Web3 Primer
Big Picture
Web2 vs Web3 by Ethereum.org
https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/web2-vs-web3/
Web3 vs Web3 by Fred Wilson
https://avc.com/2021/10/web3-vs-web2/
Why Web3 Matters by a16z
https://future.a16z.com/why-web3-matters/
What do Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 mean? Which one is better? by Preethi Kasireedy
https://www.preethikasireddy.com/post/what-do-web-2-0-and-web-3-0-mean-which-one-is-better
What is Web 3.0 & Why It Matters by Max Mersch and Richard Muirhead
https://medium.com/fabric-ventures/what-is-web-3-0-why-it-matters-934eb07f3d2b
On web3 and participatory governance — policy frameworks for the third
generation of the internet
by a16z Crypto
https://a16z.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/How-to-Win-the-Future-1.pdf
Web 3.0 and the Future of Trust by a16z
https://a16z.com/2019/11/12/the-end-of-centralization-and-the-future-of-trust/
Why Decentralization Matters by Chris Dixon
https://onezero.medium.com/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e
The Web3 Landscape by a16z
https://a16z.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-web3-Readlng-List.pdf
The New Creator Economy – DAOs, Community Ownership, and Cryptoeconomics by Nader Dabit
https://dev.to/dabit3/the-new-creator-economy-daos-community-ownership-and-cryptoeconomics-lnl
Web3: What it is, why it matters, why all the crypto people can’t stop talking about it by Aaron Mak
https://slate.com/technology/2021/11/web3-explained-crypto-nfts-bored-apes.html
Applications & Stories
From contemptuous to indifferent to curious to pretty damn excited: my
journey to web3 — what if NPR Planet Money could have been reinvented
with DAOs?
by Adam Davidson
https://adamd.mirror.xyz/ef3BZjrJGk7bb1ElhVdz5AMWxEAN7GIOQhsXMKTmOWY
Where Web3 meets the metaverse — NFTs & digital ownership, open vs.
closed metaverse, “Direct-to Avatar Economy”, value chain of the open
metaverse
by Packy McCormick
https://www.notboring.co/p/the-value-chain-of-the-open-metaverse
Uniswap DeFi’s Most Interesting Player: 12 Lessons for building for web3 crypto’s #1 DEX by Aakash Gupta
https://www.aakashg.com/2021/11/07/uniswap-story/
Play-to-Earn Gaming and How Work is Evolving in Web3 by a16z
https://future.a16z.com/podcasts/play-to-earn-gaming-and-how-work-is-evolving-in-web3/
Web3 Metaverse Chat with Mark Zuckerberg by Gary Vaynerchuk
https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/web3-metaverse-chat-with-mark-zuckerberg/
Creator DAOs, web3, and incentives — intertwining social and
financial, intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, from badging to tokens
by Jarrod Dicker, Jonathan Glick, Tal Sachar
https://darkstar.mirror.xyz/Tf9IS6yNxtPXwC5mmfi_UISe8v6BOfef2bDmQSxoJao
Breaking Ownership, the Web3.0 Journey of Creator Economy by Dannie
https://medium.com/coinmonks/breaking-ownership-the-web3-0-journey-of-creator-economy-362a9a4f6dc
Web3 as an Interdependent Economy: A Conversation with Mat Dryhurst by George Howard
How To’s; Get Started
The Architecture of a Web 3.0 Application by Preethi Kasireddy
https://www.preethikasireddy.com/post/the-architecture-of-a-web-3-0-application
The Hardest Concept for Developers to Grasp About Web 3.0 by Preethi Kasireddy
https://www.preethikasireddy.com/post/the-hardest-concept-for-developers-to-grasp-about-web-3-0
Set up web3.js to use the Ethereum blockchain in javascript by zjpetersen
https://ethereum.org/fr/developers/tutorials/set-up-web3js-to-use-ethereum-in-javascript/
Interacting with a Smart Contract through Web3.js by Yang Nana
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