Many old-timers from Web2 are quite resistant to the Web3 industry and do not associate with it.
It's no wonder. The Web3 news often seen in Chinese media, aside from various governments' BTC reserves, ETF securities, and blockchain project financing news, is more about descriptions of the dark forest of Web3: a certain wallet was hacked and lost tens of millions of dollars, a certain project was a rug pull, a certain group that used blockchain for fundraising fraud and money laundering was taken down by the police.
News about advancements in blockchain technology is also extremely rare—there haven't been any significant technological advancements in recent years.
There is a lack of news about blockchain applications that change the quality of life for ordinary people: because of blockchain, people can enjoy convenient, secure, and low-cost payments, revolutionary gameplay in games that are encrypted and secure, and cannot be exploited.
Chinese culture and traditional values
For example:
Innovate and seek newness
First be a person, then do things
The peach and plum trees do not speak, yet a path is formed naturally
Do not impose on others what you do not desire for yourself
Offer peaches and plums, and repay with fine jade
The essence of礼 (li) is harmony
Unity of knowledge and action
Poverty and humility cannot be moved, mightiness cannot be bent
Learning has no limits
To hear the Tao in the morning is worth dying in the evening
Respect the elderly as well as the elderly of others, care for the young as well as the young of others
...
These values are reflected very limitedly in the blockchain industry, especially in the media.
The most fitting description for current users entering Web3 might be “to hear the Tao in the morning and die in the evening.”
Web2 users entering Web3 initially do it for “seeking newness,” but once they enter, they are often cut down in the morning and by the evening they finally understand and give up, able to curse “people are doing, and heaven is watching,” and then leave.
There are still those who are not discouraged, staying on to continue learning (like me, still researching contracts).
The road is long, and as long as one is on the road, this is also a form of progress.