Web 3.0 and digital identity

Written by Fraser Edwards, CEO and co-founder cheqd.io

Defining Web 3.0 vs Web 2.0

As it stems from its name, Web 3.0 is a third version of the internet. Compared to our current internet state of play, Web 3.0 could well be perceived as a ‘knight in shining armor’.

Web 2.0 was/is the internet of sharing and connecting across a boom of social media applications that resulted in a handful of tech giants pretty much controlling the entire data space. The latter has been heavily exploited by those tech giants themselves and third…