Introducing Blockstack and Serverless Applications

Speaker Bio:
Hank Stoever is an engineer at Blockstack, working on developer tools and consumer-facing products. He previously worked as an engineer for a variety of startups, including as lead developer for Startup Digest.

Hank will introduce Blockstack - An open source network where developers can build decentralized applications. User access applications that work in a different way than traditional ones. They manage their own identity across the entire ecosystem and store information in their provider of choice. Blockstack is very different from traditional applications where the information and authentication system is closed behind the companies’ servers. It is a gateway for a whole new breed of applications and possibilities.

Hank will also introduce Blockstack’s App Mining Program - an incentive mechanism that allows small teams to bootstrap without advertising or venture capital. Each month, qualifying apps compete to be ranked by expert App Reviewers—the better their app is, the higher the payout they earn. A total of $100k dollars are being paid out every month.