Gavin also put into writing what he had been thinking the bigger picture for blockchain technology should be. He saw decentralized networks as a tool to build the next version of the internet, or Web 3. Web 1 is the internet of the 1990s, before user-generated content, indexed search, and social media platforms. It lived exclusively in desktop computers. Web 2 is the internet as we know it today, with user-generated content, streaming video and music, and location-based services. It thrives on mobile devices.
