- Is it synonym for smart contract?
- does it need a backend server?
- does it run entirely in a browser / mobile app?
- is it really decentralized if it uses a cloud provider?
some thoughts about it👇🧵
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The way I see it, a dApp is a distributed system that incorporates particular non-functional requirements in order to make it "decentralized".
but it isn't a binary quality, it's a spectrum where different components of the same app might be more or less centralized than others.
It looks like a node, swims like a node, quacks like a node... but it only serves data.
It's called "Dolos": A Cardano Data Node 🧵
Traditionally, nodes assume one of two roles: "relay" or "producer".
We argue that there’s a 3rd role that should be treated independently: nodes with the purpose of resolving local state queries or serving as data source for downstream tools that require ledger data.
The way I see it, a dApp is a distributed system that incorporates particular non-functional requirements in order to make it "decentralized".
