I was hired to write C++ for the blockchain of... a famous cryptocurrency in 2014, and back then I was very enthusiastic.

But fairly soon I concluded "There's no 'there' there," and left the field. Nothing since has convinced me it isn't a complete scam, and your article doesn't even try.

I'll make you an offer. You show me your plan for a web3 application that isn't some sort of cryptocurrency and not aimed at evading the law, and I'll show you a plan that does the same thing, but uses boring old strong cryptography without a blockchain, for less than 1% the development costs and resources.