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by shazow 3185 days ago
Heya, I'm other said friend. We also put together some anticipated FAQs: https://thousandetherhomepage.com/faq

Some random fun facts:

- The frontend "DApp" piece is done with VueJS which has been very fun to work with. It's hosted as a Github Page.

- The backend is done with... there's no backend! The data is directly on The Blockchain, fetched from the browser through a standard-ish API (Web3) provided by your wallet or a gateway.

It's like serverless, but without a server.
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rsync 3185 days ago
"The backend is done with... there's no backend! The data is directly on The Blockchain, fetched from the browser through a standard-ish API (Web3) provided by your wallet or a gateway."

Not stating this to be obnoxious, but to be clear - there is a back end for the web page that calls the data from the blockchain ... if (whoever) stops hosting that site or DNS is halted or the domain expires ...

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thepredestrian 3185 days ago
It is still on the blockchain. You just won't be able to see it -- or you can always throw up another page to display the data
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beefman 3185 days ago
Awesome project (hi Andrey!). Question: Why is a browser plugin required to access DApps like this? I don't immediately see a clear discussion of this on the web.
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ontoillogical 3185 days ago
You don't need a plugin to view the DApp. If you log in without one you'll see a version pulled from a gateway.

In order to interact with the DApp (buy or publish an ad), you can use a plugin or a wallet app like Mist in order to be able to send transactions to the smart contract. You potentially do it manually by interacting with the contract through a ethereum console and sending the right transaction to the right address, but the browser plugin / app makes the process seamless.

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dharma1 3184 days ago
Could also be a manual copy/paste of the contract address, ether and gas amount to your native wallet app, or a QR code to take a picture of with a mobile wallet.

Metamask (the browser plugin) is one - albeit a bit clunky in terms of UX - way of reducing the friction of doing web based ethereum payments, separated from your main wallet

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earlybike 3185 days ago
1. Are also animated gifs possible?

2. Would be great if you could add a traffic counter to the page, so we see how much traffic you guys get.

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