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Web3 Simplified

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What is Web5 and does it already exist?

In this video, I introduce Web 1, 2, 2.5, and 3 and explain in simple terms what Web5 is and how it differs from Web3.

I also mention the platform DeSo which may already have done what Jack Dorsey is trying to achieve.

CHAPTERS

  • 00:00 - Agenda
  • 00:32 - What is Web 1? (The Read-only Web)
  • 01:29 - Examples of Web 1 pages
  • 02:59 - What is Web2? (The Participative Social Web)
  • 05:06 - What is Web3? (The Semantic Web)
  • 07:50 - What is Web5? (The True Decentralized Web)
  • 12:28 - What are DIDs? (Decentralized Identifiers)
  • 13:57 - What are VCs? (Verified Credentials)
  • 15:20 - What are DWNs? (Decentralized Web Nodes)
  • 18:22 - What are DWAs? (Decentralized Web Apps)
  • 19:25 - Web5 vs Web 2.5
  • 20:48 - Examples of Web 2.5 applications (Entre, Metability)
  • 23:51 - Web5 kind of exists already (The DeSo Blockchain)
  • 27:40 - Is the DeSo Marketing team taking action?
  • 29:05 - Saud Muzaffar voices his concerns about the Bitcoin Lightning Network
  • 34:11 - A current problem with DeSo and an opportunity for it to be Web5

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