Ask HN: Are decentralised webapps the future?

Posted by zabana on Sunday May 14, 2017 @06:00AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Are we really going to migrate to an infrastructure based on blockchain techonology ? How is developing Decentralised apps different from traditional software ?

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Re:Ask HN: Are decentralised webapps the future? by pedalpete on Sunday May 14, 2017 @06:42AM (#14335055)

This was just posted to HN https://blockstack.org/blog/blockstack-whitepaper-part-1

No discussion yet https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14335035

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Re:Ask HN: Are decentralised webapps the future? by incunix on Sunday May 14, 2017 @06:18AM (#14334991)

While I'd love to see this happen, I'm not convinced there is enough of a critical mass that actually care about the benefits of decentralised apps. Developing peer-to-peer software is considerably different to traditional software in it's communication (routing, sign-on), storage etc

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Re:Ask HN: Are decentralised webapps the future? by asangha on Monday May 15, 2017 @07:54PM (#14346254)

"The room for exactly where decentralized code execution gives a 10-X advantage over centralized code execution is not yet obvious to me. I don’t know what that application is." -- Balaji Srinivasan, from https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/04/21/21-with-bala...

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Re:Ask HN: Are decentralised webapps the future? by miguelrochefort on Sunday May 14, 2017 @09:36AM (#14335559)

Of course they are. What kind of question is that?

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Re:Ask HN: Are decentralised webapps the future? by subsidd on Sunday May 14, 2017 @09:13PM (#14338440)

That's not an helpful answer either

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