https://medium.com/@quantalysus/implications-of-web-3-0-b0aa4b185c6d

A change is coming to the internet as we know it today. In fact, the shift may already be underway with the advent of cryptoassets. In Web 1.0 consumers accessed the web through dial-up modems and read information on static websites. Users, both consumer and enterprise alike, had to settle for read-only websites and subpar shopping cart experiences. While laughable today, it was the dawn of the information age. We have seen what information access can do to societies. The Gutenberg printing press produced books en masse and disseminated information at the speed physical distribution. With Web 1.0, information exchanged between two parties at the speed of 56 kbit/s, the bandwidth enabled by consumer grade modems at the time. An average 2 gigabyte film would take a little over 85 days to download back then. We’ve come a long way since. The internet today, broadly referred to as Web 2.0, allows users to interact with web services such as Facebook or Google from a range of devices including mobile phones, laptops, tablets, and home IoT devices. But even at the beginning of Web 2.0, user interfaces did not have the spit and polish of today’s services nor could you access your social media profile from a handheld device.

The first blogging services such as Live Journal and Blogger brought the net from a “read-only” era to a “read-write-publish” era. Newer concepts such as collaboration, machine learning, and mobility would shift Web 2.0 to Web 2.5. Here, companies were able to work within the same document simultaneously and file storage was shifted to third party drives such as Google Drive or iCloud. Mobility turned every day bloggers from desktop keyboard mashers into poolside WordPress impresarios. Machine learning, IoT, and cryptoassets present a number of directions the next internet will move into. AI/machine learning present opportunities for accelerated trend recognition and improved service delivery. IoT devices compliment the screen driven interactions we have become accustomed to. Ordering house supplies is as easy as shouting your order out to Alexa from the comfort of your living room.