We just heard about the new Blockstack Community reward program introduced on Blockstack earlier today. As described by Blockstack’s Patrick Stanley, the Blockstack Community Rewards Program is a way to reward community members for the value they bring to the ecosystem.

In essence, if you can contribute to the Blockstack ecosystem in a technical or non-technical way, Blockstack will issue to said contributor the native Blockstack token, a Stack.

For example, one may contribute by creating a tutorial that showcases some of blockstack’s developer tools, use the decentralized apps and help the developers improve the app (feedback on features or glitches), and perhaps feature a member of the Blockstack ecosystem at an event or conference or write a blog post about Blockstack.  Below is a screenshot about the new rewards program.

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

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?

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
• Earn Rewards in Stacks – Community Contribution to Blockstack

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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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Generally, and directly from the Open Source site – “open source software is software that can be freely accessed, used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone.  Open source software is made by many people, and distributed under licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition.”

Recently, a new decentralized communication application was launched on the Blockstack browser home page.  The new dApp is called Stealthy and it uses open source software to build its application.  Additional information on stealthy can be found here. 

Like Blockstack, there are many software programs that are open source.  A couple of great resources for finding open source software and programs might be Github, NPM and React.

Github

GitHub is a development platform inspired by the way you work. From open source to business, you can host and review code, manage projects, and build software alongside millions of other developers.

NPM

NPM opens up an entire world of JavaScript talent for you and your team. It’s the world’s largest software registry, with approximately 3 billion downloads per week. The registry contains over 600,000 packages (building blocks of code). Open-source developers from every continent use npm to share and borrow packages, and many organizations use npm to manage private development as well.

React

React is a declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces from facebook open source with an MIT license.

A general premise is that open source is used to share freely with others.  And, when you share something, it perhaps – makes it easier for others to learn and/or building something e.g. bootstrap the learning curve or building curve.  In addition, open source provides transparency and promotion of the same.  One should not reinvent or need to reinvent the wheel, so to speak.  In other words, a developer can develop from scratch or bootstrap with software developed by someone else.

Now, in connection with above, we recently learned that stealthy made substantial use of an open source project to bootstrap its application to a user-ready level.  And, remember, Blockstack is open source and provides a foundational infrastructure for all dApps that are built for use on its internet network. 

The particular program stealthy used to complete its dApp – along with Blockstack’s libraries – was from a developer and computer scientist named Feross Aboukhadijeh.  The program Mr. Aboukhadijeh wrote is called 📡 Simple WebRTC video/voice and data channels.  And, like stealthy, Mr. Aboukhadijeh used an open source project called WebRTC. 

WebRTC – is a free, open project that provides browsers and mobile applications with Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via simple APIs. The WebRTC components have been optimized to best serve this purpose.

An open source (WebRTC), being used in an open source (Simple WebRTC), being used in an open source (Blockstack), being used to bring stealthy to fruition. Now, is stealthy open source?  Not sure but assume that it is or will be.  Hopefully, stealthy will disclose that and declare its license chose very soon.  Please stayed tuned for more on that here. 

But, the stealthy project shows sharing of open source to the n^th degree – the bottom line for open source. 

And, along with being open source, the open source project can use a license e.g. MIT license to help outline the parameters or criteria for its use.  In connection with the above, the following licenses are attached to the following projects:

📡 Simple WebRTC – uses an MIT license

WebRTC – license at this link

Blockstack – uses a variety of license e.g., MIT, MPL-2, GPL-3.0 …

For more on the various licenses and some brief information on each, please see this link.

The open source license community is very active and provides a wonderful resource and vehicle to spread information.  It needs to be supported.

With regard to Mr. Aboukhadijeh, we are providing below some basic information in an effort to support his efforts.  Thanks again Mr. Aboukhadijeh for your code.  And, please see his new page (shown below) – Thanks – which is a vehicle to help support all of the open source community contributors like Mr. Aboukhadijeh.

Mr. Aboukhadijeh’s website

Mr. Aboukhadijeh’s twitter page

Mr. Aboukhadijeh’s github page

Mr. Aboukhadijeh’s Thanks page for support of the open source community – another way to help support the open source community

WebRTC’s website

We are glad to spotlight open source and Mr. Aboukhadijeh, and hope that this brief overview on the same is helpful and informative.  In addtion, another way to support the efforts of Mr. Aboukhadijeh – along with Thanks shown above – is to support him on Patreon!

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

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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

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.  Blockstack makes the internet you use better.^TM

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