It is being said that Web3 is the future of the internet which promises a decentralised, immutable version of the global web – free of intermediaries and equipped with the same cryptographic verifiability as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). But what does that really mean? By Stefania Volpe.
The article then explains:
- Web3, Blockchain and NFT: what do they mean?
- What is blockchain?
- What is an NFT?
- Impact of Web3 on the future of work
- Benefits of web3 for freelancers
- How freelancers can use web3 to monetise their services
- Becoming a Web3 developer
- Job profiles for developers in the Web3
Web3 is currently a somewhat vague concept whose exact definition has not yet been determined. It is more of an ideal image of a future web than a usable technology stack that developers can build directly on top of. Web3, to put it simply, is the next version of the Internet. The core of Web3 is to make the Internet decentralised, meaning that: there is no one who owns the Internet, all the data on it converges, it’s independent. Nice one!
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