Web3 has become the latest buzzword to get tech and cryptocurrency enthusiasts talking. While some are excited at what is being dubbed as the next phase of the Internet, others, including Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey, have voiced their concerns over it.
But what is Web3 and can this decentralised vision of the Internet work?
Put simply, Web3 is an umbrella term for an online ecosystem that cuts out the big middlemen on the Internet. So, platforms on Web3 are not owned by central gatekeepers and you wouldn’t navigate the Internet through search engines such as Google.
It uses blockchain, the same system used by cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
The first version of the world wide web was launched by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. Back
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