Best of Web3 — 2025

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    Avatar of bytebytegoByteByteGo·1y

    Bluesky: The Decentralized Social Media App with 30 Million Users

    Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform built on the AT Protocol, designed to give users greater control over their data, identity, and content interaction. It offers modular services for identity retention, account migration, and customizable content experiences and has close to 30 million users. Bluesky’s federated architecture includes Personal Data Servers, Relays, and App Views to manage data, ensure content discoverability, and maintain moderation. This setup aims to solve common issues in other decentralized networks and push for transparency and user autonomy.

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    Avatar of ergq3auoeReinier·31w

    Build & Deploy Blockchain HealthCare DApp | Solidity Smart Contract + Next.js | Web3 Health DApp

    A comprehensive tutorial covering the development and deployment of a blockchain-based healthcare decentralized application (DApp). The guide demonstrates how to create smart contracts in Solidity for secure patient data management and build a frontend using Next.js, enabling healthcare providers to manage medical records and health services on the blockchain with enhanced security and transparency.

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    Avatar of devtoDEV·31w

    Dawn

    Dawn is a censorship-resistant media platform built on the Midnight Network that enables anonymous publishing with verifiable authenticity. Users can publish immutable reports organized into thematic bulletins while proving their eligibility through zero-knowledge attestations without revealing their identity. The platform features complete Lace Wallet integration, custom attestation services, and smart contracts that verify proofs on-chain, making it impossible for reports to be deleted or altered once published.

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    Avatar of coinsbenchCoins Bench·18w

    Why Web3 Résumés Are Useless — And What Founders Actually Look At Instead

    Traditional résumés fail in Web3 hiring because they showcase experience and credentials rather than critical thinking, risk assessment, and debugging skills. Founders prioritize GitHub activity, test quality, PR communication, and reasoning ability over formatted documents. The article argues that candidates should focus on demonstrating their thought processes through code, tests, and architectural decisions rather than polishing résumés. It recommends founders evaluate candidates through GitHub repositories, revert tests, scenario-based questions, and proof of risk-aware thinking.

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    Avatar of devtoDEV·31w

    FestFund: Private Contributions & Public Recognition - A Zero-Knowledge Fundraising Solution

    FestFund is a fundraising platform that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable private donations while maintaining public transparency. Built on Midnight Network, it allows donors to contribute anonymously while still providing verifiable leaderboards and milestone tracking. The platform reduces ZK proof generation time from 418ms to 1ms and includes features like cryptographic commitments, nullifier protection, and transparent accountability without exposing individual donation amounts.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·1y

    Eliza, AI agents, and Fleek.

    In 1966, MIT's Joseph Weizenbaum created ELIZA, a basic chatbot that could simulate a therapist, sparking debates about machine understanding. Today, the AI16z DAO developers have evolved ELIZA into a robust framework for building and deploying autonomous AI agents, gaining immense popularity on GitHub. The Eliza framework is implemented in TypeScript, supports multiple clients like Discord and Github, and can handle both local and cloud-based AI models. Fleek simplifies the deployment process by offering an easy-to-use cloud platform. This evolution makes advanced AI technology more accessible for both developers and non-developers.

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    Avatar of braveBrave·47w

    Brave Becomes First Browser to Launch On-Chain Naming Service, Unlocking .brave for Over 85M Users

    Brave has introduced its own on-chain top-level domain, .brave, available to its 85 million users in partnership with Unstoppable Domains. This aims to enhance digital identity and Web3 integration by allowing personalized domain names for crypto payments and decentralized websites. It marks a significant step towards a decentralized internet, with the potential for ICANN accreditation of .brave to operate across Web2 and Web3 environments.

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    Avatar of anuragiiittEthereum BlockChain Development·1y

    Blockchain File Storage!!!

    Decentralized file storage systems use distributed networks to store data securely instead of relying on centralized servers, utilizing blockchain or peer-to-peer technologies for data integrity and availability. IPFS, a P2P distributed file storage protocol, hashes content into Content Identifiers (CID) for retrieval. Various platforms like Filecoin, Arweave, Swarm, and Bluzelle offer decentralized storage solutions with unique pros and cons. Web3 storage solutions include on-chain, off-chain decentralized, and off-chain private storage.

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    Avatar of anuragiiittEthereum BlockChain Development·1y

    What are Merkle Trees and Proofs?

    Merkle trees are a data structure used to verify data presence efficiently within a blockchain without downloading the entire chain. They consist of hashed data organized in a tree-like structure to ensure data authenticity through hashing and comparing nodes. Merkle proofs allow users to verify the presence of specific data in the tree without accessing the whole structure, optimizing data storage and verification processes.

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