Is Bitcoin going to be part of "Web 3.0?"

[keithers]

I've never heard of blogs,etc being known as web 2.0. What was web 1.0?  I think BTC is in a league of its own because it opens up possibilities with money and the internet that was literally only a dream before

[robbyd86]

I've never heard of blogs,etc being known as web 2.0. What was web 1.0?  I think BTC is in a league of its own because it opens up possibilities with money and the internet that was literally only a dream before

1.0 was basically just a static page that wasn't interactive.  Like you could click on links, but that was about it..... at least that's how I understand it.

[IIOII]

Just remember that Internet and the Web are two different things. Bitcoin itself works on the Internet, but not on the Web.

Moreover, I think the “Web 2.0” is just a marketing gimmick with no real meaning.

I agree. It makes absolutely no sense to use versioning in regard to the web, because there is no central entity that updates all webpages to a single new version. Moreover there is no clear definition of the meaning of "Web 2.0".

I don't care whether some marketing guys categorize Bitcoin as "Web 3.0" or not. What I know is that Bitcoin is the future. That's what's relevant.

[AliceWonder]

DNS is a key part of the usability of the web (rather than just the Internet); a decentralized DNS will be a key to the decentralized web.

Yes, and not just DNS but SSL certs. Centralized certificate authorities have been shown to be an exploitable failure. Namecoin I believe will solve the problem.

[AliceWonder]

It makes absolutely no sense to use versioning in regard to the web, because there is no central entity that updates all webpages to a single new version. Moreover there is no clear definition of the meaning of "Web 2.0".

To an extant I agree but there is a marked difference between the web before and after pages were able to communicate with a server without forcing a reload.

These new features (XHR etc.) aren't available in older browsers, it is a marked difference in the capabilities of browsers.
Not all pages make use of those features (thankfully, it often is overdone) but the ability is there, and that's what makes it "Web 2.0" - it is radically different from the days of IE/Netscape 4.0 browsers

I don't like all the changes but it is a radically different user experience now.

[AliceWonder]

Oh but it is a marketing term. And same deal with cloud.

Before we had a "cloud" we had tech like webDAV and IMAP and distributed computing (remember seti@home ?) etc. that did much the same thing, just didn't call it "the cloud"

[minerpumpkin]

We will have to think even more about bitcoin as a protocol (which it is, of course), but more in the realms as some mechanism that works in the back of certain services. After all, it is the only open means of transacting money without the need of intermediaries and a centralized authority. As a backbone for higher-level services this may be very useful!

[Bit_Happy]

Oh but it is a marketing term. And same deal with cloud.

Before we had a "cloud" we had tech like webDAV and IMAP and distributed computing (remember seti@home ?) etc. that did much the same thing, just didn't call it "the cloud"

I do remember seti@home and it was a bit different since it used spare computing power on home computers. "The cloud" is mostly networked computers in large data centers.

[Cryptopher]

The Bitcoin protocol is by definition part of what Web 3.0 is all about. The ability for a network to confirm transactions by consensus, rather than authority thus removing distrust and central abuse.

Of course there are limitations to do with the computational dominance posed by pools, but that is being worked on.

[BanksWorstFear]

Related article: http://banksworstfear.com/bitcoin-part-web-3-0/

[slaveforanunnak1]

I've never heard of blogs,etc being known as web 2.0. What was web 1.0?  I think BTC is in a league of its own because it opens up possibilities with money and the internet that was literally only a dream before

Web 1.0 was telnet and ssh .. maybe smtp.
web 2.0 was html
web 3.0 who the fuck knows..

i just made that shit up