Truly decentralized Web3 needs more developers: Animoca co-founder

cointelegraph.com:

Animoca Brands co-founder and chairman Yat Siu has urged for more developers to enter the Web3 space, warning that without “choice” there can be no “decentralized environment.”

Speaking to Cointelegraph during Korean Blockchain Week (KBW) 2022, Sui stressed that more developers need to come into the space to give consumers more alternatives when it comes to their platform of choice — which could be based on “best value” or one they most culturally associate with.

Siu noted that while developers have been excited to build software applications, many have continued to “struggle under the yoke of centralized platforms'' such as Apple and Google, forcing developers to “exist under [their] rules.”

Siu also noted that added that although many developers aren’t necessarily “blockchain versed”, “they’re keen on the idea” of moving into the space, again stressing the need for more developers to come into the space in order to offer Web3 users more options:

Asked whether blockchain developers should be focused on competition or collaboration, Yiu emphasized that he “doesn’t want any [Web3 projects] to do badly”, because that would mean that “we have less choice.”

The Animoca Brands executive also argued it would be much more sustainable for a variety of Web3 projects to capture their fair share of the market than just a few Web3 projects dominating the space:

Animoca Brands is a venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights via NFTs and gaming with the vision to build an open and interoperable Metaverse.

The company was ranked in the Financial Times’ list of High-Growth Companies in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021. Animoca’s most popular gaming products are Revv Motorsport and Sandbox, which can be accessed with