Major Differences Between Web2.0 & Web3.0
Published: 2022-03-02 18:36:48

If you haven't been living under a rock for the past few years now, you must have heard or come across the term web3. Depending on your techy(ness), Web3 could either sound confusing or interesting to you. In order to understand web2 & web3, Let's get you started with the genesis.

**Web 1.0** This is the original incarnation of the internet. It was mostly read-only, and if you wanted to talk to others, you did so through an Instant Messenger like yahoo messenger or email. There was no social network, but we had chat rooms that were basically real-time group messages filled with random pseudonymous people and there were very little number of content creators. This first generation of the World Wide Web existed between 1991 - 2004 was revolutionary back then. Companies like **_Netscape, Yahoo, AltaVista, Lycos, MSN_ etc** were some of the major players.

**Web2.0** This is the current version of internet as we know it today. "The term Web 2.0 describes websites that emphasize user-generated content (including user-to-user interaction), usability, and interoperability". The concept refers to the rich web applications, web oriented architecture and social web. It refers to changes in way web pages are designed, sharing and collaboration opportunities to people and enable them express themselves online. It paved way for content creators, influencers and monetization of businesses online. An internet dominated by companies that provided products and services like **_YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok_** etc. in exchange for our personal data. 

**Web3.0** refers to the evolution of web utilization and interaction which includes altering the Web into a database. It enables the up-gradation of the back-end of the web, after a long time of focus on the front-end Web 3.0 is a term that is used to describe many evolutions of web usage and interaction among several paths. In this, data isn’t owned but instead shared, where services show different views for the same web / the same data. 

Web3 focuses on providing incentives to users and members/advocates to build the network, it relies on free and clear content developed and distributed over DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations). It has a low danger of being de-platformed, data will be interconnected in a decentralized way, which would be a huge leap forward to our current generation of the internet (Web 2.0), where data is mostly stored in centralized repositories. 


**Major Differences Between Web2 & Web3** 
  

1. Web2.0 focused on interaction, Web3 focused on decentralization and semantic learning.

2. Web2.0 Networks own the data, while Web3.0 entities have the ownership over the data and it's sharing.

3. Web2.0 focuses on community development while Web3.0 focuses empowering users.

4. Web2.0 web forms are smart application while Web3.0 forms are smart contracts.

5. Web2.0 Single point of failure: malicious actors may be able to take down the network by targeting the central authority while Web3.0 No single point of failure: network can still function even if a large proportion of participants are attacked/taken out.

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