Third Mumbai Testnet

Freunde der Zukunft – hier kommen die Links der Woche. Sehr ans Herz legen möchte ich »The Third Web (Si apre in una nuova finestra)« von Jürgen Geuter. Eine Einführung in all things crypto und warum einige Menschen große Hoffnungen haben, andere größtmögliche Skepsis. Wer sich dann immer noch einarbeiten möchte, zum Beispiel über die Feiertage, findet weitere gute Links, ein Anfang könnte »A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person (Si apre in una nuova finestra)« sein. Lustig ist es allemal.

Klar versuchen jetzt Firmen, auf den Hype aufzuspringen. Bisher kommen dabei verzweifelte Marketing-Stunts raus wie die NFT-Versteigerung der ersten SMS (Vodafone) oder kreativer Essensbilder (Applebee's). Andere bauen so etwas wie digitale Sammelkarten (Nike). Oder schrauben weiter an kostenpflichtigen Assets in Spielen (Ubisoft). So weit, so langweilig. Interessanter scheinen mir die dezentralen, autonomen Organisationen, die DAOs (Si apre in una nuova finestra), die explizit gegen herkömmliche Firmen antreten und ganz anders funktionieren wollen.

Das Jahr geht zu Ende, die Zukunft kommt!

Reading

10 books to rehabilitate the tech doomer in your life (Si apre in una nuova finestra): These books will help put things in perspective so you can focus on what really matters over the holidays: winning family grudge matches of Catan.
The longest train journey in the world – in 2021 (Si apre in una nuova finestra): This tweet has been doing the rounds, claiming to map the longest train journey in the world.The problem is… it’s not right.
How Shein beat Amazon at its own game — and reinvented fast fashion (Si apre in una nuova finestra): By connecting China’s garment factories with Western Gen-Z customers, Shein ushered in a new era of »ultra-fast« shopping.
Inside Apple Park (Si apre in una nuova finestra): first look at the design team shaping the future of tech.
100 years of whatever this will be (Si apre in una nuova finestra): What if all these weird tech trends actually add up to something?
Meet Kiri (Si apre in una nuova finestra), the tiny Japanese fire truck bringing joy to San Francisco.
Ten tech predictions for 2022 (Si apre in una nuova finestra): what’s next for Twitter, Uber and NFTs.
A deep dive into an NSO zero-click iMessage exploit (Si apre in una nuova finestra): »We assess this to be one of the most technically sophisticated exploits we've ever seen.«
The metaverse has a groping problem already (Si apre in una nuova finestra): A woman was sexually harassed on Meta’s VR social media platform. She’s not the first—and won’t be the last.

Crypto

The Third Web (Si apre in una nuova finestra): »I understand a lot of the motivations driving people to wanting to rethink the web. The monopolies and power imbalances, the inequality and unfairness. I understand that especially creative people are desperately looking for ways to make a decent living and selling NFTs looks like a very simple way to make some serious cash.«
Web3 is going just great (Si apre in una nuova finestra): A timeline of some of 2021's greatest hits in cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other web3 projects.
A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person (Si apre in una nuova finestra): How to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole.
How to create an NFT (Si apre in una nuova finestra) — and why you may not want to: Warning: here be dragons (fees and moral dilemmas).
I Gave My Mom a Crypto Wallet (Si apre in una nuova finestra): A Simple Guide to NFTs, Blockchain and More. If you wince when you hear the term ‘nonfungible token,’ fear not. We created an NFT to help explain this whole crypto revolution in a clear, easy-to-understand way.
Applebee’s (Si apre in una nuova finestra): A collection of NFT art based on our iconic menu items.
A Bor version is ready (Si apre in una nuova finestra) for the Mumbai Testnet which includes the London hard fork and EIP 1559. Please upgrade your nodes before block#22640000 hits.