Tron’s Project Atlas Aims High With Plans to Usher in a New Internet

Web 3.0 is a revolution in motion and the acquisition of BitTorrent puts TRON at the front of the train

The first version of the internet (web 1.0) was a set of static websites containing information with no interactive content. It was slow, there was no streaming, and downloading a song could take more than a day. As the technology evolved, new developer tools and faster internet speeds created the possibility of interactive content on the internet. This led to ‘web 2.0,’ where individuals could upload content and websites could incorporate interactive and participatory aspects (e.g. Youtube, Wikipedia, Flickr and Facebook). Now people are talking about the arrival of web 3.0, which will involve the decentralization of the internet through the use of blockchain.

Bitcoin introduced into the cultural imagination the notion of a distributed ledger, or blockchain, for peer-to-peer digital storage. The decentralized aspect of the technology leads people to see it as the future of the internet. As a peer-to-peer platform, blockchain offers a much fairer and efficient means for users to create, store, and distribute content. For instance, there is no need for centralized platforms like Netflix that charge creators and users. Blockchain…