I'm trying to nail down my explanations to people when they ask about Ethereum, and I'm trying to think of applications that wouldn't benefit from dispersing a token for some reason or another.
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Sure; an obvious example I'm working on at the moment is a name registrar and resolution service. – Nick Johnson Apr 07 '16 at 15:36
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Are you talking about DAOs maybe rather than DApps? – q9f Apr 07 '16 at 15:36
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DApp stands for 'Decentralized Application'The characterising feature of a Dapp is that there is no reliance on a central server. There is no requirement for a Dapp to issue tokens or to be financial. BitTorrent probably qualifies as a Dapp.
- DApp = Decentralized Application
- DAO = Decentralized Autonomous Organization
- DAC = Decentralized Autonomous Corporation
See this blogpost for a more detailed discussion of the above terminology.
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