Web3
Web3 is the label for applications built around blockchain-based ownership and payments, instead of the account-and-database model most of today’s web runs on. The name contrasts it with “Web 2.0” — the era of centralized platforms (social networks, app stores, cloud services) where a company’s database is the final record of what you own or posted.
The Core Difference
Section titled “The Core Difference”On a typical Web 2.0 platform, your account, your in-game items, your posts — all of it lives in that company’s database. If the company deletes your account or shuts down, that data is gone. In a Web3 application, the underlying assets (tokens, NFTs) live on a blockchain that no single company controls — the app can disappear, but the on-chain asset itself doesn’t depend on the app staying online.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Section titled “What This Looks Like in Practice”Strip away the buzzword and “Web3” usually just means three concrete things: connecting a crypto wallet instead of creating a username/password account, transactions that settle on-chain instead of in a company’s internal ledger, and assets you can move between different apps because they’re not locked inside one platform’s database.
Where SOLMEME Fits
Section titled “Where SOLMEME Fits”SOLMEME’s core mechanics — holding tokens, the Vault’s key-combination rewards, on-chain Contracts — are Web3 by this definition: your holdings are recorded on Solana, not inside a SOLMEME-run account system, and you interact with them through a wallet, not a login.
Where to Go From Here
Section titled “Where to Go From Here”Blockchain covers the ledger this all runs on; Solana covers the specific chain; Crypto covers the asset side.