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Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the internet itself. This progressive phenomenon is advancing gradually and enveloping everything along its way. The tech savvy users are already learning multiple applications and creative ways to work with the disruptive technology of blockchain to fulfill the internet voids and recreate new methodologies. If you were wondering, what the technical brains are utilizing this for? Meet Cardstack an absolute innovative venture which is trying to build a new experience layer of the decentralized internet that orchestrates the interaction between different apps and dapps being used on the internet in various native and other eco systems.
# Let's understand Cardstack:
The Cardstack has launched its phenomenon to actually make the internet work decentralized manner. The success of the crypto currencies so far is a proof that a network of economic participation when given the right spur can ignite improvements of open sources and protocols and also pioneer a supporting eco-system. Cardstack believes that when the motive of open source and crypto currency is combined together it can work wonders to deliver decentralized softwares that can compete directly with those offered by ad supported platforms and propriety cloud computing services.
Let's break it down; Today's internet is pretty much siloed. Big companies like Google and Facebook keep our data and information in their own huge database systems. It is quiet a hassle to operate across different apps and cloud services internally. This brings us to a question, if it could be easier rather than worrying about different integration methods, subscription payment types or any other supporting software. On the other hand, problem with dapps is that every different system uses a different token of their own. Hence, Can we connect the different layers of the internet and make the workflow more efficient in a decentralized network? The answer is yes. Cardstack has implemented this particular solution using blockchain. The software vertical software silos are re-oriented to horizontal layers and blockchain is integrated into every layer. This provides the software the ability to provide more mix and match features from various apps and dApps, without the hassle of managing subscriptions or tokens which makes it more usable for the mainstream public.
# How is it done?
"Cards"- composable design paradigm, a way to represent information that makes it easy to control and utilize with other components, which means you have control over your own information. It also provides a framework for the developers to create and develop card-based blockchain apps. This custom workflow induces management of data across multiple internet layers. The system also provides with token that can be used across the ecosystem for accessing apps and rewarding the developers fairly. With Cardstack the users purchase credits to use software in the ecosystem while the makers and the miners are rewarded fairly based on the usage data, code dependency and transaction history. The miners maintain the consensus and calculate payouts along with validating the proof of usage before reporting any sort of payments.
In a nutshell, the end users dedicate their portion of token to form a routine agreement with an app that permits them to use it along with any dependant services. Whenever the apps are used the service is redeemed, the makers and the miners are then subsequently compensated with tokens.
# What we think?
Basically, Cardstack acts as platform for utility, work and reward token. So, Cardstack benefits 3 category of people, the end users get to buy apps and redeem coupons in a decentralized environment with a fair price and own their data via blockchain. They can also navigate through this newly built experience layer that is much easier to use. The developers get to build strong open sources softwares and get paid for the same in contrast to the traditional free dumping of such solutions on Github and etc. The miner's main the consensus and get the benefits according to their proof of stake, all under one open source platform. They have currently released a framework for developers. The company has created 6 billion CARD tokens and only 40% of it is available for the ICO sale. Refer to the figure below for their token sale details. If you are interested in their work, you might want to read the whitepaper which is pretty technical. There is also a vision paper for business contracts and a technical paper for token and contract mechanism for investment enthusiasts.
**Website** - [https://cardstack.com/](https://cardstack.com/)
**Whitepaper** - [https://cardstack.com/assets/media/cardstack-white-paper-v1.0.4.pdf](https://cardstack.com/assets/media/cardstack-white-paper-v1.0.4.pdf)
**ANN** - [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2768237.0](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2768237.0)
**Telegram** - [https://telegram.me/cardstack](https://telegram.me/cardstack)
**Published by** **-** jessicalaurenbt
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