Web3, the Internet of tomorrow

This example is quite convincing and demonstrates perfectly the stakes of the time we live in. 

Every day, new innovations surface and it is sometimes complex to master all the subjects. Especially at this speed.

Have you ever started a discussion about blockchain, crypto-currency or nft, only to see your interlocutor immediately flee the conversation?

At Galeon, we explain how blockchain can be used for the healthcare.

Technological developments are moving at such a speed that we sometimes find it hard to keep up. But why not try to understand?

The origins of the Internet: the HTTP protocol and Web1

We can't approach this subject without mentioning the name of the British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee. The latter and his team helped invent the famous concept of the World Wide Web (www).

At the beginning, there was the Web1, genesis of the virtual world that surrounds us.

The aim? To allow companies and other service providers to broadcast information on their own server to users.

From then on, the diffusion is one-way, so there is no possible interaction. It is broadcasted on showcase, institutional and other sites. 

This period could be situated approximately between 1990 and 2004, years during which the connections to the web pages develop with in particular the creation of the HTTP protocol and the famous www.

Web 2, an ultra-connected internet and social networks 

Generation Y grew up with the first blogs, forums, skyblogs or Myspace. 

This is the time of the first posts and comments with which users will finally be able to interact with the information broadcasted.

Welcome to the collaborative Internet. The basic concept which was simply for the Internet users to receive the information takes another turn, because from now on, there is the network. 

With this incredible tool, the average visitor can finally express himself with the possibility of broadcasting his own contents: publication, blog, post, videos, music.

From 2004 until today, the Internet will be flooded with all kinds of information and data, to the great pleasure of companies.

Because yes, over the years, all these clicks, all these interactions have become a real gold mine for companies. A new business will develop around data and advertising. 

We have gradually become the products of the Internet. A simple example is influencer marketing: 

• Influencers are used to promote products and services,
• Their followers buy the sponsored products and entrust, indirectly or not, a certain amount of information about them and their habits.

This raises the question of the control of our virtual identity. Of course, governments are putting in place solutions such as the RGPD (General Data Protection Regulation), nevertheless, its application remains complex, especially on a European and international scale. 

Some people in the community will want to change things by pushing the Internet towards a new concept that aims to redistribute power to users: Web3. 

A "better" Internet?

Web3 raises a number of questions that are always interesting to ask.

First, there is the one related to our personal data and our digital identity. 

If some people are not more concerned about this, others consider that consent should be given a real value. In this sense, a fairer Internet would be a place where the user's choice would have a real impact. 

Then there is the question of freedom of access. Many governments and other institutions still restrict or even prevent the free use of the Internet. 

And then, there is still the question of our contribution in this whole construction, by allowing users to choose and participate in certain projects, notably thanks to crypto-currency.

We speak of Token economy to designate this new organization in which investors, contributors, creators, users... in short, all entities and people who invest in a project, are rewarded with crypto-currency.

Indeed, Web3 is built in the form of DAO. Thus, each user can choose which project to invest in. In exchange for the investments, he gets tokens (crypto).

For this system to work, it is necessary that everyone adopts a behavior in accordance with the established values. 

Investing in Galeon is investing in the healthcare of tomorrow 

At Galeon, we are using blockchain to develop the patient record of the hospital of the future and to give patients the power over their data.

Several programs exist such as the 3-year staking program. In exchange, you become a Galeon token holder, and you participate in a "Good for Humanity" project. You now know what Web 3.0 is.

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