Ask HN: Why is DAU of Dapps so incredibly low?

#1

Post by northfoxz2015 » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 6:51 AM UTC

The decentralized internet seems to be the future, but from both usage and utility standpoint, DAU of dapps are still very low(~10k). Why is that?

Re: Ask HN: Why is DAU of Dapps so incredibly low?

#2

Post by cimmanom » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 10:22 PM UTC

1. They’re not solving real problems anyone has that don’t already have solutions that are good enough in some ways and better in others

2. Even if they are solving problems people have, people aren’t aware that they have those problems

3. Even if people are aware they have those problems they aren’t aware that the apps exist

4. Even if people are aware of the problems and of the apps, learning about and using them doesn’t seem to be worth the effort involved

It’s sort of like asking why only a few people commute via unicycle.

#3

Post by Kinnard » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 11:16 PM UTC

They're new. Almost all are like brand new, and the whole paradigm is brand new. People haven't figured this out yet.

Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains are Dapp with high DAU rates.

They're of course not as new.