Web3 is heralded as a new technological wave, it is also part of a libertarian. Counter-culture” which wishes to give full power back to the individual. In the face of the disillusionment and excesses of Web.
How do you see the Web 3 wave?
Stéphane Truphème: Personally, with a lot of optimism. It brings a breath of fresh air that seems beneficial to me. We find there the great promises carried by Web 1.0 (more freedom, more democracy. More horizontality in our relationships with institutions – businesses, administration, etc. That were lost in Web 2.0, notably with the hegemony of GAFAM. With Web 3, we should escape the somewhat unhealthy contract imposed. By the major players of the Web, which consists of monopolizing ever more of our time. In order to better collect our personal and behavioral data. To resell them at ever higher prices to companies that wish to promote their offers.
This situation is completely paralyzing for consumers whose attention is monopolized by algorithms optimized for this purpose and who are, on the other hand, bludgeoned by companies that have not been able to establish a valuable relationship with Internet users. These companies are therefore obliged to go through GAFAM to expose us to their advertising. Web3 should break this logic by giving us back control over our personal data, leading to a progressive decentralization of the Web, while better valuing the assets we produce (comments, attention span, content, digital creations, etc.). The boundaries of digitalization will be pushed far beyond what we know today, which, I hope, should lead to correcting many of its current excesses.
Stéphane Galienni: While Web3 is heralded as a new technological wave, it is also a libertarian “counter-culture” that seeks to give full power back to the individual in the face of the disillusionment and excesses of Web 2.0, this time made possible by new technologies.
IN.: Web 3 is talked about a lot without always understanding what it is. Can you define it simply?
SG: With this book, our first gambling data turkey is to demystify the anxiety-inducing vocabulary associated with Web 3. That’s why we’ve included a glossary at the end of the book, an ABC of key words you need to know to decipher the founding concepts of Web 3. “NFT” is as easy to understand as “MP3” or “JPG” were in the past. These are simply technical terms for digital files, one associated with a sound (MP3) and the other with an image (JPG), to use these two examples.
The NFT is associated with a smart contract
That allows users to own and authenticate a digital asset, which can also be linked to a physical object. Behind this study of how software development NFT, of course, lies a more substantial language to decipher such as Blockchain, DAOs, the metaverse, etc., but we lead our readers to unlock – step by step – these different concepts that go beyond words, since we offer numerous visual diagrams to accompany this journey of discovery of the emerging technologies that form the web3.
The web3 wave (DUNOD)
ST: Web 3.0 can be defined as “a decentralized web.” It refers to the use of blockchain technology and decentralized protocols to create a more secure and transparent internet. It is designed to give users more control over their data and tw list activities while enabling more. Secure and decentralized applications and services. The promise of Web 3.0, then, is to give users more control over their personal data. As well as mechanisms that allow them to better leverage their activities on the web. In a way, it’s a fairer redistribution of the value captured by Big Tech companies to users.