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There is still no single, universally accepted definition of Web3. However, I firmly believe that Web3 already exists—and is quietly embedded across today’s internet. This article reflects my personal perspective on Web3, and I hope it sparks meaningful discussion within the Web3 community. 💯
🛜 Over the past decade, the internet has operated with remarkable efficiency—but at the cost of ownership. Personal data, creative content, and financial flows have been controlled by a small number of centralized platforms. Users receive “free” services, yet unknowingly pay with their data and decision-making power. Web3 emerges as a response to reverse this model.
At its core, Web3 is an internet where value can move directly between individuals, without relying on trusted intermediaries. Blockchain does not create trust—it removes the need for trust. Smart contracts replace manual processes with transparent, publicly verifiable logic. 🔰
The question “Is Web3 real?” often comes from comparing Web3 to Web2 at the same point in time. This is a flawed comparison. Web3 today resembles the dial-up era of the internet: slow, difficult to use, and prone to errors—yet fully operational and irreversible.
In reality, Web3 is steadily integrating into key sectors:

▪️ Finance: cross-border payments, stablecoins, on-chain settlements

▪️ Ownership: digital assets, personal data, decentralized identity

▪️ Organization: DAOs experimenting with borderless governance models

▪️ Infrastructure: blockchain becoming a settlement layer for many Web2 systems
That said, Web3 is facing its own crisis of trust—scams, rug pulls, half-built products, and speculative culture have distorted its core values. This is not a failure of the technology itself, but rather the cost of an early-stage ecosystem where market momentum moves faster than standards.
Web3 will not replace Web2 overnight. Instead, it will merge, restructure, and gradually assume an infrastructure role, much like how the internet once reshaped print media, television, and traditional banking.

So, is Web3 real?
👉 In my view: Yes—but not in the way many people expect.
🟩 Web3 is not a short-term destination for profit. It is a long-term redefinition of ownership and trust on the internet.
🌟 Those who view Web3 only through price charts will miss the bigger picture. Those who understand Web3 as infrastructure will realize: this journey has only just begun.

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