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On the Verge of Web 3.0: Next Generation Blockchain-Browsers

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Web 3.0 to me is probably the rise of WebAssembly and the death of legacy browser support so we can all use sane modern browser features, no more shims or other hackery.

> death of legacy browser support

Are we including html and css on that list? I'm not sure webgl is capable of replacing them. Browsers would need to expose some sort of 2d drawing layer.

No, just old approaches instead of just using modern browser features, or even modern JS features. Not every single thing has to be WebAssembly, but it is a good starting minimum requirement, cause it basically guarantees modern versions of JavaScript. I mention WebGL and audio etc cause if HTML5 is set to replace Flash, there's still small rough edges here or there.

Sounds like more cult of the blockchain drivel than actually something real. Also I don't want to be paid to read an ad. I don't want ads. If the success of this blockchain tech is based on the viability of checking to see if someone has viewed an ad then it has already failed.

Oh god, with a headline like that I can just see the cynical naysayers of HN flocking to this thread.

They hardly have to. There's very little substance in this article to respond to -- it's padded heavily with purple prose like:

> It was the time of AOL chat rooms, MSN instant messengers, AltaVista and Ask Jeeves. It was unbearably slow. Many will remember the coveted FTP servers and the wails of DNS signals.

> Sites are interactive and attract users but they are monotonous and require constant bug fixing, maintenance of massive servers and various cosmetic repairs.

The only meaningful content in this article is a brief review of three browsers that support some form of blockchain features (Opera, Brave, and Beaker). The blockchain features of these browsers aren't even equivalent -- Opera has support for Ethereum wallets and dApps, Brave has an advertising-related cryptotoken, and Beaker is a front end to some sort of distributed data store -- and the article makes no attempt to compare or contrast them.

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