HTTP/1.1 vs. HTTP/2
HTTP 1.1 In January 1997, HTTP/1.1 version was released, only half a year later than version 1.0. It further improved the HTTP protocol and has been used to this day 20 years later, and is still the most popular version. Main optimization points:
Support long connection by default HTTP/1.1 supports persistent connections and request pipelining. Persistent connections reuse established TCP connections and avoid repeating the RTT cost of the three-way handshake.