What Is Web3?

Image: Muhammed AKAN / Shutterstock.com. Article by Fergus O’Sullivan. How-To Geek – January 16, 2022.

A new buzzword has taken over the internet: Web3, also known as Web 3.0 or web3. People say it’s the future—but what does that really mean? Let’s take a look at what Web3 is and what it may have in store for us.

What Is Web 3.0?

Web3 is a pretty nebulous term that means different things to different people. It promises an internet that relies a lot less on large companies like Google or Facebook and more on decentralized networks. The idea behind it is democratization of the internet rather than the corporatization that we see today, where these massive conglomerates more or less run the web. […]

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