1. What are the benefits of web 3.0 (decentralized internet)?
One of the unfortunate side effects of Web 2.0 was the creation of giants in the form of google, amazon, and Facebook among others. Even though the existence of these giants has facilitated the ease of use and has made the internet a medium all of us have benefitted it has also created a system that is totally centralised. Over the past years reports of massive data leaks are common. Millions of people have had their personal information either leaked or even sold to entities with malicious intent.
Web 3.0 will atomise the internet making it anti-monopoly, interoperable, pro-privacy, and collaborative. Satoshiâs white paper was if not the beginning of the idea of Web 3.0 a great catalyst in its creation.
2. What is a token?
A token is a unit of value that exists on top of an existing blockchain, (example Etherium) and facilitates the creation of decentralized applications. This value is tradable. The value can be in the form of coins, points, in-game credit etc.
Sometimes a new startup will try to raise funds for a new company directly compared to an IPO (Initial Public Offering) and will offer its tokens (usually at a bargain price) just like a share which can also be used as your voting rights in the future of the new entity.
This leads to two different categories of tokens. They are security tokens and utility tokens. Security tokens represent equity or debt of a startup and Utility tokens represent the right to use of a product or service, or cater to a specific function in the ecosystem of the startup. This is an important distinction because security tokens are seen as an investment because they represent ownership therefore, they are subject to federal securities regulations. On the other hand utility tokens are not considered as investments as they provide access to the product of service.
3. How do you create a token on Ethereum?
A token can be created on the Etherium platform using smart contracts with the ERC20 standard.