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I have a PC2 (Personal Cloud Compute, ie, a software defined computer), you have a PC2, so we are equal peers. A PC2 running #Elastos could be as wimpy as a smartwatch or a Raspberry Pi at home, or as powerful as any cloud computers on the #Smartweb. Elastos for Elastic Compute.
In 1986, PCs and workstations were not powerful enough to handle scientific calculations, folks at the NCSA lab of UIUC had to resort to Cray supercomputers, which heralded in the so called Client/Server computing model, but deviated from the ideology of decentralized Internet.
Inspired by the C/S model, originated from UIUC, the early www protocols were proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. It was not a fluke that the first web browser, Mosaic, was also from NSCA lab of UIUC in 1993. The negative impacts of the web started showing up in recent years.
YouTube plays two roles — a video marketing hub, handling media delivery logistics. As YouTubers are incapable of steaming to thousands of viewers, they must give up copyrights while uploading contents. What if an YouTuber’s PC2 is just as powerful as that of any marketing hub?
Media hubs of the old web will degenerate into yellow-page marketing agencies. Content providers will own their data, and may switch marketers as they see fit. Piracy could be eliminated by AI bots on the #Smartweb. Content scarcity is guaranteed by the #Elastos blockchain.
Apps used to run on standalone PCs were dApps as well, because they couldn’t be manipulated by a 3rd party behind your back.
An app on a smartphone is merely a client interface to facilitate user to interact with a cloud computer that actually runs the app to handle user’s data.
An app on a smartphone is merely a client interface to facilitate user to interact with a cloud computer that actually runs the app to handle user’s data.
You own your data — you can’t give your data to a website cloud computer in the first place, that is why everyone needs a #PC2.
Many copies of the same dApp run in PC2s, instead of many users run a single app in a gigantic cloud website — that is the #Elastos paradigm shift.
Many copies of the same dApp run in PC2s, instead of many users run a single app in a gigantic cloud website — that is the #Elastos paradigm shift.
A piece of software, which does not directly interact with users and is replaceable, would not command large premiums.
Despite their importance, smart contracts, ie, dApps that run on blockchains, will have a hard time for getting financial returns.
Behemoths belong to museums!
Despite their importance, smart contracts, ie, dApps that run on blockchains, will have a hard time for getting financial returns.
Behemoths belong to museums!
