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Lapps or Lightning Apps have came into inception ever since Bitcoin's Lightning Network was launched. They serve their purpose well in providing a trustless experience to the end user with instant speeds and ridiculously low fees. On the other hand, dApps or Decentralized Applications have been longer than Lapps but they're limited to their underlying Blockchain network's capacity. The most popular implementation of dApps have been living on the Ethereum blockchain. The world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap was praised to be "The World Computer", but its limitations in scalability greatly defeats the purpose.

Which is why, I believe that Lapps are better than Dapps since they're able to provide a seamless experience to the end user without long wait times, or expensive fees. Of course, dApps are more complex programs that are capable of providing greater functionalities than Lapps. But, most people prefer convenience on top of security/censorship-resistance. Which is why, Lapps could be the next big thing in the crypto industry.

What do you think? ???

hmm, this is interesting... Lapps, never heard of these before now :p this scene moves so fast its impossible to follow it all haha
it makes sense tho, if ETH's major congestion is mainly caused by Dapps doing on chain tx's, then lapps wouldn't suffer the same fate? i wonder
ETH should build a second layer for dapps, their own lighting network even :O

It's true that when it comes to the speed, Lapp can be in the Top. but not always about the speed to be honest, securities & decentralization matters for a decent portion of crypto communities.
There i already some lightening super fast Blockchains but still not that mas adopted because they mainly lack Privacy / decentralization.

I think once Lapps becomes as secure & decentralized as Dapps, they'll differently take the biggest portion of the crypto cake.

Can you use Lapp for gaming as you can with Dapp? I love Dapp but the problem is some games are designed in such a way or even badly designed that too many in-game actions cost a transaction fee. It is crazy to spend a cent or more to complete one action in a game when you have hundreds to do over a week. That is what puts me off those games and from profiting from them. You did say they were not as complex so maybe you cannot even use them for games. The Dapps also works well for apps where you keep a collection of things and not just for gaming, but again the downfall is that everything costs a fee to do.

interesting for me, and also i never hear what Lapps before, but if u say Lapps is the Ligthing Apps and Dapps is a decent Apps , it can't be compared , i guess.

I think d'Apps (Decentralised Applications) originated in the Ethereum Blockchain thanks to smart contract technology that was first implemented there but due to slow speed and outrageous fees when the ethereum blockchain is overloaded, most d'Apps started migrating to the EOS Blockchain because it was lightening fast and has very very cheap fees but due to the recent spam attack that has lasted close to 2 months now on that blockchain, most active d'Apps has started migrating as well to other more conducive blockchains or side chains because the EOS network is now close to unusable at the moment, it would cost a lot of EOS staked to make a single transaction daily and it's just not conducive to d'Apps at all where users sometimes makes thousands of transactions on a daily basis.

But I believe that when the perfect Blockchain infrastructure is invented, d'Apps would still be the king and would reign supreme.

Nice to know! And Lapps offer same features like Dapps? You can for example build casino or trading exchange on lightning network? How about smart contracts? I have heard that smart contracts on Bitcoin are pretty simple comparing with Ethereum network that is build for it.  8)

Apparently, Lapps seems to be the improved version of Dapps. I think if Lapps features can be coupled with decentralisation, then it will be a toast because frankly, Dapps have a strong hold on the Crypto community due to its ability to offer and offcut services while it's limited by the scalability issues of Ethereum blockchain. I hope Lapps truly turns out to be the upgrade

Technology changes so fast. This is the first time I am hearing about Lapps. Great news indeed. I fully agree convenience is preferred more above security/censorship by people. Otherwise no one would have flocked and invested into Bitcoin in late 2017 when the motto was " Quick Rich Scheme".

Any examples or reading material if anyone can provide will be highly appreciated.

If we see from the OP explanation, then both have advantages and disadvantages, so the developer can choose according to their needs. I am curious, is there currently a project or altcoin that has used Laaps for its products? It would be interesting to compare it, between Laaps and Daaps, because the main goal is to serve the users themselves and I think they will judge and choose the best of both.

This kind of defeats the purpose of decentralization does it? The same reason why CEXs are more used over DEXs.


They're still trying to fix the scalability issues with eth 2.0 right? If they can do that and if Dapps on the new eth blockchain could work well, there's no need for a second layer. That's still a bi IF though.


It's Lapps and Dapps.

This this the first time I'm hearing about Lapps, since people were only talking only about DApps here and there.
With their advantages of using them such as the super instant speeds and low fees, it won't be a surprise if more people will come to use them in the future.
Which is indeed a features we've been looking for, low fees and fast transactions.  I wonder as well if will Lapps be the next big thing because the benefits of low costs and speeds than DApps does.

AFAIK, lightning apps are ordinary apps that use the lightning network as the (micro) payment system. Not all code is immutably put in the blockchain. While in dapps, the smart contracts are published in the blockchain.

I think both have their own pros and cons, and usage. If you want all the action immutably stored, then dapps might be more suitable. Conversely, if you want a fast payment system that could trigger some action from your server, lapps might be better. << CMIIW, need a lightning expert to comment on this.

As far as I know, Dapps provide more complex functionalities than Lapps. However, Lapps are much better than Dapps simply because they're instant with very low fees. From what I've seen, there are many Lapps which provide the same features as traditional Dapps of today such as online casinos, lotteries, and even exchanges. But this is still relatively new, as the Lightning Network is not ready for mainstream deployment. Lightning-apps (Lapps) could be a real game changer if adopted by people in mass because of its true benefits relative to Dapps.

Still though, Dapps might remain as the "standard" for decentralized Blockchain applications within the mainstream world. Lapps may bring convenience but they're not as secure or reliable as Dapps. It's no wonder why many people still use the Ethereum blockchain for smart-contract interaction (despite its slow speeds and high fees). In the end, people will choose among different types of apps within the mainstream world. If you want true smart-contract functionality, then Ethereum would be the way to go. Most recently, a Bitcoin sidechain emerged named "Rootstock" which provides the same functionalities for Dapps as Ethereum but with the security of the Bitcoin blockchain.

Without a doubt, Lapps are much easier to develop than Dapps. But as I've said before, they're still in their infancy. An extensive list of Lapps can be found here (https://lightningnetworkstores.com/). Hopefully, we'd get to see more Lapps as people adopt Bitcoin's Lightning Network within the mainstream world. Just my thoughts ;D