{"id":21609,"date":"2024-01-12T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinyze.com\/?p=21609"},"modified":"2024-01-12T03:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T06:31:03","slug":"o-que-sao-dapps-aplicativos-descentralizados-vantagens-desvantagens-e-funcionalidades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinyze.com\/en\/o-que-sao-dapps-aplicativos-descentralizados-vantagens-desvantagens-e-funcionalidades\/","title":{"rendered":"What are dApps (decentralized applications): advantages, disadvantages and features"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decentralized applications, or dApps for short <\/strong>These are applications based on blockchain<\/a> and allow financial transactions to be carried out without intermediaries. In terms of functionality, they are similar to regular applications and offer similar functions, but they have one key difference: they are launched on a peer-to-peer network. There are several other requirements for dApps: transparency and public availability of all transactions, open source code, and the use of a cryptocurrency token to guarantee the security of the network. However, there are applications that do not meet all the requirements or even none of them.<\/p>\n

The editors of cryptomais.com will tell you what DApps, or decentralized applications, are and how they work.<\/p>\n

How Decentralized Applications Are Built<\/span><\/h2>\n

To understand how dApps work, you need to understand the basic principles of blockchain and smart contracts. Most often, decentralized applications are launched on the Ethereum or Binance Smart Chain blockchains. These are network protocols that allow users to generate and use smart contracts. Such a contract is programmed to perform certain functions when predetermined conditions are met.<\/p>\n

Blockchain and smart contracts eliminate the need for third parties to process transactions between counterparties. This saves time and money and also helps increase transaction confidentiality.<\/div>\n

Smart contracts are not hosted on a single server, but are supported by thousands of computer nodes around the world. Each node contains all the information about them and what transactions interact with them. The information is always updated to ensure that everyone has the same copy. This ensures decentralization. Removing a node from the network will not affect the overall operation.<\/p>\n

So, smart contracts are the main component of dApps. Visually, the application can be anything \u2013 a mobile service, a website, etc., but the backend is entirely or partially built on the blockchain. So, in the case of Ethereum, a peculiar programming language called Solidity is used; there are also Vyper and Serpent languages. For the frontend, you can use absolutely any language and other tools.<\/p>\n

Advantages and disadvantages of dApps<\/span><\/h2>\n
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