Education portal which is largely scoped to take the user from Web2 thinking => Web3 thinking. Basically takes a user on a tour that concisely answers the following questions:
VISION
- What is web3? Why is web3 better than web2?
- Whats wrong with web2? Hint: data breaches, not owning your identity, intermediaries mean that there's high fees, censorship.
- What is the future of knowledge work? Hint: This article answers the question
- Why would I use Gitcoin over centralized, web2, alternatives?
TOOLS
- What is a blockchain?
- What is Metamask?
- What is Ethereum and why do I need it?
- What is gas and why do I need to pay it?
USING THE PLATFORM
- Where do I start?
- How do I evaluate whether an issue is a fit for me? has the right ROI?
Scope:
- I will provision a funded issue for each sub-section of this funded issue.
- Scope of this issue is simply to deliver a design for an education portal which can be used as a platform to answer these questions.
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@mbeylin are there any questions I missed here?
@pipermerriam, you've been an advocate of blockchains for years. if you could build an education portal designed to educate about why web3 is powerful, what would you do? what would you add to the above portal?
owocki
on 22 Oct 2017
Are you proposing this as a new section to the web3.py documentation?
pipermerriam
on 23 Oct 2017
i think theres probably some shared attributes of this effort that should be useful for many web3 projects, but i was envisioning this education portal to be more consumer-oriented (as opposed to developer-oriented).
owocki
on 23 Oct 2017
So a sort of greenfield project focused on documentation but not necessarily technical or centered around any specific tooling?
i was envisioning this education portal to be more consumer-oriented
I've been of the somewhat strong opinion that consumers don't matter and should not need to be educated on these topics. Crypto/Blockchain won't succeed because it's better as measured by the standard metrics that we in this community like to measure such things by. Rather, it can win if it's cheaper and at least as easy to use as the web2 alternatives.
I say this to ensure that if a portal is made with this type of documentation, that it doesn't focus heavily on trying to convince people that the technology is somehow better, but rather tries to educate in an accessible way the way in which it works. Current state of affairs makes it clear that people don't care much about privacy or owning their data, much less about decentralization or censorship resistance. People care about free easy to use applications so it might be good to actually focus a section on this, that web3 applications can looks exactly like their web2 counter parts and can be just as free, or even pay users for using them.
pipermerriam
on 23 Oct 2017
I've been of the somewhat strong opinion that consumers don't matter and should not need to be educated on these topics
Perhaps it depends upon how you define consumer.
The primary user of Gitcoin is a contributor (or repo owner of) to a web3 repo.
Secondarily, the target user of Gitcoin is a contributor to OSS in general.
Maybe we could define the above users as _prosumers_. Many of them are not working on core web3 infrastructure, but they are technical and have more knowledge of privacy, decentralization, blockchain, than the average American consumer.
Nonetheless, I agree with your larger point wholeheartedly.
doesn't focus heavily on trying to convince people that the technology is somehow better, but rather tries to educate in an accessible way the way in which it works
People care about free easy to use applications so it might be good to actually focus a section on this, that web3 applications can looks exactly like their web2 counter parts and can be just as free, or even pay users for using them.
Taking these thoughts a step further, I wonder what, in the mind of the above prosumer persona, the _killer_ advantage of a blockchain-based job distribution network is, over a web2 one (a la Upwork, BountySource, etc). In my mind, (1) not having to deal with bureaucracy and (2) being able to earn native tokens of the repo I'm contributing to are the killer apps. But for the developer prosumer persona, I think it'll likely take some market research to understand what'll drive adoption.
owocki
on 23 Oct 2017
FYI: I'm now in crunch-mode for devcon so I don't know how much time I'll have for specing this stuff out until after the conference.
pipermerriam
on 24 Oct 2017
npnp, appreciate the thoughtful input thus far. see you in cancun!
owocki
on 24 Oct 2017
convo here is related i think https://github.com/gitcoinco/web/issues/24#issuecomment-351271312
owocki
on 13 Dec 2017
@vsingh1993 some of above make good project for you if/when you join the team
owocki
on 13 Dec 2017
from https://github.com/gitcoinco/gitcoinco/issues/4
Whoa! This is a lot of steps.
Yes, we are aware that the blockchain infrastructure is not yet mainstream. Part of the fun of navigating this new ecosystem is learning the new tools. We understand that it may be frustrating at first, but take a step back and enjoy the process! Trust us when we say that the tools are powerful and that the learning curve.
Theres a whole long thread on 'why web3 is important' here, but the TLDR is:
- Web3 is borderless
- Web3 is permissionless
- Web3 is collaborative
- Web3 is more efficient than web2 predecessors
- Web3 enables you to reward others with ERC20 tokens.
If the web was running an optimization problem, web2 would be a local maxima. Web3 is the global maxima.
- Remember the equifax hack? It can't happen in web3.
- Economy in a 'death spiral of inflation?. It can't happen in web3.
- Civil Asset Forfeiture a problem? Not in web3.
- Waiting for an ACH transfer to clear?. Web3 is fast, cheap and instant.
owocki
on 15 Dec 2017
feedback on the above?
owocki
on 15 Dec 2017
Very good! In the initial thread, there was a good thought shared about
making sure to educate on both sides of the aisle (i.e. in what ways,
today, is web2 still functionally better than web3?).
This however, is a fantastic starting point of resources for a short blog
post explainer.
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on 15 Dec 2017
in what ways, today, is web2 still functionally better than web3
i think ease of use is the main thing.
also, credit cards / banks are still way easier to use than blockchain.
anything else?
owocki
on 15 Dec 2017
-Finality of payments: no recourse if you make mistakes with your crypto
-Slightly slower transaction processing? More variable fees... although
they’re still usually less than before.
Another huge web3 plus: immediate identity when you land on a web3 landing
page (getting on Cryptokitties and not having to sign in to your account -
assuming also true for Gitcoin)? Kinda goes w permisionless.
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vs77bb
on 15 Dec 2017
ive been thinking a lot about how we transition web2 users to web3. we get the questions “what is web3? what is ethereum and why do i need it?” a lot.
as a means of explaining some of these concepts in a way that doens’nt feel/read like documentation, :gitcoin: commissioned a short video to cover this subject.
here is a rough draft of the video. what does everyone think?
https://youtu.be/HJPmmN2qTNc
owocki
on 23 Jan 2018
this is a ncie little example of an education tool done well https://www.upfolio.com/ultimate-ethereum-guide
owocki
on 26 Jan 2018
I guess this is the UX-Onboarding (FTUX, First Time UX) that's already implemented?
kuhnchris
on 1 Aug 2019
Whoa! This is a lot of steps.
Yes, we are aware that the blockchain infrastructure is not yet mainstream. Part of the fun of navigating this new ecosystem is learning the new tools. We understand that it may be frustrating at first, but take a step back and enjoy the process! Trust us when we say that the tools are powerful and that the learning curve.
Theres a whole long thread on 'why web3 is important' here, but the TLDR is:
- Web3 is borderless
- Web3 is permissionless
- Web3 is collaborative
- Web3 is more efficient than web2 predecessors
- Web3 enables you to reward others with ERC20 tokens.
If the web was running an optimization problem, web2 would be a local maxima. Web3 is the global maxima.
- Remember the equifax hack? It can't happen in web3.
- Economy in a 'death spiral of inflation?. It can't happen in web3.
- Civil Asset Forfeiture a problem? Not in web3.
- Waiting for an ACH transfer to clear?. Web3 is fast, cheap and instant.
Dominik144
on 18 Mar 2020
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Perhaps it depends upon how you define consumer.
The primary user of Gitcoin is a contributor (or repo owner of) to a web3 repo.
Secondarily, the target user of Gitcoin is a contributor to OSS in general.
Maybe we could define the above users as _prosumers_. Many of them are not working on core web3 infrastructure, but they are technical and have more knowledge of privacy, decentralization, blockchain, than the average American consumer.
Nonetheless, I agree with your larger point wholeheartedly.
Taking these thoughts a step further, I wonder what, in the mind of the above prosumer persona, the _killer_ advantage of a blockchain-based job distribution network is, over a web2 one (a la Upwork, BountySource, etc). In my mind, (1) not having to deal with bureaucracy and (2) being able to earn native tokens of the repo I'm contributing to are the killer apps. But for the developer prosumer persona, I think it'll likely take some market research to understand what'll drive adoption.