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"faqs":[
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{
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"question":"What is App Mining?",
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"answer":"<p>Traditionally the term mining in cryptocurrency refers to the process of
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contributing compute resources to the network and earning a reward. In the
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Blockstack Ecosystem, instead of just mining through computation, developers
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mine by building apps and the Blockstack community funds them simply for being
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pioneers in the emerging Blockchain software market. </p> <p>We believe app
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mining represents a revolution in app funding, allowing small teams to bootstrap
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without advertising or venture capital. Each month, qualifying apps compete for
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funding. Qualified apps are evaluated and ranked by expert app reviewers. The
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better your app, the higher payout you earn. </p> <p>The pilot run begins
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December 1st 2018, with 34 Blockstack Apps enrolled. A previous alpha run in Oct
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2018 included 17 Blockstack apps. App mining is a new mining model that we
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expect will evolve and improve over time. We look forward to feedback from our
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community regarding the App Mining process and program. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"How much can I earn and how are rewards distributed? ",
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"answer":"<p>Payouts for the pilot run are $100k in total each month (the original alpha
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run paid out $25K. In the pilot run, the highest-ranked app receives 20% of the
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100K, the next highest-ranked app receives 20% of the remaining 80%, and so on
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(this distribution is subject to change). </p><p>Rewards are paid in Bitcoin.
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The payouts are administered by Blockstack PBC and facilitated by App.co.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"How is App Mining different from cryptocurrency mining?",
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"answer":"<p>Traditionally the term mining in cryptocurrency refers to the process of
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contributing compute resources to the network and earning a distributed of new
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tokens as a reward. On the Stacks blockchain, developers can “mine” by
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contributing apps to the ecosystem and making applications the community wants.
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</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"What qualifies my app to compete in App Mining?",
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"answer": "<p>Your app should integrate Blockstack authentication for logging into your app.
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Your finished app should be available to the public for use. In the future, App
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Mining may reward apps that have taken steps to further decentralize, such as
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utilizing Gaia storage or the publishing your app to the Blockstack Naming
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System.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Does my app have to be listed on App.co to enter App Mining?",
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"answer": "<p>Yes, it does.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"How do I submit my application for App Mining?",
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"answer": "<p>Complete <a href='https://app.co/submit#'>the submission form on
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App.co</a>. We suggest registering several days before the ranking
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deadline — our team needs to verify your details to ensure your app
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qualifies. When you have met all the requirements, you should see your
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app listed <a href='https://app.co/mining/apps'>on this page</a>. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"How often can I submit my application for App Mining?",
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"answer": "<p>You need only to submit your application once. Each month after your
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submission, your app is competing in App Mining. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Does my code repository need to be public?",
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"answer": "<p>Your application code can be public or private.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Is Blockstack Auth difficult to integrate?",
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"answer": "<p>If you’re already building your app with JavaScript, adding Blockstack
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authentication is easy! We have docs, tutorials, and thorough API references for
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you to learn from. Vist the <a
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href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/zero_to_dapp_1.html'> Zero-to-Dapp
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tutorial</a> for end-to-end training. Or <a
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href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/auth_provider.html'>use this short
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example</a>.</p> <p>If you’re developing a traditional server-side application,
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you can still take advantage of Blockstack authentication. For an example, check
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out <a href='https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-ruby'>our Ruby on Rails gem</a>.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Who are the app reviewers?",
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"answer": "<p>App reviewers are currently selected by Blockstack PBC. Reviewers are
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entities that have a proprietary methodology that helps them make objective
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judgements for why a certain app might be better than others. We strive to
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engage a diverse coalition of app reviewers with the goal of making application
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ranking objective and resilient to abuse. </p> <p>At the time of our App Mining
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alpha (October 2018), the reviewers were: Product Hunt and Democracy Earth (who
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uses software to collect votes by Stacks token holders). Future reviewers could
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expand to community election. Please see our forum to ask questions or make
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suggestions for App Mining. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"How are apps ranked?",
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"answer": "<p>App reviewers have a proprietary methodology that helps them make
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objective judgments for why one app might be better than another. Each
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app reviewers determines the data, formula, and personnel they wish to
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utilize. For example, Product Hunt can tap into their community data to
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determine relative app popularity. Reviewers are required to publish
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their methodology to ensure transparency periodically. </p> <p>We've
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published <a
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href='https://blog.app.co/how-app-minings-ranking-algorithm-works'>a detailed
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explanation of our ranking algorithm on our blog</a> and <a
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href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/mining_intro.html'>our
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documentation</a>, where you can learn more.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Do I have to Hunt my app on Product Hunt?",
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"answer": "<p>As part of the ranking process, there is an assessment by App Reviewer
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Product Hunt via their community vote and their internal team vote. More info on
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the algorithm, <a
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href='https://docs.blockstack.org/develop/mining_intro.html'>here</a>. The Hunt
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launch will have an impact on your final ranking, as you can see in the
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algorithm breakdown. Here is <a
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href='https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399'>more
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info</a> on Product Hunt launch best practices. In general, sharing and
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responsiveness to questions are encouraged and it might help your community
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reception if you choose to hunt the app yourself. If not, Product Hunt can hunt
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your App as well.</p><p>Apps will be hunted every 6 months, so if you hunted
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your app in a past month, as long as you are in the 6 month time window you will
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not have to Hunt the app. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Can developers engage with voters on Democracy Earth?",
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"answer": "<p>As of this time, they cannot. In the future, a feature that could be
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interesting here is allowing developers to comment only on their app and not
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others. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"What’s the incentive for user voting? ",
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"answer": "<p>Voters in the App Mining ecosystem are currently Stacks token holders with
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incentive to strategically allocate resources in the ecosystem to apps they
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consider highly valuable. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"What are examples of any quantitative metrics that may be shared with app reviewers?",
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"answer": "<p>Qualitative meticrs are metrics
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that evaluate elements such as engagement, DAU/MAU ratios
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etc from the reviewed apps. Blockstack plans to incorporate metrics based
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ranking. However, before we do, any mechanism must thoughtfully incorporate the
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digital privacy rights of Blockstack users, and provide information in a way
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that cannot be gamed.</p> "
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},
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{
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"question":"Is App Mining Decentralized?",
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"answer": "<p>Given the pioneering nature of the program, we are being careful and starting
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in a centralized fashion that allows for necessary diligence. We don’t want to
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bake in assumptions that have not been validated. The downside of this
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protection is some level of centralization, which we are taking steps to reduce
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over time. The pilot is the just the first step in creating a fair system that
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can be relied upon by founders and contribute to the growth of the Blockstack
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ecosystem. </p> <p>Blockstack plans to move along a path to decentralization and
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App Mining will too. It is important to highlight that initially App Mining will
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purposely have a few points of centralization highlighted below, which can
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become decentralized over time (all plans are subject to change, legal approval,
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and applicable law). </p> <h5>Electing app reviewers:</h5> <p>Currently,
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Blockstack PBC elects app reviewers. In the future, we anticipate gradually
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transitioning to community elections of App Reviewers. </p> <h5>Registering
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apps:</h5> <p>Currently, registering apps is regulated by Blockstack PBC through
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app.co/mining. In the future, we anticipate transitioning to publishing on
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designated Blockstack namespaces via our public blockchain. </p> <h5>Collecting
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votes:</h5> <p>Currently, votes are aggregated by Blockstack PBC and
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administered via App.co. In the future, we expect that votes will be collected
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through the protocol itself. </p> <h5>Issuing money:</h5> <p>Currently, payouts
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are issued by Blockstack PBC. In the future, we expect that payouts will over
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time be generated and deployed on an automated basis. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"How is App Mining protected against bribery, collusion, or gaming?",
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"answer": "<p>We are taking potential threats very seriously and hope to create a fair
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system that continuously reinforces trust within our community for the long
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term. </p> <p>We are currently consulting with a team of 3 Ph.D. Game Theorist
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professors from Princeton University and New York University to determine
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thoughtful methods to protect App Mining from being attacked and/or abused. Our
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goal is to be as transparent as possible, but App Reviewers may reserve the
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right to keep some secrets in their formula to avoid bribes and gaming, and the
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algorithm that combines all of these score may be tuned in the future to account
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for new learnings. </p> <p>The Game Theorists are working with us to create a
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technical paper and broader documents like blogs explaining the overall
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mechanism </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"What is the Blockstack Ecosystem?",
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"answer":"<p>The Blockstack Ecosystem has a mission to bring a new internet where users
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control the access to, and use of, their own identity and data. With this
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mission in mind, three independent entities were formed: </p> <ul><li>Blockstack
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Public Benefit Corp (PBC)</li> <li>Blockstack Signature Fund</li> <li>Blockstack
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Token LLC</li></ul> <p>These three affiliated entities drive the advancement of
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the Blockstack mission. All three entities are committed to building a new
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internet where users fundamental digital rights, such as security, privacy,
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anti-censorship, are always respected.</p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"What is Blockstack PBC and the Blockstack Platform?",
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"answer": "<p>Blockstack Public Benefit Corp. (PBC) started development of the Blockstack
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Platform in 2014 and launched an alpha of the platform in early 2017. The
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Blockstack Platform is the easiest way to start building decentralized,
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blockchain-based apps. It provides a complete decentralized application stack,
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powered by the Stacks blockchain, and maintained by a community of 7000
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developers. </p>"
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},
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{
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"question":"Disclaimer",
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"answer":"<p><i>This FAQ contains forward-looking statements, including statements
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regarding Blockstack PBC’s plans for its App Mining program. Forward-looking
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statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
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results to differ materially, and reported results should not be considered as
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an indication of future performance. Potential risks and uncertainties that
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could change our actual results include, but are not limited to, risks
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associated with: the failure of App Mining Program to successfully incentivize
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the development of applications for the Blockstack network; risks associated
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with attacks designed to influence the App Reviewers or game their
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methodologies; technical difficulties in the transition from a centralized to a
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decentralized administration of the program. These forward-looking statements
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speak only as of the date hereof. Blockstack PBC disclaims any obligation to
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update these forward-looking statements. </i></p> <p><i>Any decisions that may
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be made through the App Mining Program regarding rewards provided to app
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developers are not recommendations as to the quality of any investments that
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individuals may make in a company that receives rewards. If you are considering
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an investment in any of these companies, you should make your own decision
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regarding that investment and not rely in any way on the results of the App
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Mining program. </i></p>"
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}
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]
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}
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