Hacker Noon August 31, 2022
Vincent Tabora

Web3 consists of frameworks and components that integrate the current “web” (i.e. world wide web) to the blockchain. This is not a replacement for the current web (called Web2), but is an extension. This enables what are called Decentralized Applications or dApps. A dApp runs on top of the Web3 stack which in turn can be built on top of Web2. This allows support for standard web protocols (e.g. HTTP) as the underlying layer for Web3 dApps.

In general, Web3 is connecting users to the blockchain via their web browser or app. To support the existing web, it extends the feature with a Web3 stack. Developers can use the libraries that contain API modules to add Web3 integration with their...

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