January 2023
Intermediate to advanced
248 pages
6h 31m
English
Before we explore Web3, let’s talk about how we got here; it’s important to understand the context. There’s history, after all – the World Wide Web only turned 32 in 2021 – and knowing what came before is important.
First came Web1 (approximately 1990–2005) which – per Tim Berners Lee – was around openness, free protocols, community-focused and decentralized; there was little governance. Value came from the production, not the mechanics of how the network worked. Fifteen years on, Web 2 (more popularly known as ‘Web 2.0’) was coined. The shift was palpable; the open, free and, some said, hippyish nature of Web 1 got a wake-up call from Web 2.0. The focus now was centralized, owned, siloed entities that ...
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