The latest applications to be added to the Blockstack Browser and Blockstack ecosystem include:

1. Hermes (a decentralized, encrypted chat app)
2. Stealthy (a decentralized, end to end encrypted, p2p chat and video application), and
3. DotPodcast (search, subscribe, and pay podcasters without being tracked or censored). 

This is just a quick glimpse related to update for the Blockstack browser and a brief overview of each new application will be forthcoming.  And, don’t forget that you need to use the Blockstack Browser when you access these applications in order to avail yourself to the all of the wonderful benefits the new decentralized Blockstack internet offers.

DOTPODCAST

A podcast player/application to use to search, subscribe, and pay podcasters without being tracked or censored that can be used with the Blockstack Browser

website: Dotpodcast

STEALTHY

A decentralized, end to end encrypted, p2p chat and video application that can be used with the Blockstack Browser

website: Stealthy

HERMES

A decentralized, encrypted chat application that can be used with the Blockstack Browser

site: Hermes

Blockstack has welcomed two communication/messaging applications and a podcast platform to its ecosystem.  Go open your Blockstack Browser and give the new applications a try.  And, stay tuned for a little more information on the new applications in subsequent posts.

Don’t forget – Blockstack appears to have not only taken the browser to the next level by making it better, more powerful and simpler, but it has also given the user more control over the internet experience.  When the Blockstack Browser is coupled with [sg_popup id=”3″ event=”click”]Blockstack’s ecosystem[/sg_popup], it allows the user to control how they use and interact with the internet. For instance, some of the items that the Blockstack Browser gives the user control over include:

• the user’s information/data/identity
• the storage/portability of user’s information/data
• access to the user’s information/data
• encryption of the user’s information/data.

The bottom line is that the blockstack browser allows the user to control many more things than the other browsers when those browsers are used on the traditional internet.

Along with being, not only the window – main portal or access point – into the Blockstack internet, the Blockstack Browser is a one stop shop tool to help the user control the user’s identity, wallet and all settings (guide for browser) that the user may need to make the new internet experience very powerful, simple and enjoyable.

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, and re-decentralizing the internet) you need to use the Blockstack browser).

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

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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Just came across this today, and it looks like it was built and/or launched today, a decentralized podcast player.  DotPodcastPlayer has launched a podcast player for podcasts that you can use with Blockstack and Blockstack’s Browser (for full functionality).  According to DotPodCastPlayer (DPX), the player gives you the ability to search, subscribe and pay podcasters without being tracked or censored.

DotPodCastPlayer:

• is open source self-hosted platform
• allows you to quickly upload new episodes
  • migrate an existing podcast while supporting all the new features of the DotPodcast protocol.
• provides a legacy RSS feed, so you can still serve traditional podcast clients and directories.
• And, deploy your own DPX site – if previously hosted – by using Docker and letting DotPodcast protocol look after the technical side

We have not tried it at this point but it all looks very promising and a big step toward the decentralization for the podcast space.

Here are some screenshots of DotPodCastPlayer

Here is an example of a subscription to Tales From the Crypt being used on DotPodcastPlayer.  Both were developed by Marty Bent.

For more on DotPodCastPlayer, please visit this link here.

Remember —

Blockstack is a new internet.

   A new internet that is more powerful yet simpler to use.

   A new internet that you can trust because it is designed to protect you.

   A new internet that gives you control over fundamental things:

• your identity
• your data/information
• your privacy
• your security.

   A new internet that provides you a portal/window into a new world of decentralized applications.

Blockstack makes the internet you use better^TM.

Go join Blockstack and take part in the journey into the new decentralized internet, The Blockstack Way^TM.

Remember, you have to have the Blockstack Browser in order to take full advantage of the decentralized internet from Blockstack.

THE BLOCKSTACK BROWSER

Blockstack harnesses all of the power of the traditional internet and then adds the Blockstack Browser on top. The Blockstack Browser opens the window to a new internet, a decentralized internet that puts the power back in the hand of the users.

To begin your journey into the new decentralized internet designed by Blockstack, you will need to install the Blockstack Browser. The Blockstack Browser is your window/portal into the new decentralized internet for decentralized applications (dApps).

Download the Blockstack Browser

For help on installing and using the Blockstack Browser, please visit this link Getting started with the Blockstack Browser.

For a more in depth look into the Blockstack Browser, please visit these links – Inside the Blockstack Browser and Blockstack Browser: It does that?

Now that you have the browser installed, visit the Blockstack Browser homepage and try out some of the active decentralized applications – e.g., investment portfolio management, messaging, word processing…  More decentralized applications are being added as developed.

See Screenshot of Blockstack’s Browser in the center with a white background and some dApps listed to use)

By using Blockstack you now can control how you use and interact with the internet instead of worrying about how the internet interacts with you and controls you.  This is a big switch and a seminal tenet of the decentralized internet, dApps and the entire Blockstack design.  Blockstack has designed a new internet (distributed, blockchain) that makes the internet you use better.

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

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.  Try out the new internet, The Blockstack Way^TM.  Blockstack: The New Internet – It Makes The Internet You Use Better!^TM

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