Web4

Web4: The First Internet You Can’t Lie To

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Web evolution from Web1 document web through Web2 social and Web3 ownership to Web4 causation verification, showing first three marked with X for broken verification and Web4 with checkmark for working causation-based verification

Why the Next Internet Verifies What You Cause, Not What You Claim For thirty years, the internet has been playground for lies. Not because people are dishonest—though some are. Because the architecture made lying indistinguishable from truth-telling. Web1 let you claim expertise without proving capability. Build website, display credentials, assert authority—no verification required. Web2 let … Web4: The First Internet You Can’t Lie To

Why AI Cannot Operate on Web1–Web3 Foundations

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Visual representation of Web1, Web2, and Web3 architecture layers collapsing under entropy with Web4 emerging as causation-verified alternative

The Thermodynamic Reason Every Previous Internet Architecture Collapses Under Perfect Simulation Every version of the internet humanity built—Web1, Web2, Web3—rests on a single assumption that is now catastrophically wrong. The assumption: you can verify reality through observation. Web1 verified through visual and textual signals. If a website looked legitimate, displayed coherent information, presented institutional markers—it … Why AI Cannot Operate on Web1–Web3 Foundations