Stanford Webinar - Web3 Considered: Possible Futures for Decentralization and Digital Ownership

Web3 is a broad concept encompassing blockchain technology and new models of exchange on the World Wide Web. Web3 will provide security and privacy through decentralization, digital ownership, digital markets and tokens. But what actually is Web3? What is the connection to blockchain, and how does it affect data security and privacy in the new era of the internet?

In this video, Stanford Professor John Mitchell and entrepreneur and investor, Mark Mitchell give us an insider's perspective on emerging developments in the blockchain-based web and discuss:
- A breakdown of Web3
- Decentralization and digital ownership
- What the evolution of the World Wide Web can mean for you and your sector

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
04:56 Evolution of the web
16:35 Example: medical records
21:55 Educational credentials
26:27 Modernize banking
30:06 Smart contracts: programs to execute transactions
42:45 Web3 has many applications