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The document discusses the evolution of the Internet from Web 1.0 to the current Web 2.0 and the emerging Web 3.0. Web 1.0 consisted of static websites. Web 2.0 enabled user interaction and user-generated content but collected personal data. Web 3.0 aims to give users control over their online identity and data through decentralization and blockchain technology.

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Web 3

The document discusses the evolution of the Internet from Web 1.0 to the current Web 2.0 and the emerging Web 3.0. Web 1.0 consisted of static websites. Web 2.0 enabled user interaction and user-generated content but collected personal data. Web 3.0 aims to give users control over their online identity and data through decentralization and blockchain technology.

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I could argue that the Internet is the most important and

impactful invention of all of the history of humankind so far.

It has completely changed and mutated the very essence of how we


go on about our lives. But it hasn’t always been the way it is today,
neither will it be in the future. We’re on Web 2.0 right now, but
Web 1.0 preceded it and Web 3.0 will succeed it.

Web 1.0

Web 1.0 was the very first state of the Internet. It was mostly
known as the static web. Meaning that the web pages were only
available in ‘write-and-publish’ or ‘read’ mode. There was no way
for people to interact with the network and give it inputs like we
now do on social media and shopping sites.
It’s important to note that the transition between each state of the
Internet has, so far, been fairly smooth. The Internet going into
another stage doesn’t mean there’s a change to the actual
infrastructure of the Internet. it just means that the majority of the
users are gradually switching to using a different type of service on
the network.

For example, there are still lots of websites that made up the core
of web 1.0. Those websites are static and unchanging unless a
manual change to their code was made.

The Internet is still able to host such websites, it’s just that not
many users are attracted to them compared to interactive services
on the web.

Although those websites do seem pretty boring… That’s where web


2.0 comes in!

Web 2.0
The term web 2.0 was coined in the years around 2004. It was the
second stage of the Internet and was described by Tim O'Reilly as
follows:

“The business revolution in the computer industry caused by the


move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand
the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those
rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get
better the more people use them.”

I and you are currently on web 2.0. It was the change from static
websites to interactive platforms where the users are the ones
providing the content. Some of the very first services that emerged
out of the transition to web 2.0 were Facebook and Gmail.

The more these websites and apps were used, the better they got
and the more people wanted them. But these companies provided
these services in exchange for your data, like email, phone
number, name, and sometimes even address.

You are entrusting all this information that makes up who you are
on the Internet to big companies that have no way to prove they
aren’t selling your information or using it in a way it wasn’t meant
to be. Web 3 is partly the product of issues concerning privacy like
these.
Web 3.0 to the rescue

Web 3.0 is, in a simple form, made up of open,


trustless, and permissionless networks. Decentralization is at
the heart of the distinction between web 2.0 and web 3.0.

Due to the nature of blockchain, any user on an app or website


that is run on a blockchain can access the service without
permission or requirements from any central authority. Meaning
that no one can block you or deny you service either.

Although not the Semantic Web envisioned by Berners-Lee, Web


3.0 is in many ways a return to his original web, where “no
permission is needed from a central authority to post anything …
there is no central controlling node, and so no single point of
failure … and no “kill switch”!

Control Your Online Identity

The fact that you can choose who to give your information to is
probably the biggest character of web 3.0. It’s built on top of the
blockchain technology that was widely popularized by Bitcoin and
cryptocurrencies.

Due to blockchain’s tamper-proof nature, providing your


information on Web 3.0 will allow the whole internet to know and
be sure that you are who you say you are.

This tackles the mainstream problem that we often heard about


today: identity hacking and theft. You will no
longer provide third parties with your information, but instead
will allow them to use it.
Your identity on web 3.0 is this package of data that you can use to
change your information only once instead of changing it on every
platform.

For example, I recently moved houses and had to change my


address on Amazon, The Economist, and all my other
subscriptions. It was such a pain! But if I was using web 3.0, I’d
only have to change my address once. That change would then be
broadcast to all platforms where my address is used.

You can control the collection of all that makes up you on the
Internet (i.e. your profile on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, your
accounts with all service provider companies including the posts
you make on such platforms)

Web 3.0 will enable you to regain control of who you are on the
Internet.

The Picture Painted by Web 3.0

Web 3.0, often referred to as the semantic web, democratizes the


Internet.

We are allowed to use most of their services for free. Does that
mean no buying or selling is going on? How do these big
companies earn their money? Well if you’re not buying anything,
and you’re not selling anything, then you are the product. In
this case, your personal information is.

Web 3.0 allows the public to take control back over the Internet
that they use. Big corporations like Google and Microsoft’s
monopoly on software services will be terminated. They will no
longer own personal information but will have to borrow
information instead.

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