Well, Blockstack is holding an event – Community Meetup – for Consensus 2018 event in New York City this week.  It appears that Team Blockstack will be ready to mingle and engage in conversation for all things blockstack and blockchain on Monday, May 14, 2018.  

The Blockstack Community Meetup event is a great opportunity to meet the people behind Blockstack and kickoff the week for Consensus 2018 in New York City.

A little bit about Blockstack from Blockstack:

Blockstack is a new internet for decentralized apps that you access through the Blockstack Browser. With Blockstack, there is a new world of apps that let you own your data and maintain your privacy, security and freedom.

For more on our posts about the Blockstack Browser, please visit this link here.

A little bit about Consensus 2018 from Consenus (Coindesk): 

CoinDesk is proud to present our 4th annual blockchain technology summit, May 14-16, 2018 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Consensus 2018 will feature 250+ speakers and 4,000+ attendees from the leading industry startups, investors, financial institutions, enterprise tech leaders, and academic and policy groups who are building the foundations of the blockchain and digital currency economy.

So, if you are interested in learning more about Consensus 2018, blockchain, digital economy, Blockstack and more… Go check out the Blockstack community meetup tomorrow at Houston Hall at 6:30 p.m.  Meet Team Blockstack and learn about the decentralized ecosystem being built by the same.

If you are in New York City this next week, and are interested in anything to do with blockchain, bitcoin, Blockstack or more, Consensus 2018 may be a good place to visit.  And, at a minimum, if you want to talk to the Team Blockstack, about Blockstack and what it is building, go to the meetup on Monday, May 14, 2018.

Other helpful links for more information on Blockstack include:

Blockstack – the new decentralized application platform and ecosystem for the decentralized/re-decentralized internet (dApp, dApps, blockchain, bitcoin, distributed and Web 3.0)

Blockstack’s Forum

@Blockstack

Blockstack community Meetup for Consensus 2018

Blockstack Meetups

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp built for the Blockstack ecosystem (e.g., building a new internet, a decentralized internet, distributed, blockchain, bitcoin, decentralized, re-decentralizing the internet) you need to use the Blockstack browser).

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Blockstack Meetups help provide an additional platform to support the global community of developers, designers, and others working with Blockstack to gather together to talk about not only Blockstack but decentralization (e.g., dApps, blockchain, distributed ledger, bitcoin, blockstack browser (portal)) and many other things associated with Web^{3.0 TM}. Please see this link – Blockstack: Meetups Happening Worldwide…

Today, we continue the discussion about Blockstack Meetups by providing a brief overview of another of the Blockstack Meetups –  Blockstack Gurgaon, India. Please find below some helpful links and information about Blockstack Gurgaon for your review. I am sure if you are in Gurgaon, India and interested in Blockstack, the members of Blockstack Gurgaon would welcome your participation.

Location: Delhi, India

Last Meetup: N/A

Founded: October 26, 2017

Organizer: Paul Finney and Patrick Stanley

Website: Blockstack Gurgaon

So, if you are interested in learning more about Blockstack and you are in Gurgaon, India, please reach out to Blockstack Gurgaon and join the group. Thanks again, and go Blockstack!

And, another great place to find information about these Blockstack Meetups is by visiting the Blockstack site and clicking on the meetup link at the bottom of the page (middle column, line 4) and/or going directly to the Meetups Blockstack site. The Blockstack Meetup meetings are happening in various locations, both in the U.S. and other countries.

For more on the Blockstack Meetups, please visit this link here.

Other helpful links for more information on Blockstack include:

Blockstack – the new decentralized application platform and ecosystem for the decentralized/re-decentralized internet (dApp, dApps, and Web 3.0)

Blockstack’s Forum

@Blockstack

Blockstack Meetups

Blockstack Toronto

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp built for the Blockstack ecosystem (e.g., building a new internet, a decentralized internet, distributed, blockchain, re-decentralizing the internet) you need to use the Blockstack browser).

For more on All things Developer^TM, see this link here. For more on the engineering meeting at Blockstack, please visit the forum. Blockstack makes the internet you use better!^TM

Thanks again for visiting The Stack Cafe^TM and we look forward to hearing from you. Please help us put out the word on Web^3.0 by posting a comment below and signing up for e-mail notifications for future updates (right side-bar). Let’s help build the new internet | The Decentralized Way^TM. A decentralized internet | The Way The Future^TM.

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Blockstack Meetups help provide an additional platform to support the global community of developers, designers, and others working with Blockstack to gather together to talk about not only Blockstack but decentralization (e.g., dApps, blockchain, distributed ledger, blockstack browser) and many other things associated with Web^{3.0 TM}. Please see this link – Blockstack: Meetups Happening Worldwide…

Today, we continue the discussion about Blockstack Meetups by providing a brief overview of another of the Blockstack Meetups – Blockstack Toronto in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Please find below some helpful links and information about Blockstack Toronto for your review.  I am sure if you are in Toronto and interested in Blockstack, the members of Blockstack Toronto would welcome your participation.

Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario

Last Meetup: N/A

Founded: January 18, 2018

Organizer: Ken Liao

Website: Blockstack Toronto

So, if you are interested in learning more about Blockstack and you are in Tornoto (Richmond Hill, Ontario), please reach out to Blockstack Toronto and join the group. Thanks again, and go Blockstack!

And, another great place to find information about these Blockstack Meetups is by visiting the Blockstack site and clicking on the meetup link at the bottom of the page (middle column, line 4) and/or going directly to the Meetups Blockstack site. The Blockstack Meetup meetings are happening in various locations, both in the U.S. and other countries.

For more on the Blockstack Meetups, please visit this link here.

Other helpful links for more information on Blockstack include:

Blockstack – the new decentralized application platform and ecosystem for the decentralized/re-decentralized internet (dApp, dApps, and Web 3.0)

Blockstack’s Forum

@Blockstack

Blockstack Meetups

Blockstack Toronto

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp built for the Blockstack ecosystem (e.g., building a new internet, a decentralized internet, distributed, blockchain, re-decentralizing the internet) you need to use the Blockstack browser).

For more on All things Developer^TM, see this link here. For more on the engineering meeting at Blockstack, please visit the forum. Blockstack makes the internet you use better!^TM

Thanks again for visiting The Stack Cafe^TM and we look forward to hearing from you. Please help us put out the word on Web^3.0 by posting a comment below and signing up for e-mail notifications for future updates (right side-bar). Let’s help build the new internet | The Decentralized Way^TM. A decentralized internet | The Way The Future^TM.

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Blockstack Meetups help provide an additional platform to support the global community of developers, designers, and others working with Blockstack to gather together to talk about not only Blockstack but decentralization (e.g., dApps, blockchain, distributed ledger, blockstack browser) and many other things associated with Web^{3.0 TM}.  Please see this link – Blockstack: Meetups Happening Worldwide…

Today, we continue the discussion about Blockstack Meetups by providing a brief overview of another of the Blockstack Meetups – Blockstack NoVA in Reston Virginia.  Please find below some helpful links and information about Blockstack NoVA for your review.  I am sure if you are in Reston Virginia and interested in Blockstack, the members of Blockstack NoVA would welcome your participation.

Location: Reston Virginia

Last Meetup: February 15, 2018, in Reston Virginia

Founded: January 30, 2018

Organizer: Venkat R.

Website: Blockstack NoVA

So, if you are interested in learning more about Blockstack and you are in Reston, Virginia, please reach out to Blockstack NoVA and join the group.  Thanks again, and go Blockstack!

And, another great place to find information about these Blockstack Meetups is by visiting the Blockstack site and clicking on the meetup link at the bottom of the page (middle column, line 4) and/or going directly to the Meetups Blockstack site. The Blockstack Meetup meetings are happening in various locations, both in the U.S. and other countries.

For more on the Blockstack Meetups, please visit this link here.

Other helpful links for more information on Blockstack include:

Blockstack – the new decentralized application platform and ecosystem for the decentralized/re-decentralized internet (dApp, dApps, and Web 3.0)

Blockstack’s Forum

@Blockstack

Blockstack Meetups

Blockstack NoVa

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp built for the Blockstack ecosystem (e.g., building a new internet, a decentralized internet, re-decentralizing the internet) you need to use the Blockstack browser).

For more on All things Developer^TM, see this link here. For more on the engineering meeting at Blockstack, please visit the forum.  Blockstack makes the internet you use better!^TM

Thanks again for visiting The Stack Cafe^TM and we look forward to hearing from you. Please help us put out the word on Web^3.0 by posting a comment below and signing up for e-mail notifications for future updates (right side-bar). Let’s help build the new internet | The Decentralized Way^TM. A decentralized internet | The Way The Future^TM.

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Next, in line in the Developers Corner series is a high level overview of a first in the decentralized dApp internet space – the ability to share data (public/private) that was stored in your preferred storage choice.  This wonderful feature is referred to as either multi-reader storage or multi-player storage.  And, up until its introduction by Blockstack, it has not been available in the decentralized application (dApp) space.  This is a first for the dApp space and for Blockstack.

The introduction was the next logical next step for the dApp space on the Blockstack ecosystem.  The first two steps being Blockstack Authentication (SSO and authentication without 3rd parties or remote servers) and Single Player Storage (ability to store all of your app data privately). 

Not to get to deep into the tech – better left to the engineers (see video below), multi-reader storage allows for the data that you write into storage while using a dApp – via the Blockstack browser & ecosystem, to be readable only by you or by others that you give access too (if you so desire).  In other words, you are now able to own and share your data (created when using a dApp) with only people of your choosing, no need for a third party to help you do that. 

A great visual resource (see video below) that provides a more detailed and technical overview of Blockstack’s multi-player reader (storage) was presented a few months back at one of the Meetups – in particular Blockstack NYC during September 2017.  The presentation – by Mr. Jude Nelson, a Blockstack Engineering Partner – provides some excellent information on multi-reader storage and how it works.

The ability of the user – no one else – to own and control access to the user’s (your) data is at the core of the Blockstack vision.  It is a fundamental shift from the internet we use today – centralized versus decentralized.  Imagine the new internet The Decentralized Way^TM in which your data (written word, spoken word, other things internet…) resides with you – only you, is controlled by you and not by anyone (or company) else.  With the introduction of multi-reader storage, it is hard not to be a developer/user/supporter of Blockstack and the Blockstack community. If you have not done so, go give the Blockstack browser a try.

Please find below, some links that might be most helpful as you learn more about Blockstack’s tools for developing a decentralized application for use on Blockstack.

Resources re: Blockstack and dApps

• Blockstack
• @blockstack
  • @blockstackapps
• Developers
  • Introduction
    • Papers
    • Videos
    • Tutorials
      • (e.g., todo and multi-player storage)
    • Installation
    • Github
      • Javascript
      • Core API
• Blog
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Blockstack Meetups
  • Blockstack NYC Meetup
• Graphite

And – calling all developers, do not forget about the dApp bounties – Blockstack: $50,000 Bounty for Messaging Applications. Bounties – One aspect of promoting the Blockstack ecosystem is to provide a platform to help support the global community of developers, designers, and others to submit their ideas and products for a chance to win a prize (e.g., decentralized application(s), dApp, dApps on the Web 3.0).  THE DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 16, 2018 – YOU STILL HAVE TIME.

Additionally, do not miss the next big event/meetup – Blockstack: Event in Berlin – March 2, 2018.

Thanks again for visiting The Stack Cafe^TM and we look forward to hearing from you. Please help us put out the word on Web^3.0 by posting a comment below and signing up for e-mail notifications for future updates (right side-bar). Let’s help build the new internet | The Decentralized Way^TM. A decentralized internet | The Way The Future^TM.

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