Shin, David (Digital currency consultant)

The Web3 era : NFTs, the metaverse, blockchain and the future of the decentralized Internet / David Shin. - xvii, 270 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Introduction
Chapter 1. Rise of the DAOs
Chapter 2. When the World Becomes Your Village. .
Chapter 3. The New Centralization
Chapter 4. Tower of Babel 2.0
Chapter 5. Soul Beyond Face Value
Chapter 6. Back to Africa
Chapter 7. The American Way
Chapter 8. When We Meet in the Metaverse. .
Chapter 9. Of Builders and Villains. .
Chapter 10. The Nature of a Nurturer: Reflecting on the Klaytn Journey
Chapter 11. A Brave New World

"Touted as the next big technology platform, Bloomberg Intelligence predicts that the Metaverse will become an $800-billion industry by 2024. Popularized by Facebook's rebranding to Meta in October 2021, NFTs and the metaverse have not only received a lot of interest and attention from the press over the last several months, but many players across industries are actually looking to ride the Metaverse wave. Web3, a term coined by Ethereum Co-founder Gavin Wood, is basically a concept of a revamped version of the Internet that we use today, fundamentally based on blockchain technology and is on decentralized, community-run networks. Enthusiasts have different ways of describing the forms of Web3 but many see it favoring content creators and users, rather than the major corporations, by providing control over their own data and online preferences"--

9781119983934 (hardback) 1119983932 (hardback)

2022062212


Cryptocurrencies.
Criptomonedas
Digital currency,
Moneda digital
Metaverse--Economic aspects.
Metaverso --Aspectos económicos
Internet--Economic aspects.
Internet--Aspectos económicos

HG 1710 / S556w 2023

332.4