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 <h3>What are Dapps?</h3><p>Imagine having your car working away, transporting passengers while you’re at work. Imagine having your computer utilizing its spare capacity to serve businesses and people across the globe. Imagine being paid for browsing the web and taking ownership of your, arguably invaluable, attention. Imagine a world like that. That world is not far away.</p><p>A paradigm shift in the way we view software models is approaching. When <a href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-bitcoin-a-step-by-step-guide/">Bitcoin</a>, the first<a href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-cryptocurrency/"> cryptocurrency</a>, made us reassess our definition of <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/storeofvalue.asp">Store of Value (SoV)</a>, it also revealed a sneak peek of the future: a world running on decentralized applications (Dapps). These distributed, resilient, transparent and incentivized applications will prove themselves to the world by remapping the technological landscape.</p><p>Want to learn about Dapps in greater detail? Check out our dedicated <a href="https://courses.blockgeeks.com/">blockchain courses on Dapps and Ethereum</a>.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whatdapp.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whatdapp.jpg 1280w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whatdapp-300x169.jpg 300w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whatdapp-768x432.jpg 768w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whatdapp-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whatdapp-360x203.jpg 360w" sizes="100vw" width="1280"></figure><h2>The Birth of Decentralized Applications</h2><p>As the concept is still in its infancy, there might not be one definition of what a Dapp is. However, there are noticeable common features of Dapps:</p><ul><li><strong>Open Source</strong>. Ideally, it should be governed by autonomy and all changes must be decided by the consensus, or a majority, of its users. Its code base should be available for scrutiny.</li><li><strong>Decentralized</strong>. All records of the application’s operation must be stored on a public and decentralized blockchain to avoid pitfalls of centralization.</li><li><strong>Incentivized</strong>. Validators of the blockchain should be incentivized by rewarding them accordingly with cryptographic tokens.</li><li><strong>Protocol.</strong> The application community must agree on a cryptographic algorithm to show proof of value. For example, Bitcoin uses <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Proof_of_work">Proof of Work (PoW)</a>&nbsp;and Ethereum is currently using PoW with plans for a <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Proof-of-Stake-FAQ">hybrid PoW/Proof of Stake (PoS)</a><a href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/dapps/#sdfootnote5sym">5</a> in the future.</li></ul><figure class="image"><img src="https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/transactioncycle.jpg" alt="what are dapps" srcset="https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/transactioncycle.jpg 1347w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/transactioncycle-300x162.jpg 300w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/transactioncycle-768x414.jpg 768w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/transactioncycle-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https://blockgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/transactioncycle-360x194.jpg 360w" sizes="100vw" width="1347"></figure><h2>A Decentralized Dapps Future Awaits</h2><p>The inevitable onslaught of blockchain adoption will render numerous practices obsolete. It may be a bold and distant conjecture, but services such as banking will be made redundant as the world learns to operate and finance itself by self-sustaining, trust-less and decentralized networks.</p><p><strong>Read complete article</strong> <a href="https://blockgeeks.com/guides/dapps/">here</a></p>  

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