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I felt the same way and transferred my domains to Uniregistry ... and then GoDaddy bought them.

I understand the frustration, as someone working on apps in the space it is clear that there is much to be done.

Dapps right now are still a work in progress and very early. Most of the issues you brought up are known in the space and are actively being worked on. For example, UI file storage is being tackled via the work of ETH Swarm + ENS (also Mist browser), EOS Storage, IPFS Filecoin, etc. Running a full node is not necessarily required, you could immediately access a decentralized network via a light client on many platforms.

Ultimately the end goal for Dapps are to merge the benefits of decentralization (always-available, secure, permissionless, distributed, censorship-resistant, etc) into traditional application models, and in some instances create entirely new types of applications.

As I've said before, when consumers speak of "the cloud" they are usually describing something that sounds much more like decentralized platforms than current centralized solutions. Long-term I think decentralized platforms are going to change every industry in some way. Even from just an accounting perspective it's hard to see how this tech won't change the way we manage and transfer funds.

This is still an ongoing debate in the crypto space.

The opposing argument to concentrated mining pools is that they still require individuals to point to these pools and are essentially acting as proxy votes. It's decentralized because mining pools only have as much power as individual participants allow them to have and there have been multiple occasions where individuals have forced an action such as the UASF.

PoW seems to be on the outs recently with PoS, DPoS, DAG and other algorithms emerging as potential alternatives.

Blockchain without decentralization isn't that exciting. The problem with banning crypto is that there will be an entrepreneurial group of people willing to accept cryptocurrencies for a high fee and turn it into fiat or a commodity in a neighboring country. As someone developing in the crypto space, I look at this tech as the formation of a global, secure, always-on, always-accessible, standardized, permission-less database. When people talk of "the cloud" I feel that crypto platforms fit that description more aptly then traditional services.

I like Dropbox but as a potential investor I would be a bit nervous about the online storage industry as a whole considering crypto-backed decentralized storage seems only 12-24 months away.

It depends what you consider "the web" to be at this point. If you consider domain names, web server software, and data formats / protocols created for the web to be part of "the web" then I would argue that nearly all of the mobile apps use "the web" in some capacity. If you're referring to only browser-accessible web properties then I would say it's increasing at an incredible pace, just not as incredible a pace as mobile. Mobile is king right now but it's hard to predict the future, perhaps Augmented Reality takes over, or perhaps mobile is the first to enter emerging markets but as the cost and size of computers decrease we may see an eventual surge in desktop machines with web browser access. I look at the web as the "safe zone" or default last-resort method of accessing the Internet. I don't think it will go away anytime soon until we have a superior alternative that provides the convenience, efficiency, and level of open access to information that we see today.

Cool! The more common reusable rockets become, the more we can assume their cost benefits and apply them to even more ambitious space projects.

The biggest casualty of Science this decade has been elementary school dioramas.

More power to her. I hope she awakens to a body and future that brings her happiness.

Anyone else feel the need to do a parody video demonstrating how the ads have encroached on the organic link space over the years?

Not hating, I actually like the new look, it was just the first thing I thought of when they mentioned the original "ten blue links".

I always assumed this was due to the language barrier. China has roughly 10 million English speakers while India has hundreds of millions. To me, language appears to be one of the largest causes of cultural divide.

Just one look at blockchain tech should tell governments that they might as well give up on the pointless endeavor of eliminating information via intimidation. Technology is slowly presenting two options, complete transparency or totalitarian control. The days of operating in the middle are going away as the information becomes more difficult to trace back to it's origin.

I miss Perl. It was the first programming language I learned as a kid. I read the entire Perl for dummies book when I was 14 and uploaded my first script to a "cgi-bin" shortly after. Thanks Larry for your contributions!