# What is Web5 and does it already exist?

By [John Jardin](https://paragraph.com/@john-jardin) · 2022-06-15

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In this video, I introduce **Web 1, 2, 2.5, and 3** and explain in simple terms what **Web5** is and how it differs from Web3.

I also mention the platform [DeSo](https://deso.org/) which may already have done what [Jack Dorsey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dorsey) is trying to achieve.

[![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8)

**CHAPTERS**

*   [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=0s) - Agenda
    
*   [00:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=32s) - What is Web 1? (The Read-only Web)
    
*   [01:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=89s) - Examples of Web 1 pages
    
*   [02:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=179s) - What is Web2? (The Participative Social Web)
    
*   [05:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=306s) - What is Web3? (The Semantic Web)
    
*   [07:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=470s) - What is Web5? (The True Decentralized Web)
    
*   [12:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=748s) - What are DIDs? (Decentralized Identifiers)
    
*   [13:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=837s) - What are VCs? (Verified Credentials)
    
*   [15:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=920s) - What are DWNs? (Decentralized Web Nodes)
    
*   [18:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=1102s) - What are DWAs? (Decentralized Web Apps)
    
*   [19:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=1165s) - Web5 vs Web 2.5
    
*   [20:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=1248s) - Examples of Web 2.5 applications (Entre, Metability)
    
*   [23:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=1431s) - Web5 kind of exists already (The DeSo Blockchain)
    
*   [27:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=1660s) - Is the DeSo Marketing team taking action?
    
*   [29:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=1745s) - Saud Muzaffar voices his concerns about the Bitcoin Lightning Network
    
*   [34:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AdRRpvBpf8&t=2051s) - A current problem with DeSo and an opportunity for it to be Web5
    
    **REFERENCE LINKS**
    
*   [TBD Web5 Landing Page](https://developer.tbd.website/projects/web5)
    
*   [Metability](https://metability.io)
    
*   [DeSo](https://deso.org)
    
*   [Entre](https://joinentre.com)
    
*   [DeSocialWorld](https://desocialworld.com)
    
*   [Overclout](https://overclout.com)
    

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*Originally published on [John Jardin](https://paragraph.com/@john-jardin/what-is-web5-and-does-it-already-exist)*