So what is Web 3.0? The decentralized Internet of the future explained...

Since the creation of the Web in 1990, the web has continued to grow around the world. Based on the Internet, the Web is a technology that creates links between millions of pages. At the dawn of social networks, many voices started talking about Web 2.0.

This denomination has never really been unanimous, but that doesn't stop Web 3.0 from arriving in the conversations that touch the digital world.

In this article, we will see what Web 3.0 refers to and the issues surrounding it.

How Web 1.0 and 2.0 came about

So far, we have experienced two major iterations of the Internet. The first, Web 1.0, marked the beginning of the Internet in the late 1980s, with static "read-only" web pages created by a relatively small number of participants. This was clearly a major advance, allowing anyone in the world to access published content. But while users could read and browse these web pages, they could not interact with them much more than that. Also, with no search engines at the time, browsing the World Wide Web was not the simple practice we know it to be today.

By 2000, however, Web 2.0 was underway. While the first iteration primarily involved a single flow of information from the Internet publisher to the Internet user, this new version allowed for much more user interaction and participation. Users can create their own accounts in various applications, which means they have their own unique identities in the online world. This opened up huge opportunities for businesses, especially for e-commerce, as new Internet companies could inexpensively market their products and services to a global base of potential consumers online. It also meant that anyone, anywhere in the world, could publish content for a global audience, giving rise to the globally popular trend of blogging and fueling user-published sites such as the hugely successful Wikipedia. And, of course, we can't forget the role of Web 2.0, which facilitated the rise of social media, first with sites like Myspace, and then more explosively with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as the user-generated content revolution was in full swing. The development of web technologies such as Java_script_, HTML5 (HyperText Markup Language 5), and CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets 3) played a key role in creating these interactive web platforms.

Why the name Web x.0?

The Web is not the only use of the Internet that exists. There are other uses of the Internet that are not the Web:

Your online email,
Content streaming,
Video conferencing tools.
When new uses of the Internet have emerged, users' habits have been disrupted. Facebook and YouTube are good examples.

What's new for Web 3.0?

The deterioration of Web 2.0 democracy has given birth to the Web 3.0 revolution.

Web 3.0 is the next step in the evolution of the internet that puts control of the web back in the hands of the users. The difference lies in new technologies, such as blockchain, that allow the network to function as a peer-to-peer (P2P) system and without trust.

Advances in consensus protocols, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchain-based applications, have shown that users can conduct P2P transactions, develop projects on a global scale and build entire industries while maintaining full control over their privacy.

In Web 3.0, big data companies and giant corporations should no longer exchange personal data or monopolize power and information sources.

Accessing the decentralized web will require an efficient way for the user to interact with dApps and other services. Individuals will still use web browsers to access the Internet and, in general, Web 3.0 will be user-friendly.

On the surface, the learning curve and transition from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 will be pleasant, but behind the scenes, the framework connecting users to digital services will be very different, as financial transactions-buying and selling-will be performed and verified manually, to prevent platforms from recording and retaining personal data without compelling reason...

Instead of Google Drive or Dropbox, you'll find other services like Storj, Siacoin, Filecoin, or the IPFS file distribution and storage technology

Instead of Skype, you'll find platforms like Experty.io

Instead of instant messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat, you'll find Status

Instead of the current mobile operating systems Android and iOS, you will find software platforms for internet applications such as Essentia. one and EOS, which are the gateway to the new web.

Akasha or Steemit will play the role of Facebook and Twitter, Brave will work instead of Chrome and Ethlance can be used as an alternative to Upwork.

These are some examples of alternative platforms and sites, but with the arrival of the 3rd generation of the web to work, new platforms will emerge with a stronger level of competition and will not be controlled by monopolistic service providers, and they are expected to be among the best-decentralized dApps and services we will use in three years.

Today, decentralized applications, wallets, platforms, and other digital assets that make up Web 3.0 are proliferating. Access to these interfaces requires login credentials and identities, similar to the Web 2.0 used today. Using blockchain technology, users will be able to store their data online without the need for central servers. With blockchain, each record will be copied across many computers and linked to a pair of encryption keys, one public and one private, and the owner of the private key will be the true owner of the data, not the computers that store it.

The Bottom line:
Just as Web 2.0 did not automatically end Web 1.0, the transition to Web 3.0 will take time and will require integration with the systems of the Internet. It has already begun as we have passed the point of no return.

Author: Gate.io Researcher: Aziz. H
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