Web3 for Fun and Profit

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High-level claim: you can run entire modern web apps without a server by combining local-first storage, public-key identity, and peer-to-peer networks. Demonstrated tools and patterns: js-ipfs, Ethereum, AutoMerge, UCANs plus Web Crypto API and IndexedDB for key and local storage. Public-key auth collapses the typical ~11-step OAuth flow into self-signed certificates, and governments (BC, Ontario) already pilot verifiable credentials. Commons networks behave like BitTorrent/IPFS—more participants improve throughput. Fission’s Web Native shows proofs of concept that work at single-user and household scale.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Web3
2. 2:49What is Web3 really
3. 6:00Web1 2 3 compared
4. 12:58User agency and ownership
5. 18:16Interoperability and data
6. 20:01Commons networks explained
7. 22:07Toolbox for developers
8. 23:29Call to action

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