Web 4.0 - The upcoming revolution

We’re talking about interconnected factory robots, 3d printing machines, self-driving delivery trucks, and even the final manufactured products being intelligently linked together. Advanced artificial intelligence will analyze how where and when the products are needed and shipping will be entirely automated requiring little to no human intervention, the resulting economic benefits are obvious think about just-in-time custom manufacturing for almost everything little to no need to keep inventory on hand a massive increase in efficiency, and a steep drop in the cost of both manufacturing and distribution in the end.

Upside of Web 4.0

Just some more years later, smart power grids, virtual energy sources, Intelligent transportation networks, and smart houses Boards of self-driving cars, trucks, and other self-regulatory systems will be all around us.

This trend is so significant that forecasters believe web 4.0 will usher in an entirely new industrial revolution, known as industry 4.0 and powered by the web. Industry 4.0 will see the connection of old machines increase company profits even as consumers enjoy faster, easier access to more and better products so what’s the dark side of all these great upcoming features of the internet.

So, while web 4.0 will automate basic chores such as driving and may render some people's current employment obsolete, it will also free people up to devote their efforts to making new ideas come true. There will be new opportunities for programmers. Designers who create objects. Craftsmen, maybe even space mechanics and meteor miners.

That's web 4.0 in a nutshell, that's where we're going, and no amount of Luddite narrow-mindedness will stop it.

Downside of Web 4.0

Well, life is never all perfume and roses, there isn't any chance that this big thing is coming without consequences, when everything is connected to everything else a lot of serious privacy and security issues are going to arise also the reliability of hardware and software will be far more critical than it is today that's because small errors like the type that now plague most hardware and software products could result in a massive problem if even just one interconnected device misbehaves it could bring down the entire system and the whole information supply changes, which could be harmful in a case where wrong or tempered information in floating around the world.

The impact on current employment is going to be the biggest drawback of all these technical difficulties. For instance, as 3D printing technology becomes more advanced and connected, it will become easier to create objects than it is to create documents. This will lead to an increase in the need for creative object writing, which requires abilities and inspiration that no machine, no matter how connected or artificially intelligent, will ever be able to supply.

Conclusion

As technology advances, the internet adapts not only to new technology's capabilities but also to the demands of its users. People born after 1990 have never known life before the internet.

Children nowadays would never have known a world without social media. People born in the next ten to twenty years may never experience life without an enlarged intellect.

Technology can be both, a healthy meal to consume when taken moderately and an unhealthy junk meal when consumed in excess.

The growth of the internet has surely brought us closer together, but at a cost.

Future engineers and developers should and must consider the proper safety and privacy of their applications in every condition to make them survive with the next generation of users.

How many confirmations should I wait for before trusting a transaction?

On Bitcoin, scale confirmation depth with the amount at risk, since finality is probabilistic. On Ethereum, wait for the finalized checkpoint. On rollups, wait for the batch to be final on L1.

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