Lesson 4 of 1,000 · Understanding Crypto Quickly
#4 What Is Web3?
Web3 gets defined a hundred contradictory ways. Here's the one that actually holds up and explains why any of this matters.
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Key ideas
- Web3 gets defined a hundred contradictory ways.
- Here's the one that actually holds up and explains why any of this matters.
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