If you’re over 25, you probably remember that Web 1.0 was the era of static Web pages. With the advent of WWW (World Wide Web), people began to create various types of information on websites, such as pictures, audio and video, etc. However, most of those who had the ability or energy to create were newspapers and news media in traditional industries. Just like when you watch TV, you can only watch what other people want to show us, and we have no way to control what the TV station shows.
As the 21st century dawned, Web 1.0 gave way to Web 2.0 — a more dynamic, editable, user-driven Internet. Static has become obsolete, and web pages have become more interactive and application-like (see Gmail, for example). It transformed the world from static desktop web pages designed for the consumption of information to interactive experiences and user-generated content, giving us the platforms we now know as Uber, AirBnB, Facebook and Instagram. We started signing up for social media accounts and blogs, the flow of pictures and videos was no longer restricted, and the world of the Internet became more colorful.
Look around, however, and you’ll see that Web 3.0 has arrived. While the Web 2.0 wave is still bearing fruit, we are also seeing the first shoots of growth in the next massive paradigm shift in Internet applications (logically called Web 3.0). As implausible as it may seem, Web 3.0 is a more fundamental disruption that will sooner or later throw everything that has happened so far behind. This is a big step towards an open, trust-free, permission-free web.
What is Web 3.0?
The original explanation goes back to 2014. The term “Web 3.0” was first coined by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood. In his book Why Do We Need Web 3.0? The article explains:
“Web 3.0 is a compliant set of protocols… These technologies provide users with strong and verifiable assurance about the information they receive, the information they provide, the information they pay for, and the information they receive. By empowering users to act for themselves in a market with low barriers, we can ensure that censorship and monopoly opportunities are reduced.”
There is debate about Web 3.0 and the definition of cryptocurrencies and NFT (Irreplaceable Proof of interest), partly because it is still in its early stages. Many of the promises of Web 3.0 have yet to be properly realized or even planned, so we’re really talking about potential possibilities rather than what actually exists.
Although there are several definitions of Web 3.0, the core of each definition is “decentralization.” The DAO, or decentralized autonomous organization, is the most basic way to organize Web 3.0. It is formed spontaneously by the people, each group has a common goal or values, and any decisions are made through a democratic vote of its members. We already see this in cryptocurrencies, a key driver of Web 3.0: Platforms and applications built on Web 3.0 will not be owned by a central gatekeeper, but by users, who can pay for services directly with tokens, without relying on software and platforms from traditional companies and Web 2.0 business models such as advertising. The days of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and ~~ ~~Meta (Facebook’s renamed Metaverse) monopolizing everything are finally over, and the democratization of the Internet has begun.
Why is it important?
The Web 2.0 era has many drawbacks. The first problem is that all platforms are operated by companies whose mission is to maximize shareholders’ interests. The second problem is the unfair distribution of benefits. When the platform grows up, it not only does not give money to everyone, but also makes more money from everyone. The third problem is that the security of user data privacy can not be guaranteed. Many mobile phone software collect user privacy without the user’s authorization.
With the gradual application of artificial intelligence, some new Internet business models are emerging. For example, every time we read news, websites’ algorithms will automatically recommend similar articles based on our previous article preferences, and every time we shop online, they will also recommend items that are more likely to be purchased. This means that websites can begin to learn and analyze their users’ behavior to become smarter, so some Internet practitioners have defined Web 3.0 as the “smarter Internet.” Its main features are that machines can read any information (i.e., the Semantic Web), websites provide intelligent selection and better information based on information (ARTIFICIAL intelligence), and the ubiquity of the Internet (Internet of Things). However, the understanding of Web 3.0 at that time did not solve the problems of Web 2.0 until the development of blockchain technology and the interpretation of Web 3.0 combined with blockchain technology appeared.
If Web3 is determined to be decentralized distribution, then blockchain is the natural infrastructure. Blockchain technology creates a publicly visible and verifiable ledger of records that anyone can access anywhere. It has become the basis for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as well as many emerging technologies, and is tightly intertwined with everything Web 3.0 envisioned for the future. From a technical point of view, We can think of Web 3.0 as a collection of blockchains, designed so that each user’s digital wallet is his virtual ID card and bank account. This aspect is roughly what Chris Dixon, the entrepreneur, thinks “Web3 is ownership”.
If everyone, everything, and all transactions are registered on the blockchain, then the line between virtual and real will become less obvious, and we can even say that we “live” on the Internet. Everything we do, from shopping to social media, is handled through the same security process, with more privacy and greater transparency. Finally, the Internet permeates real life and connects everything.
Comunion and web 3.0
Comunion is a new organizational model facing the digital era, a new liquidity fundraising mechanism based on game theory and a decentralized governance framework (DAO). Comunion is committed to breaking the monopoly of industry giants, enhancing the added value of labor, and promoting social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Comunion is committed to building a business foundation platform, using block chain technology, reshape traditional trading and organization form, buy time laborer employment, to pay the remuneration to complete the task as a unit for XuanShangZhi, voluntary workers can provide service for multiple or single organization, liberated the laborer, the option to the laborer, It also expands the opportunities for workers to choose. By creating a new business infrastructure and value conversion mechanism for the digital age, workers can obtain proof of ownership of the organizations they serve by providing services. Certificate of equity has the nature of equity, which makes labor capitalization of workers. Labor value of workers can freely circulate, trade and accumulate like capital, and enjoy dividends from the development of the company they work for.
This is consistent with the vision of Web 3.0: the change in Web 3.0 is to return the value relationship to “who creates, who owns” through decentralized technologies such as blockchain. The content created by users is owned and controlled by users, and the value created by users can also be distributed according to the agreements signed by users with others. In its current form, Web 3.0 rewards users with certificates of entitlement that will eventually be used in a variety of ways, including currency or as a vote to influence the future of technology. In this Brave New World, the value generated by networks will be shared among more users, more companies, and more services, with much greater interoperability.
All wealth in the society is created through labor, but in the Era of Web 2.0, capital wealth transformed by labor is exported to capital holders for free. “How would you feel if someone took your land, your labor, for free and had the right to resell it at a premium?” CSDN, vice President & chain way porsche CEO Meng Yan parker said, “now this is data domain: your data assets to be Web 2.0 platform for free, but will thank it, because it provides a platform for free services, this ideology needs to change – you should really pay for consumption, the premise is no one to grab your value.”
We can expect that in the Web 3.0 era of Internet democratization, Comunion will serve as an emerging decentralized organizational force, so that the capital output transformed by labor belongs to each worker and the labor value of the whole people can flow freely like capital.