Intro

What is web3?

The history of the internet

Web 2

Web2 drawbacks

Web3 and DAOs

Critics of Web3

Blockchain startups raised a record $25 billion in venture funding in 2021

How will Web3 handle toxic content?

Conclusion

The future of the Internet is here! Or ... it might be?

Web 1.0 was read-only.

Web 2.0 was read/write.

Web3 promises to be read/write/own.

Examples

Web3 isn't inevitable, however. And there are some red flags.

What is Web3?

What is the metaverse?

Why do people think Web3 and Metaverse are the same thing?

How do Web3 and Metaverse come together?

NFTs

Decentraland

Conclusion

Web3 explained

Web3 uses blockchain technology

Web3 payment systems

How Web3 Facebook could work

Web3 concerns

Metaverse in Web3

Web1 and Web2 explained

Can Web3 be achieved?

Decentralization might not be the answer

What Web3 looks like right now

Web1 vs Web2 vs Web3

Is Web 3.0 all hype?

Do you need crypto to build dapps?

How do dapps work?

How does user authentication work?

What is a token or NFT?

How to build a Web3 Frontend?

How to build a Web3 Backend?

How do I test a dapp with Ethereum?

Do I store all data in the blockchain?

Where to start?

Intro

The Big Picture

Smart Contracts are Turing Complete

Behind the scenes for web3 developers

Everything begins at an EOA (Externally Owned Account)

Digital Signatures

Symmetric Key Cryptography

Asymmetric Key Cryptography

Public Key Cryptography in Blockchains

How does a public key relate to an Ethereum address?

Keys Recapped

Blockchain Transactions

Properties of a Transaction

Ethereum Gas Introduction

First Type of Transaction is Deploying a Contract

Second Type of Transaction is Message Calls

What about when things go wrong in transactions?

An EVM Blockchain

Transactions Recapped

What about reading from the blockchain?

Alchemy’s Enhanced APIs for blockchain reading

Events (NFT Transfers, ETH Transfers)

ERC20 Token Standard

Tokens Recapped

Web3 is part of a larger phase transition

History of the Web

Difference between Decentralized Web and Blockchains

Economic Model

What is Web3?

Trustless Interoperability

History of hypertext

Summary

What is Web3?

What is blockchain technology?

Open, trustless and permissionless

What is trustless?

What is Permissionless?

Web3 Examples

Concerns and Criticisms

Blockchain energy consumption

Summary

The History of the Internet

User Controls the Mapping

Video Startups

Blockchain

Economic Proposition

Ethereum

Funding Parity

The Regulatory Environment

Crypto Social Networks

Governance into Software

Trustful & Permissionless

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Web 3.0 vs Blockchain

Web 3.0 Benefits

Conclusion

Introduction and Background

The Intersection of AI and Web3

Decentralized Compute and AI

The AI Pipeline

Bringing Web3 to AI

Decentralization and AI Infrastructure

Decentralized GPU Compute

Commodity Hardware and AI

Democratizing Access to Computation

Google Gemini Flub and Biases in AI

Solving Biases through Open Source

Localization and Cultural Context

Tech Neutrality and Customization

Individual AI Agents and Cultural Perspectives

Accelerating Open Source Development

Worldcoin and Civil Resistance

Controversies and Importance of Worldcoin

Addressing Concerns about Biometric Data

The Future of AI and Decentralization