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Intro
We’ve been talking about web3 a lot, with weekly use cases and case studies. Companies "jumping into web3", huge talk about disruption and the new internet. We are living & experiencing web3 being built in real time. Companies running experiments, attempting to mitigate the risks of not participating while looking for opportunity. Yet, there are still a lot of naysayers out there, claiming web3 is just a passing fad, providing no actual utility nor solutions to hard problems.
Quoting Jon Crabb, author of our first piece of the week; “We are going through a process of natural selection. Both the good and the bad things are necessary steps in the process of finding our next form”
Hot topic: The Ethereum blockchain merge is scheduled for mid September.
The most highly anticipated event in the crypto world, is Ethereum’s move from the Proof of work (PoW) to the Proof of stake (PoS) consensus model. To get you up to speed on that;
Watch this great breakdown from Finematics
and read this technical analysis from the Aave foundation
This weeks programming also includes;
A primer on decentralized identities & on-chain credentials
Web3 and contextual privacy
NFTs & the proof-of-patronage philanthropic model
How one developer faked an entire DeFi ecosystem
And we all knew this was coming, a look at Apple’s VR/AR headset
Bonus: The first fashion week to happen in person AND in VR
Plus Tommy Hilfiger returns to NY Fashion week with live show in Roblox as well
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