Open protocols and decentralization are web1 not web3. It's how the web was originally envisioned. Web3 is specifically about replacing centralized authority with cryptographic authority. But whether that's actually useful enough for anyone for it to be considered a revolution on the web like web2 was remains to be seen.

Unlike web1 and web2, web3 is an ethos more than a set of technologies. web1 and web2 are descriptions of the past, whereas web3 is a vision for the future.

Unlike web1 and web2, web3 is a grift. In contrast, this appears to be a genuinely innovative technology.

Web 1.0 is Star Wars.

Web 2.0 is The Empire Strikes Back.

Web 3.0 is The Room.

Web 3.0 is The Phantom Menace.

Alright, but if you can use that ethos to argue that e-mail, Bittorrent and IRC are the future I'm going to look at you funny.

I'd like to think email, irc, and bittorrent will still be around far into the future, at least.