6 CAUTIONARY TALES FROM CRYPTOLAND
An interview with Molly White by Thomas Stackpole
As the hype around Web3 has reached a fever pitch, critics have started to warn of unintended and overlooked consequences of a web with a blockchain backbone. And while Web3 advocates focus on what the future of the internet could be, skeptics such as Molly White, a software developer and Wikipedia editor, are focused on the very real problems of the here and now.
White created the website Web3 Is Going Just Great, a timeline that tracks scams, hacks, rug pulls, collapses, shady dealings, and other examples of problems with Web3. HBR.org’s tech editor Tom Stackpole spoke to White over email about what people aren’t hearing about Web3, how blockchain could ...
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