Throughout history, people have recorded their good lives in a variety of ways. People used to carve their lives on bones, stone tablets, and bamboo paper in ancient times. With the invention of papermaking, people began recording their lives in books. People's ways of recording their lives have changed since the Internet was born, becoming more diversified and including pictures, music, and videos instead of just a single text. As for now, new ways to record life is shaping up. People's ways of recording their daily lives have dramatically changed since the advent of Web3 which provides a more colorful and interesting way to remember the good life than Web2.
The growth of mobile Internet and the maturing of infrastructure have made us increasingly reliant on the Internet in recent years. In the past few decades, the Internet not only offered a more convenient pattern for people to lead happier lives but also profoundly affects people in every aspect, especially with the rise of TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and other Web2 social platforms, completely subverting the way how people socialize, entertain, and record their lives.
Since smartphones and social media networks have grown in popularity, we believe that anyone can become a net celebrity. A person may become an influencer to make a difference or touch the viewers in a way nobody else can with compelling content, pictures, or videos of the posts.
This change has become even more noticeable since the launch of TikTok: we do not even bother to retouch our photos, and just share them every day. The post of pictures of the scenery, videos on adorable pets or amazing skills, and more can bring you tens of thousands or even millions of likes and comments. People are more willing to record their lives in videos and show them in a way that is more intuitive and vivid than in text or pictures.
On top of storing memories of life in words, pictures, and videos on local devices or posting them to short video-sharing platforms such as Tik Tok, people also share their insights, emotions, and feelings on their personal websites, blogs, Reddit, Quora, and other social media to communicate and socially interact. With such a large social network, we are always able to find someone or a group who shares our feelings and experiences. What we shared on social media can still be found even if our local device is damaged one day.
The concept of Web3 went viral in recent years. It refers to where the Internet is at present and to a period of transformation encompassing a variety of technologies such as the Internet and blockchain. Decentralization and ownership of user data are key features of Web3. Instead of relying on third parties, it protects financial assets and personal data ownership through cryptography and uses decentralized distributed networks to eliminate single points of failure. Web3 makes the Internet more similar to the real world because there are no data silos or censorship threats due to centralized institutions. Therefore, the fundamental technologies and tools in Web3 can serve to corroborate and immortalize one's good life by storing it on a chain.
Jay Chou's fantasy bear, Hayao Miyazaki's NFT of the old man, as well as Azuki NFT, an anime genre created by Japanese artists, are all examples of NFTs that have seen explosive growth in 2022. Investors and creators are increasingly paying attention to NFT and crypto art, and many artists have created NFTs of their works to memorize, transfer, or trade. While the traditional way of NFT minting is technically challenging, most NFTs are minted on Ethereum with high gas fees involved. In this case, it is worth mentioning that the NFT minting and trading platform PlaNFT supports Polygon, BNB chain, and Ether, providing one-click minting NFT in the form of files not only static JPEG but also GIF, music, video, etc. You only need to pay a very small amount for gas spending if you choose to mint on Polygon. Upon successful minting, NFT can be used as a souvenir, a gift, and trading assets in the NFT marketplace.
Furthermore, if you go to other NFT platforms for minting, you need to register and download a crypto wallet, and this process will involve complicated operations such as installing extensions or downloading Dapp, backing up seed phrases, and going to CEX to trade cryptocurrencies before you transfer them to the wallet. But those who mint NFT on PlaNFT can connect to Avatar Wallet, which is the world's first crypto wallet that does not require a private key. In comparison with other wallets like Metamask and Coinbase, Avatar Wallet does not require downloading web extensions or Dapps, nor does it require backing up private keys. It can be used directly after a Google account login. The entire process is executed through a smart contract that generates a unique wallet address on the chain, making it more secure and easy to use. It supports the purchase of cryptocurrencies via debit and credit cards, management of crypto assets, and transfer of tokens and NFTs. A native cross-chain bridge transaction is also supported, enabling cross-chain asset exchange and making it more user-friendly.
Besides minting pieces of life into NFT and storing them on the chain, Web3 offers other methods for recording and displaying life. For example, if KOLs want to have a concert or Space event, they can create mystery box NFTs with the function of Mystery Box on PlaNFT, and then transfer or sell these NFTs to their followers. The users who hold the Mystery box NFT, after being verified by the proof of NFT, can join the club created by KOLs and enjoy the new social experience of Web3.
Compared with traditional clubs, clubs in the form of mystery box NFT exist on the chain, and the data is stored in IPFS. Therefore, you don't have to worry about the club being blocked, and can browse records of moments in the club at any time.
Science fiction movies such as The Matrix, Runaway Gamer, etc., have successfully brought the metaverse to life with the rapid development of blockchain technology and AR/VR. In Web3, users can create virtual identities and have social lives using GameFi, and metaverse applications. Decentraland, The Sandbox, for instance, allows users to construct playgrounds, schools, digital galleries, NFT pavilions, and other 3D content on their virtual land, not only to hold large-scale social events like auctions, lectures, and art exhibitions but to participate in virtual activities organized by other players, transferring many scenes from reality into virtual space.
It is estimated that 10,000 metaverse jobs will be created in Europe over the next five years by the technology giant Meta. So far, it has invested $12 billion in its metaverse laboratory, and other technology giants such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, and other giants are also strategically laying out the metaverse. IoT, artificial intelligence, and VR/AR technologies are expected to revolutionize real identity in the future. People will be able to experience real-life scenes and feelings in the metaverse in the future, which is the next generation of social networking.
With the entry of technology giants, the Web3 field will usher in sea change with new vitality, ideas, models, and ways. These will be a blowout with the increasing expansion of the Web3 ecology. The tremendous advances in technology will undoubtedly make the records of people's lives more diversified and entertaining.