- What are the benefits of web 3.0 (decentralized internet)?
The benefits of web 3.0 are that the system of capturing value is decentralized, meaning that contributions to certain ecosystems by users can be rewarded, rather than the central owner of that ecosystem capturing all of the value of users’ contributions. A lot of the value is also captured by the protocol itself, such as in the case of the adoption of the Ethereum blockchain for Dapp development resulting in the increased value of Ether. This is another example of contributors to the ecosystem being rewarded directly, as miners who are securing the network are the ones receiving newly created Ether. Middlemen are eliminated and the smart contracts are unstoppable and trustless.
- What is a token?
A token is a cryptocurrency/digital asset that is built using a smart contract, which is then deployed on a blockchain network (such as Ethereum).
- How do you create a token on Ethereum?
You create tokens using smart contracts, and you build them according to certain standards depending on what type of token you want to create. For example, you create a fungible token meant to be used as cryptocurrency using the ERC20 standard, which allows ease of interaction/communication between your token, other tokens, wallets, exchanges, and the entire Ethereum ecosystem.