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In the initial days of the internet, where there were no search engines like Google, it was hard to find a website that had the right information that you needed.

Even if you get the correct information somehow, the website you visit is filled with ads like popups, gifs, images rather than content, so it is hard to load the website with 2G or just a GPRS connection.

This initial era of the internet is called Web 1.0. In this era, the whole internet is static, and you don’t get to interact with the website.

Then came the shift, search engines were born, making it easier to find the correct information what you are looking for along with the social media websites where you can socialize virtually for hours and hours, not just using computers but also using mobile anywhere in the world literally from anywhere.

This change on the internet is named Web 2.0, which is more dynamic, allowing you to interact with the website like commenting, searching, logging in, and signing up.

But this is not enough because, with the introduction of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, the web is making the next shift towards Web 3.0.

What Is Web 3.0?

Web 3.0 is a successor of Web 2.0, where websites and apps process information in a humanlike way with the help of AI and Big Data.

It seems the statement above is not fresh because tech giants like Google, Facebook (sorry Meta😉) are already leveraging AI and Big Data to process information. But the difference is in Web 3.0 all the information processes take place in decentralized, open and permissionless ways.

The one thing in the technology that has a Decentralized, Openness, and Permission trait is Blockchain.

So the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW), Tim Berners-Lee, calls Web 3.0 as Semantic Web, which aims at being a more autonomous, intelligent, and open internet.

To explain exactly. In Web 3.0, datas will interconnect in a decentralized way. Users and machines will be able to interact with data. But for this to happen, programs need to understand the information, both conceptually and contextually. With this in mind, the two cornerstones of Web 3.0 are semantic web and artificial intelligence (AI).

Features of Web 3.0.

There is still no standard definition for Web 3.0. So no one cannot point out that this is exactly Web 3.0. However, some features that can help to determine this is web 3.0.

Decentralization.

Today most of the Web 2.0 properties depend on the server, which is controlled by the individual or any organisation.

If that server is down you don’t get the information you need.

Just imagine what happens if the Google server is down for a second or a minute. Google serves approximately 63,000 search queries per second. If the server is down for a minute, searchers don’t get the results they want, advertisers cannot show the advertisement to the searchers, so their revenue goes down along with Google.

But in Web 3.0, thanks to Blockchain and AI, information would be found based on the searcher intent and is stored in multiple locations simultaneously.

The data generated in Web 3.0 by disparate and increasingly powerful computing resources, including mobile phones, desktops, appliances, vehicles, and sensors, will be sold by users through decentralized data networks, ensuring that users retain ownership control.

Ubiquity.

Web 2.0 is already ubiquitous. For example Facebook, you can upload a photo, and someone from another part of the world can see that and can interact with it unless they have Facebook access.

But this is not true all the time. Some countries can ban access to some platform or a platform designed differently and show different results for specific geographic locations.

With the Web 3.0 structure, where there is no central authority control, and information and content are more connected and ubiquitous, making the internet accessible to anyone anywhere at any time.

Trustless and Permissionless.

Web 3.0’s heart and soul is decentralization meaning Web 3.0 will run either on a blockchain or decentralized peer-to-peer network or a combination.

Decentralization eliminates the neediness for trusted third parties to interact with the participants.

It also eliminates the governing body permissions to interact on the network.

Artificial Intelligence.

Web 3.0 uses AI to provide users with accurate and unbiased data.

This is possible because the computer or devices in Web 3.0 will be able to understand information like humans through technologies based upon Semantic Web concepts and natural language processing.

Even Web 3.0 effectively uses machine learning which is the branch of AI for analyzing and processing data to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving its accuracy. This will allow computers to produce results fast with relevance.

Difference Between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.

Conclusion.

There is still no answer that Web 3.0 is here or not because there are many technologies that use AI to process the information, but those are in the hands of centralized authorities like companies Apple, Google.

Also, there are some decentralized apps or DApps that are working towards processing the information like technologies built by the central authority, but the results were not that satisfactory.

Even though we cannot point out this is the Web 3.0 platform, someday Web 3.0 will be here, and all the content is served by Web 3.0.