{"id":32,"date":"2026-07-13T21:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T21:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/what-is-web3\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:21:42","slug":"what-is-web3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/what-is-web3\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Web3? A Plain-English Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Web3 is a broad term for a vision of the internet built on blockchains, where users own their data, assets, and identity rather than renting them from big platforms.<\/p>\n<h2>From read to own<\/h2>\n<p>The idea is often framed in eras: an early &#8220;read-only&#8221; web, today&rsquo;s &#8220;read-write&#8221; social web owned by large companies, and a proposed &#8220;read-write-own&#8221; web where tokens and wallets give users a direct stake. Whether Web3 delivers on that promise is genuinely debated.<\/p>\n<h2>Where the metaverse fits<\/h2>\n<p>The metaverse \u2014 persistent virtual worlds \u2014 and on-chain gaming are often lumped in with Web3 because they use the same tools: tokens, NFTs for digital goods, and wallets for identity. Some of this is useful; much of it has been over-hyped and speculative.<\/p>\n<h2>Our stance<\/h2>\n<p>We cover Web3 with curiosity and skepticism in equal measure, explaining what the technology can do before weighing what it is worth. See <a href=\"\/category\/blockchain-technology\/web3-metaverse\/\">Web3 &amp; Metaverse<\/a> and our <a href=\"\/glossary\/\">glossary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-left:3px solid #2438E0;padding:.6rem .9rem;background:#F4F0E6;font-size:14px;margin:1rem 0\"><strong>Educational content, not financial advice.<\/strong> Crypto is volatile and you can lose money. Do your own research. Crypto Ruble Coins is a news and education publication \u2014 not an exchange, conversion, or off-ramp service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web3 is a broad term for a vision of the internet built on blockchains, where users own their data, assets, and identity rather than renting them from big platforms. From&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[24,42,41],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web3-metaverse","tag-education","tag-metaverse","tag-web3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptorublecoins.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}