Tim Berners-Lee Says Web3 Is Not the Web at All

Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989, believes that Web3 is not the Web at all, and we should ignore it. Speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, the British computer scientist said that discussing the impact of new technologies first requires clarification of what it means, and an understanding of what the term being discussed actually means. He said it’s a shame that the real Web3 is being used by Ethereum peddlers to describe blockchain-related stuff, and Web3 isn’t the Web at all. What most people say about Web3 today has to do with blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs. He doesn’t think blockchain is a viable solution for building the next-generation internet. Berners-Lee is leading a decentralized Web project Solid, Web3 is not Web 3.0, he believes that the blockchain is not good for Solid, it is too slow, too expensive, too public, and Solid, which aims to let users control personal data, needs to be fast. , cheap and private.

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