Web 3.0

Under the Hood

What makes Web 3.0 tick? It combines all the technologies discussed: blockchain, decentralization, cryptocurrency, NFTs, AI, machine learning, and the Internet of things (IoT). Information is collected and shared between machines, which can sort, collate, and process that information to provide an answer and make improvements without being programmed to do so.1

This chapter looks at these elements and their role in the next generation of the worldwide web. Much of the material will be review.

Blockchain

Web 3.0 is about privacy serving as a conduit for one’s ability to conduct a P2P transaction without needing a third party to oversee that transaction. The blockchain serves as the backbone that makes this possible.2

Blockchain, ...

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