[Blockchain People Talk #6] Who can stand on Web3 under the battle of dragons and tigers

What is Web3

"Web3" is another hot topic after the Metaverse. What is Web3? Simply put, it is the next generation of network applications, a network that covers applications such as "blockchain", "cryptocurrency", "NFT", and "metaverse" through a "decentralized mechanism". Decentralized management achieves the concept of democratizing information sovereignty. For other large network platform companies such as "Google", "Apple", "Facebook (Meta)", "Amazon", "Microsoft" that have monopolized information so far, it is called the next generation network. But why are Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey both frequently tweeting that it's just a "gimmick" and a "marketing rhetoric"?

The term "Web3" was born in 2014. At first, it was used to describe a new type of protocol that achieves decentralized consensus. Now it has become a general term for public chain ecology, applications and even design concepts. Emphasizing the use of technology driven by the creator economy, Web3 proponents say it is the future, or rather, the next evolution of the Internet. We use "Young and Dangerous" to describe it! In fact, "there are talents in the country" and "the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves", this is the same truth, and the progress of science and technology is the same. In fact, to put it bluntly, it depends on whose fist speaks loudly!

Web1 is the age of sending and querying information

For example, Web1 is like the rise of early E-mail and large portals, just like the first generation of "Hongxingshe". The early business model emerged from the "large portal site", one site after another, the revenue of the advertising box feeds the site, and then most people search for information through the portal site. Such as "Yahoo Yahoo", "Kimo", "Sweet Potato Vine" and other Warring States Period. The big brothers have conquered the world, won the handicap territory, and led the younger brothers to siege the city and loot the land, intrigue, and absorb more younger brothers to expand the influence of the territory. Finally, newcomers emerged, and the new model Google took over the portal site.

Web2 is the age when information communicates with each other

With the advancement of technology and the times, young "Young and Dangerous" have new ideas and new practices, the site of "portal websites" has gradually declined, and new societies Facebook and Youtube have risen, and the Web2 era replaced by social platforms is coming. , the "self-media" of various "Young and Dangerous" self-proclaimed kings, although the world is closer to Facebook, Youtube, etc., the world is by your side, it seems that everyone has a site, the result! After a few years of honeymoon period, these platform bosses seem to be very amiable and let these younger brothers develop, silently AI, algorithms, and traffic began to establish a business model of centralized revenue and profit sharing, only to find that they were all for the sake of The boss of the platform community makes money, and what to do and say needs to be reviewed by them. The younger brothers of the newer generation have been deeply complaining and are beginning to feel unhappy.

Web3 is the era of peer-to-peer serialization and decentralization

With the continuous criticism of centralized platforms, since the centralized business model has controlled the right of people to express freely and is restricted by social platforms, it has caused a lot of criticism. The rise of a new generation of "Young and Dangerous", and the emergence of "blockchain" in new societies. It is called the new era of Web3, and the slogan that requires decentralization is no longer controlled by the platform seems very reasonable. The characteristics of "centralization", the formation of cryptocurrencies (homogeneous tokens), the rise of community applications such as NFT (non-homogeneous tokens), DiFi, DAO, etc., truly achieve the concept that everyone is the boss and everyone is a community . In the past, it was selected by intermediary platforms, and the content has to be reviewed. In the new era of "blockchain" under Web3, its characteristics highlight the purpose of Internet freedom, and it seems to be more appealing to younger brothers.

Is it a gimmick? Is it a marketing term?

After two generations of "young and bewildered young" struggles between the sites, some people are victorious and invincible, while others are defeated like mountains and trees, and with the rise of new forces, can they really unify the world? However, there are still big bosses who are not optimistic about the new forces.

Tesla president Elon Musk said on Twitter a while back: "I'm not saying Web3 is real, it currently looks 'more of a marketing term' than real. Just wondering, 10 years , what the future will look like in 20 or 30 years. 2051 sounds super futuristic! "And added: "Has anyone seen Web3? I can't find it.".

"Jack Dorsey", the former Twitter CEO, also murmured under Musk's tweet: "It's currently between A and Z."; even with technology industry venture capital Andreessen Horowitz ( "Marc Andreessen", the co-founder of a16z for short, said that although Web 3.0 is claimed to be decentralized, venture capital firms are the actual owners and will create "centralized entities with different labels". , the concept of true decentralization is too ideal.

It can still be seen that "Web3", the largest site, is still very controversial. In the end, whether this new war is controlled by the "blockchain" community depends on its future maturity and perfection. However, we also see The big guy "Musk" also supports the cryptocurrency "Dogecoin", and even "Bitcoin" can be used to buy "Tesla cars", so "Young and Dangerous" believers believe that Web3 is the future, Is it a "gimmick" in the eyes of doubters? Or "marketing jargon"? We will continue to watch its ups and downs, but we must first understand it, at least the only Web3 trend that can be seen at present is "blockchain".

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