At the center of Web 3, there’s decentralization: Web 3’s alleged purpose of redistributing ownership, decision power, and revenue between those who add actual value to a project, which more often than not includes the people formerly known as customers. Decentralization is a big deal. It has technical, architectural, legal, and political implications, and it challenges many preconceptions about how organizations work. It is a polarizing subject, too. While many people are devoting their live...

At the center of Web 3, there’s decentralization: Web 3’s alleged purpose of redistributing ownership, decision power, and revenue between those who add actual value to a project, which more often than not includes the people formerly known as customers. Decentralization is a big deal. It has technical, architectural, legal, and political implications, and it challenges many preconceptions about how organizations work. It is a polarizing subject, too. While many people are devoting their live...