What was Web 1.0?
Web 1.0 was the first iteration of the WWW, which was static, allowing only for text, image, and link sharing, it was described by Tim Berners-Lee as ‘read-only web’ highlighting the lack of programmability.
What is a smart contract?
It is a self-executing contract in which the terms of an agreement between parties are written into lines of code, transactions within smart contracts are trackable, transparent, and irreversible.
How is transparency achieved with ethereum code?
First, the code is viewable to everyone publicly.
Second, the coding of contracts removes the potential for manipulation, in so much as agreements, are hard-coded into contracts and once agreed upon cannot be altered or reneged on, reducing the need for trust and potential for obfuscation.