Web 5.0 – Web 2.0 plus Web 3.0
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Context: Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently announced his vision for a new decentralized web platform that is being called Web 5.0 and is being built with an aim to return “ownership of data and identity to individuals”.
What do the terms Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 mean?
- Web 1.0 was the first generation of the global digital communications network. It is often referred to as the “read-only” Internet made of static web pages that only allowed for passive engagement.
- The next stage in the evolution of the web was the “read and write” Internet. Users were now able to communicate with servers and other users leading to the creation of the social web. This is the world wide web that we use today.
- Web 3.0 is an evolving term that is used to refer to the next generation of the Internet – a “read-write-execute” web – w
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