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episode 51: David A. Johnston: DApps Fund, DApps Whitepaper & Best Practices, MSC Protocol Foundation
David A. Johnston is a very active member of the Bitcoin community. Aside from speaking at about every Bitcoin conference there is, David is the Managing Director of the DApps Fund, a board member MSC Protocol Foundation, as well as Co-founder and Executive Director of the BitAngels Network.
On this episode we go deep in to decentralized applications, and who better to talk to about DApps than the creator of “Johnston’s Law” which states “Everything that can be decentralized, will be decentralized”. We talked to David about the recent whitepaper he co-wrote titled “The General Theory of Decentralized Applications, DApps” which defines the different types of DApps and a number of best practices with regards to funding, token distribution, business models, etc. We also discussed the DApps Fund, BitAngels Network and the Master Protocol, and his involvement with those projects.
Episode links:
- DApps Whitepaper
- "Decentralized Applications - the future of Bitcoin and virtual currencies?" - CoinSummit San Francisco 2014
- Crowdsale Best Practices Paper
- DApps Fund
- BitAngels Network
- Mastercoin Foundation
This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/051