Title: The future of third web: a role of blockchain and Web 3.0

Authors: Usman Ali; Irfan Ali Kandhro; Raja Sohail Ahmed Larik; Abdullah Ayub Khan; Muhammad Huzaifa Shahbaz; Muhammad Osama

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, 74000, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, 74000, Pakistan ' School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China ' Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, 74000, Pakistan ' Software Engineering Department, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, 74000, Pakistan

Abstract: Nowadays, people use the web more consistently and the World Wide Web (WWW) is used as the largest global information media by which the user can write, read or share information throughout the internet. The first version was Web 1.0 which was only static, and the second version is Web 2.0 users can only read, write, and create the data which helps businesses to cover the dynamic data of the users. However, the third version Web 3.0, uses the algorithm that works differently for every user to interpret the individual data and customise the internet for every user. Many companies like YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify use this technology and only share valuable things with users by analysing their data and behaviour. This paper reviewed the papers, which are published in the domain of Web 3.0, and defines how the decentralised web is focused on underlying technologies and developing protocols.

Keywords: World Wide Web; WWW; blockchain; Web 3.0; information system; risks; privacy; security.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2025.145880

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2025 Vol.17 No.3, pp.391 - 403

Received: 21 Mar 2023
Accepted: 06 Jun 2023
Published online: 30 Apr 2025 *

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