[ANN][LSK] Lisk | Blockchain Application Platform for JavaScript Developers

[punkrock]

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[LiskHQ]

Tell us your best Dapp ideas & win great prizes!

Decentralized applications can be thought of as the “bread and butter” of Lisk. Therefore, in order to provide our Lisk Dapp developers with the inspiration to get coding dapps as soon as possible, today we are starting a contest for the best Dapp ideas.


Contest Details

Make a concept for your dream Dapp, and post it to our official forum on the “Decentralized Applications” board. Your concept can contain descriptions, images, diagrams, projections and code. The more elaborate your concept is, the higher your chance of winning.

The contest starts with this announcement (7th March) and ends on the 13th March, at the same time as the BTC exchange bonus drops from 5% to 0%. Please note, early submissions will have no greater priority over later submissions.

We (Oliver and Max) will elect the three winners ourselves, based upon feedback from the community. Winners will be chosen based on the ideas which we feel will draw the biggest attention, and create practical use-cases for the Lisk network.

Everyone can submit as many ideas as they want. To avoid someone submitting an idea before you have completed a submission, you may briefly describe your idea in a forum post, and then enhance that submission over the course of the week with further materials.

Decision criteria

- Quantity and quality of the concept materials (50%)
- Benefits to the Lisk ecosystem (30%)
- Feasibility (20%)


Prizes

The best three ideas will get their own video similar to this one, which can then be used to promote your idea to potential investors, the Lisk community or business partners.

Additionally, we will give out a Raspberry Pi 2, Raspberry Pi 3 and Lisk T-Shirts, according to the following prizes:

- First prize: Raspberry Pi 3 + Lisk T-Shirt + Video
- Second prize: Raspberry Pi 2 + Lisk T-Shirt + Video
- Third prize: Lisk T-Shirt + Video


We shall also use the Dapp ideas and videos to promote the Lisk platform to potential developers. All concept materials will be made public, and will be placed in the hands of the whole Lisk community



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[fuze0000]

I have exchanged 2 btc to pick up some LISK.  I will believe in the tech behind this project.  How much btc have the other individuals that contributed to the LISK ICO put in?

[tyz]

Not only on the tech. We should focus on creating some inspiring dapps. This will be the key for Lisk's success. We do not have the marketing power and attention Ethereum has, therefore we should get publicity through real world applications.

I think you guys should stop speculating on the price and future prices and start focusing on the tech behind it and why you invested. Of course price is important in the long run but speculating right now doesn't do anything to benefit anyone involved. If the tech is there the value/price will follow.

+1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzNJr26H-4&index=4&list=PLJsRA97ztzdKKZlWcMa1QBlskdHSfOSxj

[LiskHQ]

Not only on the tech. We should focus on creating some inspiring dapps. This will be the key for Lisk's success. We do not have the marketing power and attention Ethereum has, therefore we should get publicity through real world applications.

I think you guys should stop speculating on the price and future prices and start focusing on the tech behind it and why you invested. Of course price is important in the long run but speculating right now doesn't do anything to benefit anyone involved. If the tech is there the value/price will follow.

+1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzNJr26H-4&index=4&list=PLJsRA97ztzdKKZlWcMa1QBlskdHSfOSxj

+1

Therefore please participate in our Dapp Idea Contest!

[tyz]

There has been exchanged 3,386 BTC and 61,882,383 XCR by 1875 participants yet.

The ICO ends in one week.

Source: https://lisk.io

I have exchanged 2 btc to pick up some LISK.  I will believe in the tech behind this project.  How much btc have the other individuals that contributed to the LISK ICO put in?

[Trial]

I want to buy LISK, but my Crypti from Bter are not withdraw. At whom such problem?

[redsn0w]

I want to buy LISK, but my Crypti from Bter are not withdraw. At whom such problem?

Use bitcoin.

About bter, check this thread :

 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=956738.0

[punkrock]

[poornamelessme]

I want to buy LISK, but my Crypti from Bter are not withdraw. At whom such problem?

Everyone has had that same problem. Their hot wallet has been empty for the past several weeks.
If you bought your XCR cheapish, best bet may be to just cancel the withdrawal, sell the XCR for whatever you can get on Bter, and withdraw BTC. BTC withdrawals I think works (or worked a couple of weeks ago, anyway).

[johny08]

focusing on the tech behind it.

THIS

support for the tech and the development of crypti to the end.

dont expect to be lisk like ethereum. there is just one bitcoin and one ethereum and hundreds of tokesn and coins.

[someonesomeone]

@LiskHQ you should contact these guys if they are maybe interested in investing into Lisk:

http://www.kryptonitefund.com/

[animalroam]

Without any real world applications, I don't think Lisk will surpass Ethereum. We need a good idea of how a Javascript application can be useful as a DApp.

Is there any specific documentation on traditional apps vs DApps?

[MalReynolds]

Without any real world applications, I don't think Lisk will surpass Ethereum. We need a good idea of how a Javascript application can be useful as a DApp.

Is there any specific documentation on traditional apps vs DApps?

A dapp is an app with a blockchain.  The dapp stores new information at blocktime intervals, and this information can be obtained from the dapp users themselves or obtained from elsewhere.  Once this new data is on the blockchain, it can be publicly viewed by everybody (not just the dapp user) and it cannot be tampered with or erased later and so becomes a permanent public record.  The individual that put data on the blockchain can prove they are the data originator.  The information stored on the blockchain can represent ownership of property.  The dapp program can monitor external data on the internet via APIs or webpage scraping, and can initiate an action (such as transferring Lisk from one account to another) if certain trigger criteria are met.  The blockchain is stored on multiple computers simultaneously and so is still available for access if one / many node fails or is shut down by outside forces such as government actions.

So the key to a good dapp is to think of an app that also uses the additional capabilities outlined above.  

Anybody got any other qualifiers to add about the capabilities / advantages of having a blockchain integrated into a traditional app?

Here's some links worth reading about initial Ethereum dapp projects:

http://www.coindesk.com/7-cool-decentralized-apps-built-ethereum/

http://bankinnovation.net/2016/01/here-come-the-ethereum-dapps/

And here is an attempt to define dapps in a general, theoretical sense:

https://github.com/DavidJohnstonCEO/DecentralizedApplications

[redsn0w]

Without any real world applications, I don't think Lisk will surpass Ethereum. We need a good idea of how a Javascript application can be useful as a DApp.

Is there any specific documentation on traditional apps vs DApps?

Yes of course, lisk can't even surpass ethereum but (maybe) can create something similar.


However the people are investing because they want to double (or x3) their investment, most of them don't care about the 'technology' behind it.

[dzarmush]

Without any real world applications, I don't think Lisk will surpass Ethereum. We need a good idea of how a Javascript application can be useful as a DApp.

Is there any specific documentation on traditional apps vs DApps?

Yes of course, lisk can't even surpass ethereum but (maybe) can create something similar.


However the people are investing because they want to double (or x3) their investment, most of them don't care about the 'technology' behind it.

x3 even most part of Iota investors don't sell under x10 although it doesn't exist yet. One should be a complete idiot to sell Lisk under x15-x20

[redsn0w]

Without any real world applications, I don't think Lisk will surpass Ethereum. We need a good idea of how a Javascript application can be useful as a DApp.

Is there any specific documentation on traditional apps vs DApps?

Yes of course, lisk can't even surpass ethereum but (maybe) can create something similar.


However the people are investing because they want to double (or x3) their investment, most of them don't care about the 'technology' behind it.

x3 even most part of Iota investors don't sell under x10 although it doesn't exist yet. One should be a complete idiot to sell Lisk under x15-x20

Nah , most of them will sell also for a miserable x2 .

[tyz]

Agree! This is why I would suggest to create a bounty pool for interested developers. If a dev has a good idea then he may apply for a bounty.

Without any real world applications, I don't think Lisk will surpass Ethereum. We need a good idea of how a Javascript application can be useful as a DApp.

Is there any specific documentation on traditional apps vs DApps?

Yes of course, lisk can't even surpass ethereum but (maybe) can create something similar.


However the people are investing because they want to double (or x3) their investment, most of them don't care about the 'technology' behind it.

[kahir]

lisk = risk

[x13]

I would like to join the signature campaign. Is it only available for Full Member and above because I do not see code for Member and Junior Member?