Ethereum:
The Universal API
Blockchains:
better money?
...or Web 3.0?
A (very) brief history of computer networking
1957: Timesharing

1957: Timesharing
- Shared files
- Shared programs
- Primitive "email"
- Only within the organization's walls
1969: Arpanet

1969: Telnet

1971: FTP

1990: World Wide Web

1994: Yahoo

1994: PHP

1995: Amazon

1999: Blogger

~2004: "Web 2.0"

2004: Facebook

2005: Writely (Google Docs)

2005: ProgrammableWeb

2006: AWS

2007: Braintree

2014: fnd.io

Current state of the art:
-
Powerful Javascript
-
Many API providers
Problems with APIs
- Costly to develop and maintain
Problems with APIs
- Costly to develop and maintain
- Unreliable
Problems with APIs
- Costly to develop and maintain
- Unreliable
- Not standardized
Problems with APIs
- Costly to develop and maintain
- Unreliable
- Not standardized
- Dependent on centralized providers
2009: Blockchains

Tool for data synchronization
Every node is equal
Bitcoin is for money, Ethereum is for everything
Costly to develop and maintain
Shared data by default
Unreliable
As reliable as the network
Not standardized
A single shared database
Dependent on centralized providers
Decentralized by default
Let's see some examples

dappstore.io

dappstore.io
Avsa's Devcon Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpi9BPkRbo

Reddit browser extension

Reddit browser extension
What does this mean?
New Possibilities
- Customizable security
- Shared reputation
- "Drop-in" commercial and financial services
- Cross-site organizations and profiles
- ...and much more
Contact me:
peter.borah@gmail.com
Slides available at:
https://slides.com/peterbb/ethereum-the-universal-api
Ethereum: The Universal API
By peterbb
Ethereum: The Universal API
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