Web2.5 to Web3.0

We are currently at an intersection on the journey to Web3.0.

The Web2.0 days are steadily coming to a close as we transition to decentralised means of storing data, smart contracts and DAOs to host services, and value that is stored on a Blockchain via a distributed ledger.

Now is an interesting time as companies are merging the two worlds into their products, realising that a full Web3.0 reality is around the corner, but not quite there yet. But they inevitably will be, and many have already realised this.

Bridges are being built to compensate for the lack of decentralised completeness. Ethereum’s popular Python and Javascript Web3.0 wrappers, or Stellar’s HTTP services are good examples of how Blockchain organisations are bridging the two worlds, allowing centralised platforms to communicate with their upcoming replacements.

In a market where these Web2.5 applications are commonplace, it can become confusing to fully realise what a Web3.0 application fully consists of.

Let’s look at one characteristic of a Web3.0 DApp, and arguably amongst the most important:

The Blockchain is the platform.

This may not appear obvious in the market of today where the majority of applications with a Blockchain layer…