https://www.openfuture.io/Replacing the App Store / App Platforms
The app stores' core functions center around the security and safety of payments between developers and the end user. Further, the distribution of applications and traffic to applications act as a second core function of App Stores or app platforms from Apple's App Store to Steam to Facebook.
The OPEN State and OPEN Scaffolds enable developers to replace these functions in a decentralized environment.
Scaffolds enable developers to simply plug and play their payment scheme and accept payments from end users in any cryptocurrency into their application. For example Candy Crush could deploy a Scaffold that contains all of its in-app purchase data, including the various packages of gems, lives, and price data.
The OPEN State enables applications to track which user bought what and serves as proof of receipt for that purchased asset in cryptocurrency, enabling an application to verify and authencate the users access to the application and the asset. For example Netflix or Candy Crush verifying that a specific user on a blockchain indeed has access to its subscription or a specific amount of gems.
Further, applications need to both verify and authenticate purchased goods by users on a blockchain and simultaneously update these on-chain transactions to their off-chain database. They will leverage the OPEN State to track which users have access to what content/goods/services within their application.
In addition, end users on a network need a way to automatically track which applications they have access to. The OPEN Wallet enables end users to track their various purchased goods or receipts of purchases across all the many applications they may be engaged with.
