> Most of the descriptions I’ve seen focus on mechanisms - block chains, smart contracts, tokens, etc - but I would argue those are implementation details ... The real question is what fundamental capability are people pointing to when they talk about web3?
That's exactly the change in focus needed in order for discussions of this topic to be more rational/sober/productive, imo.
1. many of the people doing originating work with the tech had deep understanding of the ___domain it applies to (and most software engineers to do not)
2. that gets diluted by people incentivized to shill for various reasons
3. so now we're not "in search of a problem" it's just been lost amid diverse noisy communication—and it's also defined in a ___domain unfamiliar to most programmers, so describing it is non-trivial
4. a good starting point for communicating this to programmers might be in terms of technical capability, then working toward more specific social/economic applications from there
That's exactly the change in focus needed in order for discussions of this topic to be more rational/sober/productive, imo.