Decentralized, Server-less Applications with Blockstack - All Things Open

Blockstack is a platform for decentralized, server-less applications. Building on Blockstack starts with single-page applications built in Javascript that are downloaded onto user devices. Developers plug into blockstack.js, which provides API’s for authenticating the user, grabbing application data from the user, and storing new application data with the user (encrypted and backed up to cloud storage). The blockchain is utilized to maintain a cross-application identity system, securely mapping user IDs to usernames, public keys, and data storage URIs. Developers don’t have to worry about running servers, maintaining databases, or building out user management systems, and decentralized, server-less applications can be built more simply than their traditional counterparts.

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1. Building a decentralized internet Decentralized, Server-less Applications with Blockstack All Things Open, October 2016
2. Building a decentralized internet About Me 1. Core Contributor for the Blockstack open source project 2. Co-founder of Blockstack Inc (a Blockstack company) 3. President Emeritus, Princeton Entrepreneurship Club 4. Inductee, Forbes 30 Under 30 5. Author, several crypto libraries twitter: @ryaneshea
3. Building a decentralized internet Intro to Decentralization
4. Building a decentralized internet Over time the internet became highly centralized 1. Blind trust in others 2. No ownership of data 3. Bad for innovaMon 4. Bad for security
5. Building a decentralized internet The Benefits of decentralization For users: 1. OpMons 2. Availability 3. Savings 4. InfoSec For developers & society: 1. Inclusion 2. InnovaMon 3. Independence
6. Building a decentralized internet …but decentralized apps are hard to build 1. Complexity 2. Security 3. Scalability
7. Building a decentralized internet A Tour of Decentralized Applications
8. BitTorrent
9. Bitcoin
10. OpenBazaar
11. Alexandria
12. Yours
13. Building a decentralized internet Intro to Blockstack
14. Building a decentralized internet Blockstack makes building decentralized apps easy Without Blockstack With Blockstack Servers to deploy and maintain Server-less, just publish code Databases to set up and maintain Users bring their own cloud storage IdenMty management systems to build IdenMty naMvely built-in Payment systems to build out Payments naMvely built-in
15. Building a decentralized internet We solved key problems over 2+ years of PhD-level engineering Jan 16 Jul 16 Jul 15 Jan 15 Jul 14 Identity Identity Naming Identity Naming Identity Auth Naming Identity Auth Storage The core “kernel” has already been built and deployed
16. Building a decentralized internet Blockstack Core handles the complexity { Authentication Storage Identity Naming Blockchain App App App
17. Building a decentralized internet Our community has expertise in security, distributed systems, and UX
18. Building a decentralized internet Our tech has been thoroughly vetted Blockstack: A Global Naming and Storage System Secured by Blockchains
 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC), June 2016 Bootstrapping Trust in Distributed Systems
 USENIX ;login: 2016 Extending ExisKng Blockchains with Virtualchain
 Distributed Cryptocurrencies and Consensus Ledgers (DCCL), July 2016
19. Blockstack is the largest non-financial blockchain protocol
20. Building a decentralized internet Growth of online developer community 0 350 700 1050 1400 06/29/15 07/13/15 07/27/15 08/10/15 08/24/15 09/07/15 09/21/15 10/05/15 10/19/15 11/02/15 11/16/15 11/30/15 12/14/15 01/03/16 01/17/16 01/31/16 02/14/16 02/28/16 03/13/16 03/27/16 04/10/16 04/24/16 05/08/16 05/22/16 06/05/16 06/19/16 07/03/16 07/17/16 07/31/16 08/14/16 08/28/16 Slack community members Join Blockstack Slack - chat.blockstack.org
21. Building a decentralized internet Growth of in person developer community 1,816 members 6 interested 14 Meetups 14 cities 7 countries
22. Building a decentralized internet Growth of in person developer community 0 300 600 900 1,200 March April May June July August 1,136 708 543 340 156 50 Meetup group members
23. Building a decentralized internet Value capture will move down the software stack TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP SOFTWARE PROVIDERS FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AMAZON, ETC. MINERS, EXCHANGES DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS BITCOIN, ETHEREUM, AND OTHER PROTOCOL TOKENS More info: https://www.usv.com/blog/fat-protocols - 0% - 100% 0% - 100% -
24. Building a decentralized internet iOS and Android made native apps easy (UI components live on your device) Blockstack makes server-less apps easy (UI components & data live on your device) Blockstack App Store
25. Building a decentralized internet Key Blockstack Software
26. Blockstack Core
27. Blockstack CLI
28. Onename (a Blockstack registrar)
29. Blockstack Name Explorer
30. Blockstack Browser
31. Building a decentralized internet A Deeper Dive into Blockstack
32. You should get a response like this:
33. Building a decentralized internet
34. Single Page Web Application
35. Building a decentralized internet Example Applications on Blockstack
36. Example App: Secure Software Distribution
37. Example App: Publicly Audit-able Voting
38. Example App: Crowdfunded Investigative Reporting
39. Building a decentralized internet Thank you