Opinion

February 3, 2022

Don't believe the hype: Web3 is not going to change the world

Web3 is just a new spin on the same blockchain tech that we've been discussing for the last decade.


Dr Ewan Kirk

4 min read

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you will have undoubtedly heard of Web3. According to some VCs and founders, this radically updated internet will unlock a new era of human co-operation and creativity, and so on.     

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Dr Ewan Kirk

Dr Ewan Kirk is a technology entrepreneur, early-stage investor and founder of Cantab Capital Partners. He is Chairman of Deeptech Labs, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cambridge and Chair of the Management Committee at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

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