Web3 vs Web2 — Which One Is the Future? (+ IPFS Impact)

aytan-hasanova@newsletter.paragraph.com (Aytan Hasanova) — Wed, 07 May 2025 07:46:00 GMT

🌐 Web2 = centralized data, owned by platforms like Facebook & Google.
🔗 Web3 brings:– 👤 User ownership– 🧠 Smart contracts & token economy– 🛰️ IPFS for decentralized file storage
📌 Real difference:– Web2: YouTube video hosted on Google servers– Web3: Video stored on IPFS — resistant to censorship, globally replicated
💡 Examples:– ✍️ Mirror.xyz uses IPFS to publish articles– 🎨 OpenSea stores NFTs permanently on IPFS