We recently heard that Team Graphite – the dApp that can be used on the Blockstack ecosystem (which provides identity authentication, security, encryption and storage options etc.) to create documents sheets, conversations and more without giving up privacy – just announced a job posting on the blockstack forum – Paid Contracting Job For Graphite.

It appears that Team Graphite needs an experienced developer to help build and promote Graphite. Team Graphite plans on paying a total of $4,000.00 over a two month period during the Summer of 2018.

Graphite Job Announcement

Below, you will find Graphite’s announcement for a paid contracting job over the summer months of 2018.  Graphite is looking for someone with experience in React, WebRTC and hopefully Blockstack.  For more on Graphite, see here, here, here and here.

Great news for the Graphite dApp and Team Graphite.  If team Graphite needs help, one would hope and assume that the dApp built on top of Blockstack is gaining traction and users.  Great job Team Graphite.  To find out more from Team Graphite, please e-mail Team Graphite at justin@graphitedocs.com.

For more on the background tools needed for the Team Graphite Contracting Job:

• React
  • twitter
• WebRTC
  • twitter
• Blockstack
  • tutorials
  • Javascript libraries
    • javascript
    • twitter

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp (including Graphite) 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). And, if you need more information on Graphite and how to use it, please visit this link.

Remember, per Blockstack – all information or data you create or store using a dApp via your Blockstack Browser is encrypted and securely stored in a decentralized manner. And, it is only accessible by you and only those you give access to your data and information.

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

Team Graphite

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

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

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The team at Graphite – the dApp that can be used on the Blockstack ecosystem (which provides identity authentication, security, encryption and storage options etc.) to create documents sheets, conversations and more without giving up privacy – just pushed out an update to its dApp – Storage Replication with Remote Storage. 

Below, you will find Graphite’s announcement – on remoteStorage’s forum – of the use of the remoteStorage application and protocol on its dApp (as used on the Blockstack ecosystem).  For more on Graphite, see here, here, here and here.

As Graphite (built on top of Blockstack) notes, “…a RemoteStorage integration to allow for data replication[]” has been introduced on the dApp and “…the encryption methodology [from Blockstack] still works the same way as files encrypted and stored through Blockstack’s storage protocol – [Gaia].”

Remote Storage (open source) describes itself as an “open protocol for per-user storage on the Web” and as providing users to be able to:

• Own your data
• Stay in sync
• Compatibility & choice
• Go offline

Some contact resources for remoteStorage include

• remoteStorage
• twitter
• github
• wiki
• chat

Some additional screenshots for remoteStorage include:

Unhosted Web Apps architecture

Open source protocols used in the build of remoteStorage

remoteStorage contact sources and Sponsors (e.g. DuckDuckGo search engine service)

Great addition to the dApp that provides the seminal features of the Blockstack ecosystem (e.g. identity, security, encryption (using the storage protocol of Blockstack – Gaia) while offering some easy to use integration of another data storage replication choice to its users – remoteStorage.  Great job Team Graphite.

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp (including Graphite) 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). And, if you need more information on Graphite and how to use it, please visit this link.

Remember, per Blockstack – all information or data you create or store using a dApp via your Blockstack Browser is encrypted and securely stored in a decentralized manner. And, it is only accessible by you and only those you give access to your data and information.

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

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

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It appears that Team Graphite and Team Stealthy are collaborating on making both dApps better.  And, according to the teams, the update will “bring real-time collaboration to a new level. 100% decentralized. 100% encrypted. Coming soon!”

Stealthy provides a secure decentralized communication platform.

For more on Stealthy, please see this link here.

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Graphite provides word processing and spreadsheets and will soon have Stealthy’s communication platform too.

For more on Graphite, please see this link here.

Team effort.  Collaboration!  Open source on Blockstack.  Go check out both.  For more on open source, please see this link here. Thanks again.

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, decentralized, a decentralized internet, distributed, bitcoin, distributed, blockchain, re-decentralizing the internet) you need to use the Blockstack browser).

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

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

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Go to the Graphite landing page to learn more about the application and to sign into the application via your Blockstack browser (a user will need the Blockstack Browser to avail yourself of the full functionality of the Blockstack ecosystem).

The update includes a refreshed user interface along with a great new feature – Vault.  The Vault gives the user of the application the ability to encrypt all of the his/her/its files with the encryption protocol provided by the Blockstack ecosystem and infrastructure (we will provide more on encryption via Blockstack in a subsequent post). 

Not only can you now encrypt images, videos, .pdfs, and other files, the user can now download files and share the encrypted files with other users of the application and the Blockstack ecosystem (internet).

As shown above, the update offers a fresh, new and nice layout with easy access to the tabs used to create a new Document or Sheet, add a new Contact and open a conversation with someone (one of your contacts – peer to peer “P2P”) and now use the vault storage.  And everything done through the use of the Blockstack browser and application is decentralized, encrypted (user control), and secure thanks to Blockstack’s ecosystem.  Next, we will take a look at the new feature – Vault.

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp (including Graphite) 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).  And, if you need more information on Graphite and how to use it, please visit this link.

Now, let’s take a look at the new Vault feature and how it works. Once you are signed into the Graphite dApp via your blockstack browser using your blockstack ID (e.g., abc.id), you should see the landing page shown below.

From that page, choose the Vault tab and you will be directed to the “Your Files” (vault) page as shown below.

At this juncture, you will then be able to upload a file to be stored securely with encryption (only for users access).    As shown, we have already upload a file that has been encrypted and securely stored in our storage environment (note: for now it is storage provided by Blockstack – but it is encrypted and only we can access it).  Below you can see the file – a screenshot image – we uploaded to our vault.

Now, if we want to share that file, we can click on the share icon (see above and not the cloud download arrow icon), and the next screen to appear is the sharing screen as shown below.  At this point, we can add a contact, or choose one of our existing contacts that we want to share the file with.  For example, we could select the developer of Graphite – jehunter5811.id. 

As shown in the screenshot below – Once we have clicked the “share” button, the user will get a pop-up screen confirming the item has been shared or it might say to tell the user to sign-in to access the new shared file.  Success and sharing has now been completed between users of the application – securely and encrypted (only for those two IDs – thestackcafe.id shared with jehunter5811.id). 

And, you can see that we also downloaded the file too by selecting the cloud with the down arrow (see bottom of this screen shot below – Blockstack1.png file downloaded and ready to be saved or whatever…)

Remember, per Blockstack – all information or data you create or store using a dApp via your Blockstack Browser is encrypted and securely stored in a decentralized manner. And, it is only accessible by you and only those you give access to your data and information.

We have successfully accessed the Graphite application via the Blockstack browser, opened the Vault, downloaded a previously uploaded file, and shared a previously uploaded file with Graphite developer Justin hunter (jehunter5811.id).  Hey, Justin Hunter, go check out the file we shared with you.  Way to go Team Graphite and go Blockstack!

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

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, decentralized, a decentralized internet, distributed, bitcoin, 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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As shown above, the update offers a fresh, new and nice layout with easy access to the tabs used to create a new Document or Sheet, add a new Contact and open a conversation (feature is an alpha version) with someone (one of your contacts – peer to peer “P2P”).  And it is all completely decentralized, encrypted, and secure thanks to Blockstack’s ecosystem.  Next, we will take a look at one of the new features – how to add a contact while using Graphite’s dApp. 

Note: If you do not have the Blockstack browser, please see this link (note – to enable the full functionality of any dApp (including Graphite) 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).  And, if you need more information on Graphite and how to use it, please visit this link.

Now, let’s take a look at the new Contacts feature and how it works.  Once you are signed into the Graphite dApp via your blockstack browser using your blockstack ID (e.g., abc.id), you should see the landing page shown above.  From that page, choose the Contacts tab and you will be directed to the contacts page data entry field as shown below.

At this juncture, you will then be able to type in the name of the person that you want to add to your contacts database.  In this overview, we are going to try and add the developer of Graphite, Justin Hunter.  We found a couple of ways to search for a particular person to add to your contacts tab – by full name or by the Blockstack ID (e.g., justin hunter or jehunter5811.id, respectively).

The first way we tried was by the person’s name – e.g. Justin Hunter.  And, as you can see from the image below, as you type in the name of the person you are trying to add, the search feature in Graphite kicks in and begins to search/auto-fill in names that might be the closest match to the name you are trying to find.  The results turned up a couple of choices, one being Justin Hunter (the search polls/searches the Blockstack naming system registry).

The second way we tried was by using the person’s Blockstack ID – e.g. jehunter5811.id (this was already known to us).  Again, as you can see from the image below, as you type in the Blockstack ID of the person you are trying to add, the search feature in Graphite kicks in and begins to search/auto-fill in names that might be the closest match to the ID you are trying to find.  In our example, the results turned up one choice, Justin Hunter (jehunter5811).

Now, we can select the appropriate name and it will be added to our secure and encrypted contact name database. As shown below, we selected the preferred profile – click the “+” button – and it was added to our contacts page.

Remember, all information or data you create or store using a dApp via your Blockstack Browser is encrypted and securely stored in a decentralized manner.  And, it is only accessible by you and only those you give access to your data and information.

And, you can delete the contact too.  To delete a contact, navigate to the Contacts page and find the contact you wish to delete.  Once you have located the contact, select the garbage can icon (see image above), and a pop-up will appear asking if you are sure if you want delete this contact (you cannot undo a delete) as shown below.

Hit the delete button and the contact is removed from your contact listings page.  As that was the only contact in our contacts, we are now back to add a new contact page (deleted contact removed).

We have successfully added and deleted a contact in the Graphite dApp. 

Graphite has brought the blockstack community a decentralized, secure and encrypted dApp that offers word processing, spreadsheets, storage and a Peer-to-Peer conversation/messaging platform.  Go check out Graphite and try out all of the great features it has to offer.  And, check back here for our next overview – a look at the public alpha version of the new conversation/messaging feature offered by Graphite.

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Along with all of the scheduled speakers, Blockstack Berlin has also invited some dApp developers to debut/demonstrate their new and exciting decentralized application(s) at the Blockstack Berlin event.  The dApps to be presented at the Blockstack Berlin event have either been built or are being built for use on the Blockstack ecosystem.  We have attached – for your convenience – a list of dApp developers scheduled to present at Blockstack Berlin.

This is the beginning of our series of profiles on the dApps to be presented at Blockstack Berlin.  Our first dApp profile is on Graphite.

Graphite: Create and Write Something New Without Giving Up Your Privacy

Developer: Justin Hunter (profile picture no. 9)

Social: @jehunter5811 (https://twitter.com/jehunter5811)

Website: Graphite (http://www.graphitedocs.com/)

Social: @graphitedocs (https://twitter.com/graphitedocs)

The purpose of Graphite is to allow the user of the application on the blockstack internet architecture to create, store and share any document or sheet in a secure and decentralized way.

Graphite firmly believes that when you create something, the creator:

• should own it
• should be able to store it where the creator wants
• should be able to access it when the creator wants to
• should be able to use it how the creator wants to use it
• should be able to share it (control access).

And, when you use Graphite in connection with the Blockstack browser (which provides the platform for encrypting (saving) and decrypting the data (loading it)), neither Graphite (nor Blockstack):

• has access to your information (data is encrypted only for the user to see or share…)
• store your data (this is done on the storage platform the user selected via blockstack browser and is secure/encrytped)

Create something new without giving up your privacy or ownership – go Graphite.  For more on Graphite, please visit here.  For a more personal and close-up look at Graphite, please visit with Mr. Hunter at Blockstack Berlin – go Blockstack Berlin.

Visit the Blockstack Berlin site here.

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Remember – If you have any questions or comments about getting started with the Blockstack Browser, please feel free to post a comment, contact us and/or contact Blockstack directly via its Forum.  We welcome your engagement in The Stack Cafe^TM.

Blockstack Browser Menu – Home|IDs|Wallet| Settings

Ok, you have installed the Blockstack browser and it is running properly (reach out to us if you need help or go here).  Now, let’s do a quick look inside the browser, in particular the Menu Bar (image below is from the Blockstack Browser running on our personal computer).  Now, lets parse through the home page and some of the features of the Blockstack Browser.  The image below and the featured image for this page is the Menu Bar as it is found on the latest version (0.22.1) of the Blockstack’s Browser home page.

As you see, the browser is loaded on your personal computer and it opens under Localhost:8888 (see image above – address line of the browser – localhost:8888) on your computer.  This is a key aspect of the Blockstack Browser on the blockstack ecosystem.  In other words, the users control their data and apps run on their devices (user computer and not on some other server).  There are no centralized servers, no middlemen, no multiple passwords, no massive data silos to breach, and no services tracking us around the internet.  And, the Browser is also where users can go to discover and use apps using Blockstack – the applications used on blockstack’s browser are server-less and decentralized (you control use, i.d., storage, interaction…).

Menu Bar Tabs

• Home – takes you to the page image you see above.
• IDs – this is the unique identification given out during the Blockstack Browser install/setup process (automatically/randomly assigned by Blockstack) or by purchasing an “.id” identification from the Blockstack Naming System (BNS) for .ids (e.g., blockstack.id, john.id…)
  • On This page (see screenshot below), you have the ability to (in order respectively on the screenshot – some blocked out items):
    • add a profile picture/image
    • add a username
    • see your unique I.D.
    • add some bio information
    • see your verified Social Level and links
      • example of a verified social link – Blue arrow on right side
      • verify e.g., your bitcoin wallet address
      • verify others too – Twitter and others

• Wallet – this is a pre-configured Bitcoin wallet and address that comes with the install/setup of the Blockstack Browser
  • On This page (see screenshot below), you have the ability to (in order respectively on the screenshot – some blocked out items):
    • see your pre-configured bitcoin wallet balance
    • see and use your bitcoin wallet image for ease of use
    • see your bitcoin wallet address

• Settings – this is the page you use to:
  • change your storage providers (see screenshot below for more on this)
  • change your password used with your Blockstack Browser
  • backup your keychain phrase – this allows you to enter the password you used so you can view your keychain phrase … (remember the things you should write down, do not lose and do not disclose to anyone (unless you want to)
  • reset browser allows you erase your keychain and settings so you can create a new one or restore another keychain
  • view the api settings that were setup during the install/setup process of the blockstack browser (the items that are unique to your install (kept by you locally) and are used in the decentralized internet experience (e.g., application programming interface (api), gaia hub connection info (storage), and others…) – probably best not to fiddle with this stuff…

Back to your storage provider selection (you control your data and where it is stored, and the encryption and de-encryption – no one else): in this example, and at this writing, we are using the default storage (free storage hub provided by Blockstack PBC).  As the Blockstack system is updated and additional architecture (software) is added, additional storage options will be brought online and made available to all blockstack users (e.g., self hosted storage, dropbox, IPFS, and many others)

If you have any questions or comments about the Browser home page and tabs, or any other item related to Blockstack, the stack, decentralization, dApps, Web 3.0 or …, please feel free to post a comment and/or contact us.  We welcome your engagement in The Stack Cafe^TM.  Go Experience Internet Freedom (“EIF”) with blockchain, distributed ledger and Blockstack.  Let’s make a new internet The Decentralized Way^TM.

Resources re: Blockstack and dApps

• Blockstack
• @blockstack
  • dApps on Blockstack
    • Graphite
    • @graphite
  • Events about Blockstack

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).

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• Blockstack Auth, which provided you with a single-sign on you could use with apps to privately access them without any 3rd parties involved
• Single-Player Storage, which gave you the ability to store all of your app data privately.(e.g., managing your own private token portfolio app).

Multi-Player Storage will provide the Blockstack Browser user the ability to not only own and control access to the user’s own data, but will also give the user the ability to share the user’s data with the user’s friends without the need for a third party.  Remember, it is the user’s (your) data, and the user (you) and only the user (you) should determine the fate of the data created by the user (you).

Blockstack has provided some helpful items for the developer community as shown below:

• Multi-Player Storage Tutorial

And, once you have been through the tutorial and feel emboldened to create on the Blockstack ecosystem, Blockstack encourages all developers to go and check the latest bounty being offered for decentralized application (s) (dApp, dApps, Web 3.0) in the communications space – Community Messaging App and a P2P Encrypted Messaging App (See also – $50K).

1.26.2018 Update: dApps (dApp, decentralized application, web 3.0) currently utilizing multi-player storage include:

• Graphite – the decentralized application (dApp) that empowers you to create and write something new (documents or sheets) without giving up your privacy (think of Graphite as a privacy-focused replacement for Google Docs—something that lets you own your writing).   Please visit our post on it here, and by all means, visit Graphite, Blockstack (@blockstack) and go try out Graphite with the blockstack browser too.

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).

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Visit the Blockstack Berlin site here.

1.30.2018 – UPDATE:  The Stack Cafe just heard that the developer of the multi-player storage dApp Graphite will be joining the Blockstack team in Berlin to exhibit the Graphite dApp during the show.  Great news for Graphite and Blockstack. 

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