How does… a DApp work?

We’ve asked some of the industry’s most knowledgable boffins to break down industry jargon to help you through those confusing meetings and indecipherable conferences. This week, GPJ’s Chris Hogben explains how a DApp works.

Blockchain, to some, has become an overhyped technology and buzzword, associated with missed opportunities to make millions, or colleagues who keep raving in the kitchen about how it’s going to change the world.

Blockchain-based applications are significant because they address a problem that’s front of mind with businesses and end-users right now; privacy, data security and who that data is shared with.

A popular misconception about blockchain technology is that it’s meant to be a replacement to traditional currencies, and while that may be the goal of a handful, it’s just one use case for a blockchain application.

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