Reject "corporate trash," embrace sovereignty tools—Web3 developers' new mission

【CryptoWorld】Ethereum co-founder recently shared his thoughts on the future direction of Web3, with core insights directly addressing the current pain points of the internet ecosystem.

He sharply defines “corposlop” (corporate trash content)—that is meticulously crafted brand packaging and seemingly respectable marketing language by companies, but behind it is naked profit chasing. In simple terms, it’s soulless, trend-following, hypocritical, and low-quality homogeneous products. This description hits many people’s pain points.

In contrast, he introduces the new concept of “sovereignty.” Here, sovereignty is no longer just a political term but refers to protecting your digital privacy through encryption technology and safeguarding your thoughts from being hijacked in corporate attention wars. It sounds very Web3, but actually it’s about: you should control your data, your choices, and your assets.

To realize this vision, he calls on developers to truly create tools with sovereignty attributes:

Privacy-first, local-first applications — Your data should be in your hands, not analyzed or sold on some server.

User-controlled social media — Instead of being hijacked by algorithms, let users decide what to see. The direction of decentralized social media is here.

Genuinely helpful financial tools for users — No more encouraging 50x leverage liquidations, and no more packaging sports betting as investment. The goal is to help users grow their wealth steadily.

Open, privacy-focused AI tools — In the AI boom, privacy-friendly, localized deployment solutions are the future.

Applications and organizations with a clear vision — Not just raising funds for the sake of fundraising, but truly solving problems and changing the ecosystem.

His final summary is particularly powerful: maintain sovereignty, reject trash, and believe in certain things. This is not only a technical declaration but also a shot in the arm for the Web3 community. In an internet era of “move fast and break things,” it’s meaningful that some people still stand for privacy, sovereignty, and values, which is worth paying attention to.