Blockstack: Difference between revisions

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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= |page=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.

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| 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

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| volume = 30

| pages = 80–86

| date = November 2018}}</ref>.

Concerns around internet privacy, security, and data breaches are bringing attention to decentralized platforms like Blockstack.<ref>

{{cite news

| last = Singh

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{{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