The Web is inevitably going to evolve. The question is not if but when this is going to happen.
This process won't happen fast or overnight, though. Instead, it will be a slow transition, nearly unnoticeable.
All this gives you the chance to participate in the evolution of the web right now and shape the internet for future generations.
Because we don't even entirely know how the next version of the web will look, you can leave your mark and interpret it for yourself.
Don't let the evolution of the web solely being lead by large corporations. Web 3.0 is the web of everyone and also of decentralization.
One goal is to give power back to all of us, so your ideas do indeed count.
2. What you can do
In our current understanding, you can integrate small parts of what will make up Web 3 into your projects and products, no need to go fully decentralized or fully AI-driven.
Some ideas for you:
- Enable a universal single-sign-on through crypto wallets (public/private key pairs)
- Let users pay with crypto
- Help users by analyzing their content semantically with AI
- Give users better content suggestions through thorough use of ML
- Follow in Shopify's and Amazon's footsteps and let users experience products in AR before they buy
- Enable tracking of shipping with blockchain technology
- Host your images on IPFS
And this list could go on and on because it is only up to your imagination.
3. How to get started
You don't need to become a blockchain developer or a machine learning engineer as a web developer. Don't worry.
But thanks to the evolution of technology, there are many ways to integrate existing technologies into your apps and websites.
-> In the case of blockchains
You can interface with blockchains pretty easily. Your connection is only a library away.
Most blockchains expose a standardized JSON RPC HTTP API (standardized by Ethereum).
There are actually at least two popular API clients for blockchains.
--> Web3.js
This is one of the most popular clients that can interface with Ethereum-style blockchain APIs.
Do you know what many dApp developers struggle with?
Which data to put on-chain. More data on the chain can drive the cost up. Too much data might render your app unusable. Storing fewer data might not be an option.
Here are some ideas for you to fix this.
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1. Use A Dedicated Database
This approach will make your dApp into an app.
If you bring in central data storage, you can circumvent the limits of some blockchains, but it doesn't keep the promise of being decentralized.
You can store anything that you can't store on-chain in your database and associate it with a user.
Whenever you need that type of data, you fetch it from your database.