Dapps (Decentralized application)

A decentralized application - or dApp - uses blockchain technology to address use cases ranging from investing to lending to gaming and governance. While dApps may resemble web applications in terms of user experience (UX), dApp's back-end processes avoid centralized servers to conduct transactions in a distributed and peer-to-peer manner. Instead of using the central Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to communicate, dApps rely on wallet software to communicate with automated smart contracts on networks such as the Ethereum blockchain.

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