- What are the benefits of web 3.0 (decentralized internet)?
It takes the power away from the giants of the web 2.0 ecosystem (Google, Facebook, Amazon etc). and allows for a fairer model based upon rewarding those who create genuine value. Tech Giants have created such a monopoly it’s very hard to interact with the web 2.0 without them getting richer in some way. Web 3.0 levels the playing field by enabling trustless interaction and exchange of value. There is no central authority, no censorship, no intermediaries or middlemen sucking up all the rewards and because of this, rewards will flow instead to the creators providing the most value to others.
- What is a token?
A token is a smart contract with a defined structure and set of rules that allows it to represent some sort of value that can be held onto or moved freely between parties- money, assets, collectibles, contracts, data, identity, voting rights, IP, ownership, governance - anything that could be said to have some kind of value can be represented with a token. These tokens can either be fungible (there is no differentiation between one token and another - they are exactly the same) or non-fungible (there are unique characteristics so one token will never be exactly the same as another.
- How do you create a token on Ethereum?
Create a smart contract in solidity that adheres to one of the accepted standards for the Ethereum network (ERC20, ERC721, ERC1155).