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Women and Web3

Can women get ahead more easily with the latest iteration of Web technology? Paul Hearns investigates

The nature of Web3 communities supports self-study at one’s own pace, so tends to suit women who are primary care-givers and therefore can’t commit to rigid schedules. Picture: Getty

Anyone even remotely involved with technology in recent times has probably heard the term Web3. It is bandied about frequently, and can sometimes mean different things to different people.

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For the purposes of this piece, Web3 comes from the concept put out by Ethereum founder Gavin Wood in 2014, who described it as the next iteration of web technology which is decentralised, trustless ...