Web 3.0 and the role of swarm and whisper

Most people are optimistic about Polkadot mainly because web3.0 is recognized as the next-generation Internet development trend, while there is still a traffic jam on the ethereum chain, so naturally there are enough reasons for investors to abandon Ethereum and use other chains such as Polkaot. But if you think so, you may face a mistake. In fact, Ethereum is constantly building its own web3.0 ecology, and this will also be the direction of the next bull market. The main factor that arouses the most investor attention is swarm project.

Smart contract, swarm, whisper-constitute an important part of web3.0

According to data from the internet, the swarm protocol was actually described in some Ethereum technical articles in 18 years or even earlier. Along with the swarm protocol, there is also the whisper protocol. The Whisper protocol is a decentralized information communication protocol based on Ethereum. It is similar to the graph project that many i missed last year. On the whisper protocol, people can easily transfer and communicate information, and ensure privacy and security. At present, Ethereum ecological communication chat software Status app is the best example. The swarm is a protocol for storage and data exchange in the Ethereum ecosystem. By running the swarm node, users can realize the local distributed storage and exchange of data and obtain corresponding token incentives.

As we currently use web2.0, the large-scale application of mobile Internet and the generation of various information exchange protocols have enabled people to conduct various online activities such as live watching movies, video chat, online games, freelancing, etc. on mobile phones or computers. In fact, the biggest difference between this and web3.0 is that everything we use is supported by the operator’s server behind it. All user data will be uploaded to the server, including more private pictures, videos, financial data and private messages. Service providers can use these data to analyze, judge user preferences and various habits, and then use it to targeted advertisement or profit based on algorithms, which is the reason people always said that it is big data theft.

In fact, although the current method is incorrect in nature, it is difficult for users to choose a platform that can truly protect privacy and not be used in various ways. The ultimate reason is that the server/client model is destined to make users accept these rules in an inferior way, because the platform provides free services. At the same time, they will inevitably choose to use other methods to make profits, so as to ensure The platform will continue to survive.

Decentralized web3.0 becomes the next focus of most people attention

The biggest change in Web3.0 is the use of a decentralized model, where all user data is controlled by the wallet/private key. In web3.0, the platform side has become a DAPP, they build their own application platform through the existing basic protocols and functions on the blockchain. For example, smart contracts use EVM virtual machine on Ethereum, swarm protocol is used for data storage and interaction, whisper protocol is used for information transmission, DAPPs build their own incentive tokens ERC20 token to achieve the best financial model of the whole application, thus avoiding the possibility of evil, and through this way the ethereum ecology can run robustly.

Cross-chain technology is still indispensable, and diversified networks have become the future trend

When we talk about Ethereum is building web3.0, some people may think that this poses a certain threat to Polkadot, but this may not be the case. Other projects such as Polkadot and FILECOIN are actively building their own web3.0 landscape, and in this way, cross-chain technology has become a very important part in web 3.0.

On the one hand this trend can prevent the risk of one dominant player, and secondly it is not really difficult for multiple networks to circulate assets. Different projects have different technical advantages, so the web3.0 and IPFS technologies supported by Polkadot are still indispensable.

Although there are still many problems in Ethereum swarm, in the official discord group, many people complain about project bugs, and the swarm network operation rules have not yet been determined.