With the introduction of PCs for the masses, it led to the beginning of the Software Era. During the development years, software was of the main focus. Industries rose and fell. Markets boomed and burst due to just the hype. Software has always and will always be in development, until the stage when we no longer need them and something trivial replaces them for ease of usability.

First, Programs were introduced, which felt like we needed nothing else. Then the Apps came along and showed that Programs were not exactly the ultimate evolution of software. We now think that Apps are the solution to most of the drawbacks offered by programs. But this is countered even as I type this article by many different innovations that are being made.

First innovation that could change the way software works is with the introduction of Super Apps. These are basically apps that offer access a number of features that would typically only be available through multiple stand alone native apps. One example is the Chinese Message App- WeChat.

Next innovation that could disrupt the current state is Software offered as Service by cloud. This list could keep going on. There are many more out there than we can think of, just that it's not adopted by the big players or haven't been fully functional or finished.

But the problem with all the methods mentioned above is really elementary. There exists no platform for all the Apps, DApps and cloud services to exchange amongst themselves. If this could be implemented in any way possible, it would bring about a drastic change in the field that would change the mechanics and the way we perceive Software.

If done properly with all possibilities thought of, then there would be cross-platform collaboration, decentralising the entire software ecosystem.

So basically there are lots of innovations but we have the choice to choose only a few among them because it's uneconomical to do so otherwise.

Cardstack Platform

They have a really unique and grand vision on how apps are to be used as a whole. They tend to categorise the application and services offered by each apps into cards, rather than making the app themselves as the cards. Then these cards could link different apps, softwares, services based cards that represent the services that they offer in common. This lets the user and developers to access the features that they require selectively unlike the previous models.

This could all be powered by the blockchain with crypto-currency token introduced by them as a basis of payment or incentives for the users and app developers. This could directly challenge the current top digital players head-on.

ICO & Team

They are planning to introduce two crypto-currencies: One is an Ethereum based ERC20 Token that will be used to power the blockchain a platform, allowing end- users and businesses to use applications that interact with multiple blockchains, decentralized protocols, app-coin-backed dApps, and cloud- based services while paying a single on-chain transaction fee. The other being Software and Services Coupons (SSC) which are pegged to the US dollar, which facilitates predictable pricing.

They have not yet released any details regarding TGE and are just requesting you to directly contribute and be a part of their project. The accept investments made via Ethereum.

They've got a great team consisting of experienced Software Devs, Blockchain Devs, Data Scientists, and many support staff. They just lack the backing of advisors for any guidance, but based on the fact that they have really thought of most of their vision for the future clearly, shows that they really need no advisors as of yet. But it's always good to have someone who you could fall back to for a sound guidance. And they've already got a lot of partners in their buckle at such an early stage.

Conclusion

This is a one of a kind application of Blockchain platform to revolutionise the Software field. They have a got a team of true developers with support staff from all the various fields that they would require to achieve their vision. If implemented as mentioned by them, miners can finally receive rewards for true, real actions instead of the ones in the present. They also have an API and an active GitHub. They only place they lack is as I had mentioned above: Advisors. But that's just me nitpicking. Otherwise, this could unlock the full potential of the Software ecosystem in ways we have never seen before.

Website: https://cardstack.com/

Telegram: https://telegram.me/cardstack

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