Today, I came across with a very useful website to find out which decentralized ethereum-based applications exist.
This page is called State of the DApps referring to the concept State of the art which by defnition is "recent stage in the development of a product, incorporating the newest ideas and the most up-to-date features."
What is considered as a Dapp?
For an application to be considered a Dapp it must meet the following criteria:
The application must be completely open source, has to work autonomously and without an entity that controls most of its tokens. The application can adapt its protocol in response to proposed improvements and market suggestions, but all changes must be decided by consensus of its users.
The application's data and operating records must be stored in a public and decentralized chain of blocks in order to avoid centralized error points.
The application must use a cryptographic token (bitcoin or a native token of your system), which is necessary to access the application and any contribution of value (miners) must be rewarded in tokens of the application.
The application must generate tokens according to a standard cryptographic algorithm by acting as a value test of the nodes that are contributing to the application (Bitcoin uses the algorithm working test).
The inspiration for State of the DApps came from FreshMeat now known as FreeCode which was a site reference for Linux users, which had a big inventory of the open source applications, games and all sources for Linux.
What is State of the Dapps?
State of the DApps is a not-for-profit curated directory of Decentralized Applications, also called DApps (pronounced D-Apps) on the Ethereum Blockchain. State of DApps was created to categorize and showcase developed projects built on the Ethereum Blockchain.
In State of the DApps there are many projects covering different fields such as health, Ponzi schemes, games, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, education, registries, job markets, tinder for horses and many more. The directory has become one of the biggest reference for the Ethereum ecosystem, we are referred to in talks, workshops, meetups; Vitalik Buterin included uses State of the DApps.
https://www.stateofthedapps.com/
Conclusion
The Crypto ecosystem is growing exponentially, decentralized applications are emerging more frequently but it is important to document and share useful information so that the majority of both new and experienced users can enter more easily and effectively into this ecosystem.
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References
- https://www.stateofthedapps.com/
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