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> Technically, web3 is merely authentication with a public key.

I thought "web3" meant "something, something, blockchain"?



it's kind of a lie.

The blockchains are huge and slow.

So all it means is that you have a public/private key. You end up sending and receiving money by signing stuff you don't really verify, and trust some other 3rd party website for any chain verification.

So you have a private/public key, and the rest is website. You don't really do anything on the chain by yourself




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