# Welcome WEB3 frens ### What is DH3 A fresh new way of how data should be managed, processed, served, and owned. In web2 days in most cases, you were just a person who generated data but had no clue what was going on behind that, here we are trying to make a real difference by empowering all web3 users to participate, educate themself, and earn from it. > *Question: "Could you explain Web3 to a 5-year-old?"* > > *The answer:* > > *Web1 -> Web2 -> Web3 = Read-Only -> Read-Write -> Read-Write-Own* > > *by* [*Chris Dixon*](https://twitter.com/cdixon) *@ a16z* ### Main objectives * Effective storage - [OSS](https://docs.dh3.io/broken-reference), [No cloud](https://docs.dh3.io/broken-reference) * Minimize time to create data sets, save weeks or even months for users - [No code tools](https://docs.dh3.io/broken-reference) * [Data ownership](https://docs.dh3.io/dh3-focus/data-ownership) and royalties from your contributions * Prefer rapid development. Distributed from the start, [decentralized](https://docs.dh3.io/broken-reference) in the near feature --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.dh3.io/welcome-web3-frens.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.