A web 3.0 browser is an internet browser that gives you, the user, access to decentralized applications and certain smart contracts. The web 3.0 browser provides integration of crypto with an emphasis on decentralization and security. Web 3.0 browsers works with blockchain where users can host and exchange files through peer-to-peer technology. Each web 3.0 browser also has its own web3-wallet.
What is a Web 3 browser?
A web 3.0 browser is an internet browser that gives you, the user, access to decentralized applications and certain smart contracts. The web 3.0 browser provides integration of crypto with an emphasis on decentralization and security. Web 3.0 browsers work with blockchain where users can host and exchange files through peer-to-peer. Each web 3.0 browser also has its own web3-wallet.
How does a Web3.0 browser work?
The goal is to keep centralized parties out of the game and give power back to users of the browser. This is possible because it uses public blockchains and Decentralized Applications that are encrypted. A Web 3 browser does not look very different from Google Chrome or Safari. They both do the same thing technically, which is navigate to web pages. The big difference is that with a web 3 browser, you default to incognito search while Google Chrome does not. In addition, web 3 browsers have a built-in wallet with built-in privacy. With web 2.0 (Google Chrome etc.) you have to download software for a wallet like MetaMask. So the user experience remains the same as with Web 2.0 but with the benefits of Web 3.0.
A few web 3 browsers
Brave
Brave is currently one of the largest Web3 browsers out there. It has more than 30 million users worldwide. When you open the browser, it looks very much like a Web2 browser. But the Brave browser offers all kinds of functionalities that a web2 browser cannot offer. Brave has its own Brave wallet (which you can control in the browser itself) and you can earn crypto (BAT) purely by using the browser.
You can earn BAT by allowing ads. This makes you earn BAT tokens. You can decide how many ads you want to see. You are in control of this. Not only the number of ads, but also the user can choose what kind of ads you want to see. Brave Web3 browser also has an IPFS support, which allows for decentralized file storage.
Osiris Browser
This web 3 browser is an innovative browser where users can get access to different Decentralized Apps. The browser supports different blockchain networks. The Osiris browser also uses an integrated wallet (Metawallet). This wallet also works as a cross-chain bridge. This allows you to trade with this browser on different platforms and on different networks. Osiris also has a dAppStore. A dApp-marketplace for all your blockchain applications. Super cool!
Puma Web3 mobile Browser
Again, hosting and sending files is done entirely peer-to-peer. Besides privacy, security is also an important element and they have extra security against hackers and trackers.
Puma distinguishes itself from other competitors because each user can earn money through Coil. This is a monetized content browser where you see your favorite content from your favorite creator based on a membership. But you as a creator can also monetize your work by using this browser. And you can completely turn off ads.
No more unsolicited ads, but using the Internet where your data and privacy is central and where you as a creator are also rewarded for your creations. This can be anything: blogs, videos, photos, etc.
The importance of data
Web 2 is about big companies ensuring that through our search behavior, certain ads are shown. Unsolicited. If we have looked up something about new kitchens, we are then spammed by all kinds of advertisements about new kitchens. Nothing wrong with that if you really want a new kitchen and want to compare your options. But less fun is when you get into a certain tunnel vision and you only come across messages that confirm your vision. So through web 3 we can regain our own freedom and privacy. We can use the Internet without being spammed and decide for ourselves how we want to use the Internet and what we want to see in terms of ads, for example. The end has come for large data companies that earn millions of dollars based on our own data. In practice, it has not yet come to that. Most people still use web 2 browsers. But I think that when people know that web 3 browsers are there and can regain their own privacy and freedoms, then I don't rule out that web 3 browsers will be used more than web 2 browsers in the near future.
A critical note
A critical note on web 3 browsers is that at the moment, the browsers are not yet fully optimized. Sometimes web pages do not open or open poorly. Sometimes they also block videos that you would like to see. So it does not yet work as well as web 2 browsers. But this can be solved relatively easily in the future. After all, web 3 browsers are still new and there is still a lot of development to be done. The fact that there are already web 3 browsers says a lot about the development of blockchain and web 3.
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