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History of the web

Brief interactive tour on how did we get here

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1990Slide Graph2005
Web 1
Interaction ability

Read

Users

Primarily content / information consumers, developers are needed for content creation

Characteristics

Same experience for every visitor, static, stateless

Use case examples

Online Newspaper / put your billboard online - Static website

Interaction ability

HTML

2005Slide Graph2020
Web 2
Interaction ability

Read & Write

Users

Everyone can be a content creator - Developers, Designers, Writers, Video producers, Content makers, SEO specialists…

Characteristics

Many new use cases, better tooling, opportunities for new creators (platforms that don't require coding expertise), customized experience, fast flow of information, centralized, data controlled by government and/or large companies (👋🙏 Mr. Snowden)

Use case examples

Put your app online - E-commerce website, Marketplace, News / Blog portal, Social network, Video platform

Interaction ability

Server-side script languages (PHP), CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Wix), Shopify, Wikipedia, YouTube, Upwork, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Skype

2020Slide Graph
Web 3
Interaction ability

Read, Write & Own

Creators

Everyone (after you go through the surf experience ;)

Characteristics

Decentralized, trusteless, new business models rising, payments natively embedded at the protocol level

Use case examples

Crypto Wallets, Crypto Exchanges, DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), NFTs, DeFi

Interaction ability

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Metamask, Argent, OpenSea

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