WWW The Digital Age
To fully understand this website and later on WEB3, we should dive into the World Wide Web’s (WWW) history. That time we went from ‘analog’ to ‘digital’. It will help with understanding the vision behind blockchains. We’ll start with a summarizing overview, to get you to know the basics quickly. Below that, you’ll find links to detail pages with a more extensive explanation of each version.
WEB1
Years: 1989 – 2004
Static – Read-only
Users: Scalable to millions
Information flow: One direction
Static content
Social:
– Personal websites;
– Message boards;
– Buddy List/Address Book.
Companies Publish Content
Read-Only Centralized
(companies own data)
WEB1 examples:
WEB2
Years: 2004 – 2016
Read and Write
Users: Scalable to billions
Information flow: Both directions
Dynamic content
Social:
– Blog and Social Profile;
– Community portals;
– Online Social Media.
People Publish Content
Participatory Centralized
(companies own data)
WEB2 examples:
WEB3
Years: 2016 – ????
Executable Web
Users: Scalable to trillions (count machines too 😉 )
Information flow: Multi-user virtual environment
AI web learning content
Social:
– SemiBlog/Haystack;
– Semantic Forums;
– Semantic Social Info.
People built applications that interact independently of companies
Decentralized
(people own their own data)
WEB3 examples:
Dive deeper into the WWW
The above table is somewhat of a summary of WEB1/2/3. Of course, there is much more to it. Therefore, we kindly invite you to our detail pages. Here you’ll learn even more. When you have read everything, don’t be shy and take the WEB1/2/3 Quiz!
