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What is a Decentralized Application?

Internet users don't have sole control over the data they share on today's websites. One example is to use this design for a decentralized Twitter that's resistant to censorship. The ethereum white paper splits dapps into three types: apps that manage money, apps where money is involved (but also requires another piece), and apps in the "other" category, which includes voting and governance systems. (Though, it's worth noting that some developers are skeptical that this use case can be done in a decentralized way.) Decentralized autonomous organizations are one particularly ambitious breed of dapp (this is explained further in 'What is a DAO?').

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018