├── license.md ├── readme.md └── web3newbies.md /license.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # MIT License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2019, Indizr 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Web 3.0 for Newbies 2 | 3 | This repo contains links to articles and other resources for newbies who want to learn about Web 3.0. 4 | 5 | For our purposes, "Web 3.0" is defined loosely as anything that promotes decentralization of information online. It could apply to blockchain, distributed applications, semantic web markup, or many other things. Glad to let the community decide. 6 | 7 | There's just one thing I'm going to explicitly put outside of scope: Resources that primarily relate to trading or speculation in cryptocurrencies. I have nothing against that topic in principle, mind you. It's just that there are a lot of other places where anyone interested in it can find such information. For the sake of differentation, the focus here here is very much in the "blockchain not crypto" mode. 8 | 9 | To add something to the list, please leave a suggestion in the comments on the open issue at http://bit.ly/2DczXjD 10 | 11 | This collection is -- and always will be -- free to use under MIT License. Please use and share it however you like to spread the word about the decentralized web. 12 | 13 | Cheers, 14 | 15 | Peter A. McKay 16 | @peteramckay 17 | @itsindizr 18 | peter[at]indizr.com 19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /web3newbies.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Web 3.0 for Newbies 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | This is a collection of links to help newcomers learn about Web 3.0, including key principles, technical information, and prominent community members to follow on Twitter. 6 | 7 | The term "Web 3.0" is defined loosely here as anything that promotes decentralization of information online. It could apply to blockchain, distributed applications, semantic web markup, or many other things. 8 | 9 | This collection will be curated and expanded over time, with input welcome from anyone who cares to contribute via GitHub. 10 | 11 | ### Overviews & History 12 | - What Exactly is Web3? Talk by Juan Benet, founder and CEO of Protocol Labs, at Web3 Summit 2018 in Berlin. Covers what Web3 is and how it is part of a larger movement in which humanity is going from a pre-computing civilization to a post-computing civilization. 13 | - What the Heck is Web 3.0 Anyway?: Forbes article by Jutta Steiner, CEO of Parity Technologies. Published in October 2018. 14 | - 90+ Ethereum Apps You Can Use Right Now: A really handy post from the official Consensys blog, occasionally updated. 15 | - Fighting The Citadels That Own Our Data: How Web3 Empowers Us To Take Back Control: Forbes article by Jutta Steiner, CEO of Parity Technologies. Published in April 2019. 16 | - Blockchain Explained in 5 Levels of Difficulty: Nice explainer by Bettina Warburg for Wired covering blockchain for several people, from a five-year-old on up to a fellow expert. 17 | - The next Web of open, linked data: 2009 TED talk by Sir Tim Berners-Lee about the importance of creating a new, semantic web of linked data. 18 | - Software is Eating the World: Wall Street Journal op-ed by Marc Andreessen. (2011) 19 | - Why Bitcoin Matters: Guest post by Marc Andreessen on the New York Times' Dealbook blog. (2014) 20 | - Why Decentralization Matters: Medium post by VC Chris Dixon. (2018) 22 | - High-Quality Linked Data Generation: Talk by researcher Anastasia Dimou, delivered December 2017 at SWIB17 conference in Hamburg. 23 | - Entrepreneurs See a Web Guided by Common Sense (Paywall): New York Times story from November 2006 by reporter John Markoff that uses the term "Web 3.0." Probably the earliest such reference in the popular press. 24 | - A brief release history of the web: Blog post by consultant Peter A. McKay briefly summarizing how the web evolved from v1.0 to v3.0. 25 | - Building an On-Ramp to Web 3.0 in Brave Browser: Talk by Ben Livshits, chief scientist at Brave Software, at Web 3 Summit 2018 in Berlin. Talk covers Ben's work on the Brave browser, which seeks to create a new peer-to-peer economy for digital content. 26 | - Parity Wiki: Covers information about several of the company's products, comprising Parity Ethereum, Parity Substrate, Parity Fether, Parity Signer, and Parity UI. 27 | 28 | 73 | 74 | ### Blockchain White Papers 75 | - Bitcoin 76 | - Ethereum 77 | - Polka Dot 78 | - Basic Attention Token 79 | - Tether 80 | - MakerDAO 81 | - Libra 82 | - Wavelet 83 | - World Economic Forum: In 2019, WEF sponsored a series of whitepapers on inclusive deployment of blockchain for supply chains. 84 | - Part 1: Introduction 85 | - Part 2: Trustworthy verification of digital identities 86 | - Part 3: Public or Private Blockchains – Which One Is Right for You? 87 | - Part 4: Protecting Your Data 88 | 89 | ### Open Source Projects on GitHub 90 | - Web3.js: Ethreum's JavaScript API 91 | - Polkadot Wiki: Documentation for the Web 3 Foundation's multi-chain protocol. 92 | 93 | ### Recommended Twitter Accounts 94 | - @blockchain 95 | - @brave 96 | - @BraveSampson 97 | - @BrendanEich 98 | - @BWarburg 99 | - @chrisinsilico 100 | - @coincenter 101 | - @ConsenSys 102 | - @convoluted_code 103 | - @davewiner 104 | - @DoveyWan 105 | - @ethereumJoseph 106 | - @evacide 107 | - @gaborgurbacs 108 | - @GoldenChaosGod 109 | - @hudsonjameson 110 | - @inrupt 111 | - @jerrybrito 112 | - @jimmysong 113 | - @jutta_steiner 114 | - @laurashin 115 | - @lopp 116 | - @mikejcasey 117 | - @natadimou 118 | - @naval 119 | - @niccary 120 | - @NickSzabo4 121 | - @OneMorePeter 122 | - @saronyitbarek 123 | - @Snowden 124 | - @timberners_lee 125 | - @tipeveryday 126 | - @VitalikButerin 127 | - @vivian 128 | - @web3foundation 129 | - @xychelsea 130 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------