How will Rss3 move forward in the future?#
-- This is the ultimate question that has been lingering in the minds of the Rss3 team and programmers.
To answer this question, I think we need to start with the following three aspects:
1. How did Rss3 get to where it is now?
(Oh my god, what have we been through?)
2. What is the current environment for Rss3?
(Oh my, what kind of wind is blowing now?)
3. What is the future direction of Rss3?
(Oh my god, what can we do in the future to have both a moat and long-termism?)
Alright, let's take a look:
Step 1: How did Rss3 get to where it is now?
According to the chat with the Rss3 whitepaper (the Rss3 whitepaper was released in December 2021):
RSS3 is the next-generation information subscription standard designed to support efficient and decentralized information distribution.
From the whitepaper, it can be seen that at the beginning, the ambition of the Rss3 project was not big, it just wanted to become the "next-generation information subscription standard", which can be understood as @diygod, the creator of rsshub, wanting to upgrade the RSS business in the web3 trend. The goal of "supporting efficient and decentralized information distribution" was just to improve information distribution.
Later, after exploring projects like revery (a social demo of the Rss3 protocol) and cheers (a web3 personal business card of the Rss3 protocol), it seems that there was some hesitation.
I understand that the team may have encountered self-doubt about the direction and positioning that web3 projects generally face in the face of a bear market with a cold coin price and a cool user base.
But everything is fine, Shuaizong is still strong, and diygod still enjoys coding. Everything is quietly accumulating~~~
Step 2: What is the current environment for Rss3?
It is now March 5, 2023. BTC and ETH have been falling after experiencing a bottom bounce, Binance is still fighting with its old friends from Ftx in the wilderness, V God is still blowing his PoS plate, and projects like Lens, Farcaster, and CyberConnect are worried about the stability of the public chains they are built on.
The market is also in a state of hesitation after experiencing the Hong Kong wind, VR, AI, and the crazy operations of L2.
So, what is Rss3 doing in all of this?
According to the Rss3 official blog in the 2022 year-end review on January 15, it can be seen that
Here, I would like to thank @diygod for providing the AI intelligent summary function.
In the past four months, progress and development have been made, including improving network scalability and security, supporting DeFi protocols, community activities, etc. They have also collaborated with other companies to release getting started guides, participate in forums and hackathons, and update applications. Finally, they celebrated their Twitter account surpassing 50,000 followers.
It seems that they have been building and working, but haven't done much.
However, from a series of data on the Rss3 official website, it seems that they have done a lot.
In short, the project has achieved the goals of Stage 2, which can be seen from the personal blog of boss @joshua:
In 2022, RSS3 achieved many milestones in the Web3 and cryptocurrency fields, becoming the de facto number one Web3 social data provider. They will continue to focus on acquiring substantial developers and users, and seek more talents to share their vision of an open network. When there is a conflict between serving users and serving the Open Web, they will prioritize the latter. The RSS3 Foundation plans to launch the world's first open network search engine and upgrade cross-network scanning in 2023 to further develop and grow.
Here, it is worth highlighting that:
The RSS3 Network received over 1.4 billion requests, with monthly requests surpassing 400 million in December – a 20,000% increase from December of the previous year. As a result, RSS3 has become the de facto number one Web3 social data provider.
Because of this impressive network usage data, it has attracted the attention of Binance Research, which included RSS3 and another social project of the team, Crossbell, in their research report "Web3 Social: The Road to Mass Adoption" released in December 2022.
They listed RSS3 and Crossbell as two of the six key cases to observe and study.
So far, I think we have an answer to the second step, which is that in 2022, RSS3 has gained industry recognition and established its position in the web3 infrastructure industry.
Step 3: What is the future direction of Rss3?
Writing up to this point, I already need to respond to the topic, but I haven't figured it out yet (for the sake of teasing). I can only continue in the next part.
However, I can give a hint with three images: