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Sort of depends on what you consider a consumer app. CryptoKitties and Loom Networks' ZombieBattleground and DelegateCall have some decent numbers. Then of cour

Sort of depends on what you consider a consumer app. CryptoKitties and Loom Networks' ZombieBattleground and DelegateCall have some decent numbers. Then of course there is wallet software that interfaces with blockchain (e.g. Metamask), which could ask if consider a blockchain app or not.

atomical 8y ago
What do you consider decent numbers?
pg_bot 8y ago
Your examples don't inspire a ton of confidence. It's publicly known that Cryptokitties' usage numbers fell off a cliff.[0] I've never heard of Zombie Battleground or DelegateCall before but after doing a bit of research it looks like one is a CCG and the other is a Q&A site. Neither of those products need the blockchain to function and both are going into exceptionally competitive markets against deep pocketed, competent competitors. (Artifact, Hearthstone, MTG Arena, Gwent, Quora, Stack Overflow, Yahoo Answers - ok maybe not Yahoo) I don't think there's any evidence to support the claim that such an application exists currently. I know Brave uses BAT, but that's not really their selling point if you are to believe their own marketing.[1] I think you'd have to be a fanatic to think that there are rosier times ahead. [0]: https://dappradar.com/app/3/cryptokitties https://dappradar.com/app/3/cryptokitties [1]: https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/
- atomical 8y ago
  The whole point of BAT in Brave is that it is seemless. The donations will happen automatically. What's your point?
m-i-l 8y ago
According to https://dappradar.com/ https://dappradar.com/ , CryptoKitties has only had 351 active users over the past 24 hours, which is tiny considering it is the 8th most popular dapp globally. It used to have a lot more users, in fact the users and volume comparison over time looks a little like the internet adoption curve but in reverse. Most of the dapps with higher usage are exchanges so not sure they would count as "apps for consumers". I'm sure I'm not alone in being disappointed with the way it has turned out - we were promised a "world computer" with globally distributed apps, and all we got was a lousy platform for launching s4itcoins.

atomical 8y ago

What do you consider decent numbers?

pg_bot 8y ago

Your examples don't inspire a ton of confidence. It's publicly known that Cryptokitties' usage numbers fell off a cliff.[0] I've never heard of Zombie Battleground or DelegateCall before but after doing a bit of research it looks like one is a CCG and the other is a Q&A site. Neither of those products need the blockchain to function and both are going into exceptionally competitive markets against deep pocketed, competent competitors. (Artifact, Hearthstone, MTG Arena, Gwent, Quora, Stack Overflow, Yahoo Answers - ok maybe not Yahoo) I don't think there's any evidence to support the claim that such an application exists currently. I know Brave uses BAT, but that's not really their selling point if you are to believe their own marketing.[1] I think you'd have to be a fanatic to think that there are rosier times ahead. [0]: https://dappradar.com/app/3/cryptokitties https://dappradar.com/app/3/cryptokitties [1]: https://brave.com/ https://brave.com/

atomical 8y ago
The whole point of BAT in Brave is that it is seemless. The donations will happen automatically. What's your point?

m-i-l 8y ago

According to https://dappradar.com/ https://dappradar.com/ , CryptoKitties has only had 351 active users over the past 24 hours, which is tiny considering it is the 8th most popular dapp globally. It used to have a lot more users, in fact the users and volume comparison over time looks a little like the internet adoption curve but in reverse. Most of the dapps with higher usage are exchanges so not sure they would count as "apps for consumers". I'm sure I'm not alone in being disappointed with the way it has turned out - we were promised a "world computer" with globally distributed apps, and all we got was a lousy platform for launching s4itcoins.