I was wondering about this, as it seems there are many Steem dApps. Most of them relate to accessing (reading) or adding (writing) text data to the blockchain. They are highly tailored to text media and user interactivity, i.e. social media.
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There are video and sound dApps. Apps like d.tube and the video storage requirements mean the blockchain isn't used to store the actual video thoufh, just the data related to where the video is and any text in a video upload. The same for dSound.
Not everything can go on the chain. To think everything should go on a chain is misguided as I see it. Making everyone host video files, sounds files or other large files is unfeasible for costs when there is no direct monetary return for everyone that hosts a chain being able to support that infrastructure. It's also a complete waste of resources.
Even the many nodes to host the same data in a hundred locations is a waste when you think about it. It's only useful for trustless consensus integrity. Private companies have redundancies if many servers, sure, and they generate revenue to pay for their data storage networks that have failover support. How many redundant copies of the data is really required? Three? Ten? Anymore is just a waste of their resources.
The same practical reality for centralized data storage seems to get dissolved in the attachment to a decentralized "solution" for "everything". In efforts to maintain trustless integrity for data in financial matters like a digital currency or of information, we are bloating up blockchains.
How many copies of data are there really needed for various apps or dApps? Does all data "need" to be on a blockchain? Where is the limit of what gets put on there? How do we pay for the growing size when we just throw everything on a blockchain?
But getting back to the dApps on a blockcahin. Textual data information is the feasible limits of a blockchain. Steem has already grown to over 150GB in 2 years. other blockchains aren't at that size yet, or close to it, as far as I know. Bitcoin has been running for 9 years and hasn't gotten that big because it's just about financial data.
http://stateofthedapps.com allegedly shows many apps on various chains. But, it seems to only list apps from Ethereum and EOS. Does that seem right?
The site motto is:
EXPLORE DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS (APPS BUILT ON BLOCKCHAIN)
Where is Steem? Where are all the Steem dApps listed on that site? Apparently, a site called State of the dApps doesn't consider Steem dApps relevant, at all.
That's an outright sham and false claim. Steem has been around for over two years. It was the first social blog blockchain. You would think that it would merit being listed on a site for dApps, especially in their "Social" dApps section.
Plus, look at all the apps they list and the amount of user. They only reach into the hundreds. Steem has thousands on each day.
I conclude Steem's flagship dApp of steemit.com, and all the other dApps for the chain dwarf the amount of dApp users on other chains. More people use Steem dApps than any other blockchain. That also tells me Steem dApps are more useful to people than the others. Or am I wrong here?
What do you think about the lack of visibility for Steem dApps. Why is this the happening?
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