My brief analysis of the book: 'WEB3'

Web3 by Alex Tapscott

I was searching for recent news concerning Web 3 when I stumbled across this (At the time) recent interview

The interviewer was irritating with the constant interruptions but the interviewee sounded like a knowledgeable person and had the confidence of somebody who had a good idea of what they were talking about. The interview briefly mentioned a book releasing soon regarding Web 3 and the topics surrounding it by the interviewee and I was interested. I wanted to see how Alex Tapscott would explain Web 3 and if it would show a different viewpoint or give me understanding of what I often spend time researching.

When the book arrived on the release date I began my reading.

Every discussion about Web 3 has to begin with laying the foundation of the different levels of Web and this book started out no different. After that it began plainly explaning the core concepts of Web 3 and gave comparisons of Web 2 companies and why the idea of Web 3 was created.

Table of contents

Almost every chapter begins with an example/demonstration/explanation using a concept from an older book, an event in time, or a speakers presentation to give a baseline of what the chapters concept is describing and why it is a part of Web 3. The people he asks about these subjects give their thoughts and understandings of the chapter concept and at the end of every chapter there are a list of conclusions for the reader to easily decipher the key points from the chapter.

Most of my understanding for Web 3 has come from over several years of articles, interviews, documentation, presentations, and looking up the terms and concepts of every aspect of Web 3. It's all come from different sources and often the explaination of a term gets mucked up or changed outright thus invalidating all previous knowledge. It's frustrating to say "I know what they're talking about but I could be wrong!". 'WEB3' is a nice validation to have that I wasn't I actually understood it as others have aswell.

So for anybody who feels like their knowledge base is 'shaky' regarding Web 3 and the aspects surrounding it, I would recommend this book, it is well researched and speaks plainly about the subjects without a bias or critical tone.