Is web3 still a useful term? It's not well defined and means different things to different people. I find myself moving towards more specific and self-describing terms like onchain. Do you still use "web3" or do you have other terms you prefer?

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Yes! Thank you. I like the examples you chose. I've also noticed that using a fluffy term like web3 introduces some risk, since it is easily coopted and can be made to mean something other than what you intended.

would love for the standard terms for this industry to move towards concepts like self-ownership, sovereignty, onchain / offchain, transparency, privacy. web3 really doesnt mean anything to me or to anyone (outside of crypto) i say the term to

Contra to most people commenting I do find it useful.

It's a stack of things that can and do come apart but it's useful to see it as a stack, in the same way that web2 is a stack.