Web3 Infrastructure: The Core Pillars of Data, Storage, and Computing

Data, storage, and computation are the key foundations of Web3 blockchain technology. Although market attention has decreased recently, these infrastructure projects continue to develop and are expected to gain broader applications in the future.

Current Status of Web3 Infrastructure

Representative projects like Filecoin, Arweave, and Dfinity have passed their peak popularity, but their development activity remains high. The ecosystems of these projects are relatively prosperous, covering multiple fields such as storage, NFTs, gaming, and DeFi. Currently, their main challenge is how to achieve larger-scale adoption.

Data: The Primitives of Web3

Web3 data infrastructure mainly includes oracles, data indexing protocols, and DID public chains. Data in the Web3 era has open-source characteristics, can flow freely, and has greater composability potential. However, it also faces challenges in privacy protection, with some projects addressing this issue through encryption technologies and other means.

Storage Public Chain: Pursuing Innovation

Distributed storage projects such as Filecoin and Arweave are continuously improving developer tools to attract more project integrations. They utilize token incentives and decentralized architectures, adapting to market demands through various competitive strategies and innovations, such as providing NFT storage services.

Public Blockchain: Seeking Greater Adoption

High-performance computing public chains like Near and Dfinity have excellent technical strength and a rich ecosystem, but have not yet achieved large-scale adoption. In the future, there may be a need to focus more on hot projects and new play styles, cultivating flagship applications to attract users. Application chains may become the development trend of a new generation of high-performance public chains.

Future Outlook

The Web3 infrastructure is still in the "fat protocol, thin application" stage, with considerable room for improvement. As various technologies are refined, Web3 will be better able to support various applications and realize the Web3 transformation of real-life scenarios such as assets, commerce, and social interactions. In this process, infrastructure projects are expected to capture more industry value.