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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

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

{{cite news

| last = Singh

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| 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> 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

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{{cite AV media

| title = What will replace Facebook?

| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvWZ8TrM41w

| publisher = [[The Economist]]

| date = 4 February 2019 }}

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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