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# TL;DR 👀

<mark style="color:purple;">**What is Web1.0, Web2.0 and Web3.0**</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web 1.0: Read Only (1990–2004)</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web 2.0: For reading and writing (2004 to present)</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web 3.0: For reading, writing and mastering</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">**Key Features of Web3**</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web3 is decentralized</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web3 is permissionless</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web3 has its own payment system</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Web3 is trustless</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">**Why is it so important?**</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Possession</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Resistance to censorship</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Identification</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Own payment system</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">**Limitations?**</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Accessibility</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Interaction with the user</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Teaching</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">Centralized Infrastructure</mark>

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<summary><mark style="color:yellow;">References</mark></summary>

<mark style="color:yellow;">Ethereum.org</mark> [<mark style="color:yellow;">https://ethereum.org/uk/web3/</mark>](https://ethereum.org/uk/web3/)\ <mark style="color:yellow;">Cryptoslate.</mark> [<mark style="color:yellow;">Samuel Wan</mark>](https://cryptoslate.com/author/samuel-wan/)  <mark style="color:yellow;">Dec. 19, 2021 at 1:14 am UTC</mark>

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://twitter.com/himgajria/status/1266415636789334016</mark>](https://twitter.com/himgajria/status/1266415636789334016)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/globalfindex</mark>](https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/globalfindex)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://ethereum.org/uk/upgrades/</mark>](https://ethereum.org/uk/upgrades/)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://ethereum.org/uk/developers/docs/scaling/</mark>](https://ethereum.org/uk/developers/docs/scaling/)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzQLI7BxfYI</mark>](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzQLI7BxfYI)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://twitter.com/TheCryptoLark/status/1471730881337323522</mark>](https://twitter.com/TheCryptoLark/status/1471730881337323522)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/willy-woo-says-crypto-adoption-mirrors-internet/</mark>](https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/willy-woo-says-crypto-adoption-mirrors-internet/)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership/</mark>](https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership/)

[<mark style="color:yellow;">https://medium.com/fabric-ventures/what-is-web-3-0-why-it-matters-934eb07f3d2b</mark>](https://medium.com/fabric-ventures/what-is-web-3-0-why-it-matters-934eb07f3d2b)

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