We’re pleased to announce the addition of Prof. Jaswinder Pal Singh as a new member of the Blockstack PBC Board of Directors. I first met JP when I started my PhD at Princeton in 2008; over the last ten years he has been a mentor and a source of clear thinking, not...
Apps built on Blockstack offer irrevocable digital identity and information ownership, a seamless login experience to all Blockstack apps, and local, user-selected encrypted storage. We’re confident we’ll see decentralized apps unlock better functionality and go beyond the status quo, but they have progress to make in the early days of user adoption....
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We’re excited to announce the first public release of the official Stacks Wallet for macOS and Windows. This release enables holders of Stacks Tokens with unlocked balances to send and receive tokens. To maximize security, this version of the Stacks Wallet will only send or receive Stacks when used with a...
In the world of blockchains, consensus protocols are widely discussed. However, it’s often hard to distinguish between competing protocols and evaluate them, especially because it is not always clear how a particular protocol solves a consensus problem, or how that particular problem relates to the practical concerns of blockchains (e.g.,...
This post was originally published on Medium.com by Avi Aryan (creator of Your Note) and is republished with permission. Screenshot of Your Note’s web version A little backstory before we get into the “why” — I have been taking notes for as long as I started using computers....
The results are in: Congratulations to every team and founder that was a part of December’s App Mining Pilot run, you and your apps are an integral part of the Blockstack ecosystem and the decentralized internet. $100K USD has successfully been distributed in Bitcoin across eligible Blockstack apps according to...
Blockstack is broadening the meaning of “Mining”. Traditionally the term 'mining' in cryptocurrency refers to the process of contributing compute resources to the network and earning a reward. On the Blockstack network, however, instead of just 'mining' through computation, developers can “mine” by contributing apps to the ecosystem and making...
Learning to build a decentralized blockchain application doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming for developers. Using languages and frameworks they already know, Blockstack makes it easy to build decentralized applications that protect privacy, are inherently more secure, provide data portability, and more. To help make getting started even easier,...
We’re happy to announce that Blockstack PBC has successfully unlocked approximately $25 million in funding from our December 2017 token offering. We structured the Blockstack token offering such that the majority of the capital would only be unlocked when certain, specific milestones were reached. This self-imposed requirement was our way...
Monday, December 10th: Blockstack hosted a panel entitled “Decentralizing Art: The Hype and Hope of Blockchain” at Foley Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City. Moderator and art historian Xin Wang led panelists Kelani Nichole of The Current, John Watkinson of CryptoPunks, Abbey Titcomb of Onward Labs...
This post was originally published on Medium.com by George Bennett and is republished with permission. The Blockstack authentication flow enables users to authenticate themselves in an entirely client-side fashion. This way, users can port their identity and private data without the need for third party authentication. But… what if you need...
