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Web3—The "Three Lives and Three Worlds" of the Internet
To understand Web3, you need to look at its past and present. We can imagine the internet as a kind of "residence":
🔸 Web1.0: The Read-Only Era ( circa 1990-2005 )
Analogy: Going to the library. The content on the web is written by website editors; you can only read, not modify or interact.
Core logic: The platform feeds you content; you just consume.
🔸 Web2.0: The Read-Write Era ( from 2005 to now )
Analogy: Shopping at a large mall. WeChat, TikTok, Taobao... Everyone can voice themselves. But the land is owned by giants, and data is locked on their servers, becoming their oil for monetization.
Core logic: You create content, and the platform collects rent.
🔹 Web3.0: The Ownership Era ( The future is here )
Analogy: Building your own house. The core is not technology but **"rights confirmation"**. Through blockchain, the articles, equipment, and social relationships you create truly belong to you.
Core logic: Your data, and you are the sole owner.
💡 One sentence summary: Web1 is read-only, Web2 is read+write, Web3 is read+write+own.
What exactly can Web3 bring to you?
Many people think Web3 is just about crypto trading, which is actually a huge misconception. Aside from its financial aspect, the changes it brings are revolutionary:
✅ One account to go anywhere. Now, every time you use a new app, you need to register again. In Web3, you only need a **"wallet"**. It’s your universal pass, connecting to any website. Your fans, assets, and reputation travel with you, and no platform can take them away.
✅ The "middleman" disappears
In the past, transfers had to go through banks, listening to music required platforms, and middlemen took a cut.
Web3 advocates peer-to-peer. No middlemen to profit from the difference; money goes directly into the creator’s pocket.
✅ Everything can be tokenized (NFT)
Don’t just focus on those sky-high priced images. The true meaning of NFTs is digital rights confirmation. Future property deeds, diplomas, gaming gear—all can be NFTs, proving their uniqueness and that they belong solely to you.
Let the bullets fly for a while
After talking so much about the benefits of Web3, we also need to see the reality clearly.
Today’s Web3 is like the internet in the early 90s—full of hope but extremely difficult to use.
High barriers: Mnemonics, private keys—lose them, and you’re out of luck.
Mixed quality: As long as there’s hype, there are scammers and thieves.
Experience issues: Slow transfers, high fees. But this doesn’t hinder the trend’s arrival.
In the future, Web3 will not completely replace Web2 but will integrate with it. You may still use familiar interfaces, but the underlying assets will truly belong to you.
Web3 is not a flood of disasters nor a shortcut to instant wealth. It’s more like an enlightenment movement about **"digital sovereignty"**. For ordinary people like us: there’s no need to rush into "All in," nor to deny it outright. Keep paying attention, try more, and understand the logic behind it.