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 introducing...
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 to introduce...
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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 Bennet 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...
Blockchain-based applications can offer a safe, secure, and more robust (even censorship resistant) experience for their users, but it is early days and there simply aren’t enough great ones being built. At a basic level you can sign in to them with an identity you alone control, run the app...
Democracy Earth, with the help of Stealthy recently hosted possibly the first decentralized AMA ever. Participants were able to use Stealthy, a fully decentralized messaging application available on iOS and Android to ask questions of the Democracy Earth team. The conversation was focused on the intersection of democracy and decentralization...
Crypto token offerings are a relatively new concept, with few best practices and reliable frameworks. 2017 saw a frenzy in funding for crypto-related projects along with concerns of bad behavior and lack of accountability. For our 2017 accredited investor token offering we wanted to introduce checks and balances for the...
In May 2018, Blockstack PBC announced the Request for Social Networks initiative, committing $1,000,000 of funding spread across 10 projects that are creating social network dapps to rewrite the fundamental basis of how we connect and share. Since then we have received over 300 applications, and today are thrilled to...
Today, we're excited to announce details for the hard fork that will introduce the genesis block of the Stacks blockchain. The launch of the Stacks blockchain marks a new era for the Blockstack ecosystem: it is custom designed for the Blockstack network with the goal of enabling developers to easily...
Over the past years working with developers, we’ve learned that building decentralized apps have three roadblocks: (a) scalable infrastructure, (b) access to capital, and (c) exposure to potential users. A lot of our work in 2016 and 2017 focused on scalable infrastructure, and with our new Stacks blockchain we started...
At Blockstack, we are building a new network for decentralized apps. Decentralized apps developed using our open-source developer platform store data with the user without centralized databases or servers, and our decentralized network aims not to have any single points of failure or control. What we are building does not...
