While it may seem to some that it has arrived quickly, to others it has been a long time coming and couldn't have arrived soon enough. Either way, change has come. Maybe it hasn't reached your business, employees or Website yet (especially if you work for a bank, government branch or other old-world institution that is resistant to embracing the decentralisation that is brought about by incorporating cryptocurrency into the fabric). However, be assured that it most certainly will, in the fullness of time. I'm referring, of course, to Web 3.0: Websites built on/leveraging blockchain technology/technologies are the way forward and are becoming widespread.
There is, to the best of my knowledge, no technical reason why Web 3.0 will not only eclipse Web 2.0/2.1 as we know it, but both render it obsolete and replace it. Everything the current Web does, Web 3.0 can do and most likely will do better. Sure, HTTP/2 is a great idea worth using, but it's likely not going to have as big an impact on your common working man. Web 3.0 has decentralisation, democracy, freedom and owning one's own data baked in, instead of as afterthoughts.
It's not just cryptocurrency exchanges leveraging blockchains (although that's probably what comes to mind for most people who're not already in the cryptosphere). Hive, a fork of Steem (and compatible with it) alone has approximately one hundred and fifty (150) [known and listed Web technology projects leveraging it to provide platforms and tools offering everything from blogging-for-pay ([Hive Blog and Peak'D) to homebrewing to online gaming (Splinterlands, Rising Star) to social media to video hosting (3Speak). It's worth noting that the hive blockchain is less than two years old and the Hive cryptocurrency's worth has increased by leaps and bounds (over 200% just this week!) in that time. Hive (HIVE) and Steem (STEEM) aren't the only entrants in the cryptosphere, either. Both read.cash and noise.cash (a Twitter replacement with improvements) run on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and allow users to tip each other small amounts of it for writing blog posts. Subsocial runs on Polkadot (DOT).
"Bitcoin could destabilize nations, especially those with small or emerging economies." — Hillary Clinton
Yes, indeed! I'm sure that El Salvador will soon be feeling the effects of adopting Bitcoin on a national scale, if it isn't already.
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