and native tokens have led to competitivness, splitting of power, re-invention of the wheel, and many other factors against the underlying mission.
* It has also led to a bounty hunter / mercinary mindset.
* People used to just do stuff they liked for free.
* Web3 will progress when we move past blockchains.

Some usecases beyond blockchain:

* Mix Nets (a la Nym)
* Privacy Layers (a la ZCash)
* Oracle Services (a la Chainlink)
* P2P Communication Services (a la Whisper)
* Persistent File Storage Services (a la IPFS)

Unfortunately no one has found easy ways to make billions of dollars on the advancement of these technologies.

## Polkadot

* From July 2022
* 

### More milestones

- Polkadot should be banned by a country, for pretty much any Web3 centered reason.
- Polkadot should be used for a real-world election.
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### The World Computer

* Web3 Execution, Computation, Storage

#### Not Obvious

Not everyone agrees about the Decentralized Computer Vision.

- Some think blockchain will not find utility outside finance.

#### A Better Future

* The world will be better when using Polkadot's technology, whether or not it is Polkadot.
* Polkadot is then not represented by the technology, but by the people, the mission, the alignment, the vision.
* Anyone can fork polkadot today, but not every community can upgrade polkadot for tomorrow.

#### End of the Crypto Bubble

* Abundant blockspace will lead to the end of the crypto bubble.
* Most value only exists in the need for security.

#### Usecases

What are the ways in which the decentralized execution, computation and storage can be beneficial to the world.

We must believe that bits are as powerful as dollars.

- Finance Beyond the Dollar
- Loans
- Credit Scores
- Network States
- Voting Systems
- Governance
- Direct Democracy
- Verifiable, Transparent
- Decentralized Physical Infrastructure
- Crowdsourced and paid access to infra
- Replace the "comcast" & "at&t" of the world
- Decentralized Science and Research
- Private, on-chain, verifiable clinical studies
- [Decades of Lies Show Tobacco Companies Can’t Be Trusted](https://exposetobacco.org/news/tobacco-industry-lies/)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
- Verifiable Yet Private Systems
- Attestation / Reputation
- Verifiable Randomness

Are all of these b(tr)illion dollar usecases? Probably not, but arguably all will improve our future.

## Extra

* From July 2022
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