Web3とは

What if the internet were owned by its users? Web3 promises exactly that — more control and ownership over your digital life. Let's explore the shift.

Web1 (roughly 1990-2004) was the read-only web: mostly static pages, users consuming information, and little interaction beyond clicking links.

Web2, from around 2004, is the social web we use now: user-generated content on centralized platforms like YouTube and Twitter, with apps front and center.

Web2's centralization brought problems: companies own and profit from your data, platforms can censor content, and a few giants control access.

Web3 is the next step, tackling Web2's flaws with decentralization, user ownership, and transparency — built on blockchain for a more open web.

Decentralization spreads control across a network instead of one company: no single point of failure, community governance, and far less censorship.

Web3 gives you true ownership: you directly hold your crypto and NFTs, decide who touches your data, and control your own digital identity.

Web3 systems aim to be trustless and transparent — trust lives in the code and network rules, and transactions are publicly visible on a blockchain.

Web3 brings new building blocks: DApps running on a blockchain, the metaverse with digital economies, and DAOs governed by code instead of hierarchy.

You traced the web from Web1's static pages to Web2's centralized platforms to Web3's decentralized, user-owned vision. Next, the tech behind it.