What is Web3?

Course · Web3 · 4 min

What?01 / 08

What is Web3?

A web where you do more than browse: you can own, sign and exchange.

Eight scenes to separate the promise, the tools and the limits behind the term.

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What?02 / 08

Three layers, not a new browser

Web1 published pages to read.

Web2 added accounts, platforms and participation.

Web3 adds ownership: assets and rights recorded on open networks.

What?03 / 08

The building blocks

Web3 is not a single technology.

Blockchain — the shared ledger

Wallet — identity and signature

Application — the service you use

Why?04 / 08

What it makes possible

Transfer value without waiting for an intermediary to open.

Use the same wallet across compatible services.

Publicly verify a protocol’s rules and movements.

How?05 / 08

How an action becomes real

Four operations happen behind one click.

Connect — the site requests your address

Read — the wallet presents the action

Sign — you give your consent

Execute — the network records the result

Why?06 / 08

Open does not mean risk-free

A signed transaction is often irreversible.

An open application can still contain a flaw or an unfair rule.

Decentralisation is never absolute: interfaces, teams and infrastructure may retain power.

How?07 / 08

Four useful habits

Slow down before signing.

Domain — check the website address

Action — read the wallet request

Amount — start small

Permission — revoke unused access

How?08 / 08

A toolkit, not a destination

Web3 connects ledgers, wallets and applications.

Its value appears when that combination solves a problem better than a conventional system.

You can now explore each building block separately.