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Re: Dapps

#11

Post by jabgrabdthrow » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:03 PM UTC

sancha_ wrote: post #10

Can someone explain to me why I should pay to use the dapp Twitter clone?

You definitely shouldn't!

Re: Dapps

#12

Post by paulgb » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:04 PM UTC

devilmoon wrote: post #3

"Error establishing a database connection"

If only he used a dapp as the database backend, we'd be able to read the post! /s

Re: Dapps

#13

Post by gammacrawler » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:06 PM UTC

crypto should not mean cryptocurrency it should mean cryptography

Re: Dapps

#14

Post by rco8786 » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:06 PM UTC

> it sure feels like 2018 is the year we start getting decentralized applications (Dapps) we can use.

does it, though?

Re: Dapps

#15

Post by timvdalen » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:08 PM UTC

I'm getting a database connection error, which seems ironic given the subject of the post.

Re: Dapps

#16

Post by chvid » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:08 PM UTC

"Error establishing a database connection"

Is that irony?

Re: Dapps

#17

Post by weego » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:09 PM UTC

i04n wrote: post #6

One project I really like is Streamr. It looks promising. Monetizing realtime data on top of ethereum. It's great to see projects on top of ethereum creating real value.

There's no value here! Even their own examples are so tenuous it's bizarre to me that anyone could post that with no sense of shame.

'what if what people know for free today would be wrapped up in an insane network of constantly negotiating prices for that same information'

Re: Dapps

#18

Post by tree_of_item » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:09 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #9

ythn wrote: post #5

In my day we called "decentralized apps" simply "programs".

What makes dapps "special" (i.e. why we have a separate name for them) is that they utilize a blockchain in one way or another. For example for storage or transfer of data.

I think the point is that's not actually an interesting feature. The programs use an over-hyped database hoping to siphon off a bit of the hype...did we have a separate name for programs using NoSQL too?

Re: Dapps

#19

Post by i04n » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:13 PM UTC

jabgrabdthrow wrote: post #8

i04n wrote: post #6

One project I really like is Streamr. It looks promising. Monetizing realtime data on top of ethereum. It's great to see projects on top of ethereum creating real value.

Do you own Streamr coins?

No, that would be a sin. Fred Wilson doesn't own ethereum either.

Re: Dapps

#20

Post by RexetBlell » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 2:13 PM UTC

htormey wrote: post #7

So what Dapps does anyone here use apart from decentralized exchanges and crypto kitties? One I came across recently that looks promising is joy stream: http://joystream.co Joy stream appears to be a service which rewards people for hosting torrents. I could see this being used by a lot of people. Are their any services that provide usage figures for any of these Dapps? I’d be curious to know how much they are used a…

The Dai stable coin. Many different smart contracts are constantly working together to keep the token worth very close to 1 USD: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dai/