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'''Blockstack''' is an [[open-source]] [[decentralized computing]] platform.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gilder |first=George |date=2018 |title=Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/life-after-google-george-gilder/1126605456#/ |publisher= |pages=159–177 }}</ref> Blockstack software libraries enable developers to build decentralized applications, which have no single point of failure or control.<ref>{{Citation
| last1 = Barabas | first1 = C.
| last2 = Narula | first2 = N.
| last3 = Zuckerman | first3 = E.
| title = Defending Internet Freedom through Decentralization: Back to the Future?
| url= https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/defending-internet-freedom-through-decentralization.pdf
| series = MIT Media Lab Report
| place = Cambridge, MA
| pages = 51–59
| year = August 2017 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| last = Freeman
| first = Jonathan
| title = JavaScript dapps: Build decentralized apps with Blockstack
| newspaper = [[InfoWorld]]
| date = 28 February 2019
| url = https://www.infoworld.com/article/3345957/javascript-dapps-build-decentralized-apps-with-blockstack.html}}
</ref> Blockstack provides decentralized protocols for authentication, data storage, and software distribution.<ref>
{{cite journal
| title = Blockchain Technology the Identity Management and Authentication Service Disruptor: A Survey
| journal = International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology
| volume = 8
| number = 4–2
| pages = 1735–1745
| date = 2018| doi = 10.18517/ijaseit.8.4-2.6838
| last1 = Lim
| first1 = Shu Yun
| last2 = Tankam Fotsing
| first2 = Pascal
| last3 = Almasri
| first3 = Abdullah
| last4 = Musa
| first4 = Omar
| last5 = Mat Kiah
| first5 = Miss Laiha
| last6 = Ang
| first6 = Tan Fong
| last7 = Ismail
| first7 = Reza
}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
| last1 = Mühle | first1 = A.
| last2 = Grüner |first2 = A.
| last3 = Gayvoronskaya | first3 = T.
| last4 = Meinel | first4 = C.
| title = A Survey on Essential Components of a Self-Sovereign Identity
| journal = Computer Science Review
| volume = 30
| pages = 80–86
| date = November 2018| arxiv = 1807.06346
| doi = 10.1016/j.cosrev.2018.10.002
| bibcode = 2018arXiv180706346M
}}</ref>
Concerns around internet privacy, security, and data breaches are bringing attention to decentralized platforms like Blockstack.<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Singh
| first = Harminder
| title = 'New internet' looks to keep user data away from tech giants and bypass China censorship
| newspaper = [[South China Morning Post]]
| date = 1 October 2017
| url = https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2113521/new-internet-looks-keep-user-data-away-tech-giants-and-bypass}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite AV media
| title = What will replace Facebook?
| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvWZ8TrM41w
| publisher = [[The Economist]]
| date = 4 February 2019 }}
</ref><ref>
{{cite episode |title=Blockchain as internet |series=Rizqi Presents: Blockchain |date=2019 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Rizqi-Presents-Blockchain/dp/B07Q84HRC6 |publisher = Amazon [[Prime Video]] | season=1 |number=2 |last=Rachmat |first=Rizqi (host)}}
</ref> Software developers have used Blockstack to build decentralized alternatives to popular services like [[Google docs]] (word processor), [[WeChat]] (messaging), traditional email, [[Patreon]] (membership platform), and others.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Fung
| first = Brian
| title = The new technology that aspires to #DeleteFacebook for good
| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]
| date = 23 March 2018
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/23/the-new-technology-that-aspires-to-deletefacebook-for-good/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8902bfcd3f11}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| last = Dillet
| first = Romain
| title = Stealthy wants to become the WeChat of blockchain apps
| newspaper = [[TechCrunch]]
| date = 5 September 2018
| url = https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/05/stealthy-wants-to-become-the-wechat-of-blockchain-apps/}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| last = Simonite
| first = Tom
| title = The Decentralized Internet Is Here, With Some Glitches
| newspaper = [[Wired Magazine]]
| date = 5 March 2018
| url = https://www.wired.com/story/the-decentralized-internet-is-here-with-some-glitches/}}
</ref>
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