I think the real standard is the amount of people that care about it.

Take the same example of a singer.

v1: "I'm an aspiring singer."

"So far I've played at home & family gatherings..." (<- not real)

v2: "I'm an aspiring singer."

"I have 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify" (<- real)

By that standard, web3 is not 'real'. Not enough people care.

Don't get me wrong, those that care seem to *really* care, but I do not see a future were people will give up the social concept of ownership (which seems like the only thing any web3 project is revolving around) and let some racing computers make that decision for them.

And let's be honest here, even if I'm completely wrong about this, this technology is not even close to being worth to the amount of money thrown at it right now.