> any server application needs compute I'm curious about this as well so will be learning more about dapps (decentralized apps). Starting here https://blog.ch

> any server application needs compute I'm curious about this as well so will be learning more about dapps (decentralized apps). Starting here https://blog.chronobank.io/what-is-a-decentralised-application-and-how-it-works-625514e207eb https://blog.chronobank.io/what-is-a-decentralised-applicati... https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/dapps https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/dapps For messaging dapps, check out the new Blockscan chat by the creators of Etherscan : https://decrypt.co/91226/etherscan-creators-launch-ethereum-instant-messenger-blockscan-chat https://decrypt.co/91226/etherscan-creators-launch-ethereum-... (note: NOT very decentralized yet) This is past my level of expertise, but you could map out what those clock cycles of a mail server are going towards. For example, serving files, like we talked about, can happen on IPFS. No compute needed there beyond what IPFS already does.