--- title: HTTP/3 is Fast | daily.dev description: HTTP/3 is a new version of the HTTP protocol. It uses a new protocol called QUIC. QUIC is meant to address the head-of-line blocking issues with HTTP/2. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-fast-chh2lo3d1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HTTP/3 is Fast | daily.dev og:description: HTTP/3 is a new version of the HTTP protocol. It uses a new protocol called QUIC. QUIC is meant to address the head-of-line blocking issues with HTTP/2. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-fast-chh2lo3d1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cHh2LO3D1.png og:image:alt: HTTP/3 is Fast og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HTTP/3 is Fast **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 8 min read · 202 upvotes · 13 comments ## Summary HTTP/3 is a new version of the HTTP protocol. It uses a new protocol called QUIC. QUIC is meant to address the head-of-line blocking issues with HTTP/2. The benchmarks show that the new protocol is much faster than the old one. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tiru5** · 2 upvotes > This is absolutely awesome, and a great article! Well written, succinct, and very informative. > > Onwards and upwards 🚀! **@anam0927** · 1 upvotes > Awesome! Didn't even know this has come out!!! > > Really excited for when this becomes standard **@raghav** · 1 upvotes > 🚀 **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > Good amount of knowledge you need for HTTP/3! 🔥 **@ariaieboy** · 1 upvotes > thanks to this article i've digged into the HTTP/3 a little bit more and learned alot of new things about the http versions. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-fast-chh2lo3d1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"HTTP/3 is Fast","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-fast-chh2lo3d1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/http-3-is-fast-chh2lo3d1"},"datePublished":"2021-12-15T18:05:39.498Z","dateModified":"2021-12-15T18:05:39.499Z","description":" HTTP/3 is a new version of the HTTP protocol. 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