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The concept of “Web3” was also proposed by Gavin Wood, another co-founder of ethereum (unlike Web3.0, which was proposed by Tim Berners-Lee around 2006). Why DeSci (decentralized science) is oriented toward “publicness” - Public Blockchain, Taiyo Hamada Web3 is an aspect of the language for marketing to raise awareness of Ethereum, as well as a language that expresses what we are trying to achieve with the Ethereum system.
The term Web 3 as it is used today was originally proposed by Gavin Wood, one of the co-founders of Ethereum. In “[Less-techy: What is Web 3.0?” he summarized the Web 3.0 motto as the new web in an era of collapsing trust in the state, as exemplified by the Snowden affair.
Web 3.0, proposed by Gavin Wood, has since become a movement called Web 3 and its meaning has changed. It is summarized by Ethereum in four main characteristics (Figure 1, ref.)
reference
- What is Web3 and why is Web3 important | ethereum.org
- Commentary by Ethreum Foundation
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