# Wtf is web3?!

By [mehak](https://paragraph.com/@mehak) · 2021-11-14

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gm all!

I will focus the first edition of this weekly series for people brand new to web3 and confused about where to even start.

Top articles of the week
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*   This [beginner’s guide](https://creatoreconomy.so/p/curious-beginner-guide-to-crypto?utm_source=pocket_mylist) to crypto from Peter Yang is an excellent introduction to web3. He explains blockchains, fungible and non-fungible tokens, Bitcoin, Ethereum, NFT’s & DAO’s in a very simple way.
    
*   Once you have read the [BTC](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) and [ETH](https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/) white papers and the beginner’s guide above and are ready to go a little deeper, this [breakdown for ETH](https://www.notboring.co/p/own-the-internet?utm_source=pocket_mylist) from Packy is great. It is a very in depth bull case for ETH (38 minute read!)
    
*   Now that you have a bit more background on blockchains, tokens (fungible and non-fungible), this is a natural transition to this next article from Chris Dixon about the [idea of a 1000 true fans and NFT’s](https://cdixon.org/2021/02/27/NFTs-and-a-thousand-true-fans).
    

Tweet of the week + follow recommendation
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This thread from Yash recommends some of the things you can start doing in web3 to get comfortable with the tools, wallets, and platforms.

[https://twitter.com/yb\_effect/status/1458569764637454347?s=20](https://twitter.com/yb_effect/status/1458569764637454347?s=20)

Chris Dixon is a partner at a16z and invests in web3 projects. His tweets are insightful for anyone trying to get into a deeper crypto rabbit hole and Chris also writes on his blog [here](https://cdixon.org/).

[https://twitter.com/cdixon?s=20](https://twitter.com/cdixon?s=20)

This should be a good start for anyone looking to dip their toes in web3!

wagmi!

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*Originally published on [mehak](https://paragraph.com/@mehak/wtf-is-web3)*