InterviewNational 'splinternets' already here, Web pioneer O'Reilly says
Blockchain-based Web3 rush is 'similar to dot-com period' as money floods in
Tim O'Reilly likened the current Web3 rush to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s, with "a lot of money chasing opportunities." © Reuters
NAOKI WATANABE, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- The severing of Russia from much of the broader internet in response to its invasion of Ukraine has revived talk about the fragmentation of the internet in a similar vein to the Cold War divide, but veteran Silicon Valley thinker Tim O'Reilly sees the situation a bit differently.