The DApp Dichotomy
Too Long; Didn't Read
Decentralized applications (dApps) are in vogue and we hear about them in almost every forum. Currently, there are more than 2,100 active dApps, with a cumulative DAU around 25,000 — <a href="https://www.stateofthedapps.com/stats" target="_blank">source</a>. The lack of user adoption is not solely a symptom of early market entry, it is a fundamental limitation of decentralizing a consumer application. What I would argue is that the killer apps in crypto are going to be <em>centralized</em> with decentralized components. Rather than building <em>on top of</em><strong> </strong>decentralized protocols, they will <em>integrate</em><strong> </strong>decentralized protocols in their centralized consumer apps.