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Take advantage of Bitcoin's underlying technology, the blockchain, to build massively scalable, decentralized applications known as dapps. In this practical guide, author Siraj Raval explains why dapps will become more widely used-and profitable-than today's most popular web apps. You'll learn how the blockchain's cryptographically stored ledger, scarce-asset model, and peer-to-peer (P2P) technology provide a more flexible, better-incentivized structure than current software models.

Once you understand the theory behind dapps and what a thriving dapp ecosystem looks like, Raval shows you how to use existing tools to create a working dapp. You'll then take a deep dive into the OpenBazaar decentralized market, and examine two case studies of successful dapps currently in use.

Learn advances in distributed-system technology that make distributed data, wealth, identity, computing, and bandwidth possible
Build a Twitter clone with the Go language, distributed architecture, decentralized messaging app, and peer-to-peer data store
Learn about OpenBazaar's decentralized market and its structure for supporting transactions
Explore Lighthouse, a decentralized crowdfunding project that rivals sites such as Kickstarter and IndieGogo
Take an in-depth look at La'Zooz, a P2P ridesharing app that transmits data directly between riders and drivers



Chapter 1What Is a Decentralized Application?
Preliminaries: What Is Bitcoin?
What Is a Decentralized Application?
The History of Decentralized Applications
Enabling Technologies
Getting Started
Chapter 2A Flourishing Dapp Ecosystem
Decentralized Data
Decentralized Wealth
Decentralized Identity
Decentralized Computing
Decentralized Bandwidth
Decentralized Markets for Decentralized Assets
Practical Decentralization
Chapter 3Building Your First Dapp
Go
What Are We Building?
Dapp Economics
Remaining Problems
Chapter 4OpenBazaar
Why Make OpenBazaar?
What Is OpenBazaar?
How Does OpenBazaar Work?
How to Install OpenBazaar
What Could OpenBazaar Have Done Better?
Chapter 5Lighthouse
Functionality
SPV Wallets
Identity
Chapter 6La'Zooz
What Is La'Zooz?
UX
Conclusion