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# Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
- URL: https://werd.io/web3crypto-why-bother/
- Published: 2021-12-30T18:35:32.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-30T18:35:32.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“A blockchain is a worse database. It is slower, requires way more storage and compute, doesn’t have customer support, etc. And yet it has one dimension along which it is radically different. No single entity or small group of entities controls it – something people try to convey, albeit poorly, by saying it is “decentralized.””

\[[Link](https://continuations.com/post/671863718643105792/web3crypto-why-bother)\]