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On The Brink with Castle Island


Apr 13, 2022

Socket Supply Co founder and CEO Paolo Fragomeni joins the show to discuss what web3 is and isn't – and what it should be. In this episode: 

  • Paolo's start writing modem software and BBS in the pre-modern web days 
  • What delineated web 1.0 from web 2.0
  • The single request that really made web 2.0 possible 
  • How today's web is limited by incumbents 
  • When did web 3.0 really emerge? What distinguishes it from 2.0? 
  • Best definitions of web3? 
  • State of the web in terms of centralization and prospects from here 
  • How the internet has flip flopped between centralization and decentralization 
  • What will push users towards web3? 
  • Moxie's comments on web3 and whether they have any merit 
  • What Paolo is building at Socket Supply 
  • Why p2p is so fundamental 
  • How to get started with Socket Supply 

Read about Socket Supply in Coindesk and on their website

Intro/outro music: Ocarina #986 (used with permission)