Stacks.BTC Alternatives

Stacks.BTC is described as 'Stacks -Formerly Known as Blockstack- is a new decentralized internet where users own their data and apps run locally. Take back control over your digital life. A browser portal is all you need to get started' and is an website in the bitcoin & cryptocurrency category. There are nine alternatives to Stacks.BTC, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best Stacks.BTC alternative is IPFS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Stacks.BTC are Hyphanet, Hypercore Protocol, Solid and Holepunch.to.

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  1. IPFS icon
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    IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem. It combines ideas from Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the web. It is like a single bittorrent swarm, exchanging git objects. IPFS provides an interface as simple as the HTTP web, but with permanence built in.

    69 IPFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Firefox
     
  2. Hypercore Protocol is a peer-to-peer data network built on the Hypercore logs. Hypercores are signed, append-only logs. They're like lightweight blockchains without the consensus algorithm. As with BitTorrent, as more people "seed" a dataset it will increase the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • JavaScript
     
  3. Solid icon
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    Solid (derived from "social linked data") is a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized Web applications based on Linked Data principles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Holepunch.to icon
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    A platform for creating apps that don’t use any servers whatsoever. No arbitrary limits just better apps that can be shipped instantly, directly to your users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Named Data Networking (NDN) is an architectural realization of the broad Information Centric Networking (ICN) vision that enables communications by named, secured data at the network layer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux Mobile
     
  6. Holochain icon
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    Holochain is an open-source framework for creating peer-to-peer applications that are secure, reliable, and fast. Instead of depending on servers, Holochain applications connect user devices directly to each other in secure networks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. This project was created in order to support a new internet. One that is more open, free, and censorship-resistant in comparison to the old internet. An internet that eventually wouldn't need to rely on telecom towers, an outdated grid, or all these other "old...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. MultiBaas icon
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    Curvegrid's MultiBaas blockchain application server makes it faster and easier to build a decentralized application (DApp) on the Ethereum and OmiseGO blockchain platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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