Is self-censorship the worst kind of censorship?

As we are designing our protocol and platform for Rubix and NFT Engage, we are standing in front of architectural decisions that many other projects deal with. We are still early and so, as with any cutting edge technology, we are all reinventing each others' wheels and design the same things over and over. Following post muses about web3 platform architecture from the perspective of a web2 architect.

Do you know what the most played and most controversial game of our lives is?

Whenever I open my "real life" Twitter account, there is someone hating on web3 and NFTs - why should I buy ugly monkey pictures? Why is a QR code as a conference ticket not enough? Why would anyone care if some number is stored on blockchain over a database in the cloud?

We keep promising a “trustless” protocols and systems in and around web3, but we rarely deliver on that promise. Maybe it is not even possible to do that. Maybe “trustless” just means “as little trust put into a stranger as possible”. Let’s explore.

Welcome! I’ve read bunch of articles on Mirror, but never really thought of joining and posting. But hey, since I am in crypto/blockchain/web3 with all I have (and I don’t mean money, I mean brain power), I can as well start using the tools I preach and believe in.