dApps
Decentralized apps — looks like a website but runs on blockchain smart contracts. No single company controls it.
NFTs
Unique digital tokens proving ownership — art, game items, tickets, identities. Creates verifiable digital scarcity.
DAOs
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations — groups governed by smart contracts and token-holder votes, not executives.
DeFi
Decentralized Finance — lending, borrowing, trading without banks. Open 24/7, permissionless, globally accessible.
With the foundational technologies in place, we can now look at the applications being built in Web3. This module covers three important pillars of the current ecosystem.