Platforms for decentralization
There are many platforms available for decentralization now. Many companies around the world have introduced platforms that promise to make distributed application development easy, accessible, and secure for users. Some prominent names are discussed here.
Ethereum
Ethereum tops the list as being the first blockchain that introduced a Turing-complete language and the concept of a virtual machine. This is in contrast to the limited scripting language in bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies. With the availability of this Turing-complete language called Solidity, endless possibilities have opened for the development of decentralized applications. This was proposed in 2013 by Vitalik Buterin and provides a public blockchain to develop smart contracts and decentralized applications. Currency tokens on Ethereum are called Ethers.
Maidsafe
Maidsafe provides a SAFE (Secure Access for Everyone) network that is made up of unused computing resources, such as storage,...