“App.co surfaces the best new dapps every day. It’s a place for blockchain-loving nerds, enthusiasts, and investors to geek out over the latest decentralized tech—from currency exchanges to mutant-feline-marketplaces. App.co is sponsored by Blockstack, a decentralized app protocol and community. All protocols are welcome on App.co as we’re committed to celebrating an open, decentralized internet for all (...) A dapp is a decentralized app—an application that lets users own their data and runs without any single centralized operator.”
“The decentralized ecosystem is emerging from the infrastructure phase, and entering a phase of actual utility. For most apps that people rely on in today’s Internet, there is a decentralized version of that app (also known as a dapp). WhatsApp has a decentralized counterpart called Stealthy. YouTube has a decentralized counterpart called DTube. And Google docs has a decentralized counterpart called Graphite. We’re even starting to see decentralized social networks, like a decentralized alternative to Twitter called Peepeth. Whether you are downloading MetaMask to use an Ethereum dapp, or logging in with a Blockstack ID and granting a dapp access to your encrypted data storage hub, inherent to all these dapps is the true ownership of your data. Dapps link developers and users directly, without middlemen hosting software or managing user data. We believe it is critical to drive everyday users to dapps that are ready for widespread adoption. That’s why we’re announcing the first ecosystem-wide, universal Dapp Store. The Dapp Store — which you can find onapp.co — currently serves as an aggregator of usable dapps for gaming, social networking, productivity, and financial services. It is a discovery tool for decentralized apps built on Blockstack, Ethereum, EOS, IPFS, Steem, and more. The Dapp Store is launching with over 150 dapps, and we expect to surface more every day.” From Announcing The Universal Dapp Store, May 16,2018