TY - BOOK AU - Shin,David TI - The Web3 era : : NFTs, the metaverse, blockchain and the future of the decentralized Internet SN - 9781119983934 (hardback) AV - HG 1710 S556w 2023 U1 - 332.4 PY - 2023/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., KW - Cryptocurrencies KW - Criptomonedas KW - Digital currency KW - Moneda digital KW - Metaverse KW - Economic aspects KW - Metaverso KW - Aspectos económicos KW - Internet N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -