Blockstack Engineer here. You do not need to download a browser to use Blockstack. We also have a working mobile version, and multiple apps built on the Blockst

Blockstack Engineer here. You do not need to download a browser to use Blockstack. We also have a working mobile version, and multiple apps built on the Blockstack API that have their own ios and android apps. You can check out Blockstack without downloading the browser here: https://browser.blockstack.org https://browser.blockstack.org If it is your first time, you will be asked to create an identity on Blockstack: https://docs.blockstack.org/core/naming/introduction.html https://docs.blockstack.org/core/naming/introduction.html Each instance of the "browser" whether on desktop or phone, requires a unique password, associated with the id. The id is stored on the Blockchain, the data is stored in your own gaia hub which you can host wherever you like: https://docs.blockstack.org/storage/overview.html https://docs.blockstack.org/storage/overview.html In regards to your comment about "Kademlia or other DHT": Blockstack previously used Kademlia, but iterated on an improvement to Kademlia by creating Atlas which is what we use at Blockstack. More here: https://github.com/blockstack/atlas https://github.com/blockstack/atlas and the specific reasons about why Atlas was built in lieu of Kademlia here: https://blog.blockstack.org/blockstack-core-v0-14-release/ https://blog.blockstack.org/blockstack-core-v0-14-release/ Together, Atlas, BNS, and gaia create the foundation upon which the Blockstack API is built on. You can build applications using the Blockstack API here: https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/zero_to_dapp_1.html https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/zero_to_dapp_1.html If you want to explore the ecosystem of existing decentralised applications on Blockstack and other decentralised solutions, you can see that here: https://app.co/ https://app.co/ You can read more about how identity, Atlas, and user owned storage works here: https://blockstack.org/whitepaper.pdf https://blockstack.org/whitepaper.pdf and maybe poke around here a bit: https://core.blockstack.org/ https://core.blockstack.org/ Oh yes, also you can download the browser on your desktop if you like.