BUILDING A DECENTRALIZED APP ON ANDROID
summary
Concrete how to build a Blockstack Android app: use the Blockstack SDK and a Chrome custom tab authenticator to exchange signed JSON Web Tokens, derive an app private key per user app, then call putFile/getFile to write encrypted blobs to the user’s Gaia storage hub (backed by S3/Azure or self hosted). Identity is a keypair tied to a blockchain name (about 70,000 names registered), proof‑of‑burn anchors the network to Bitcoin, and storage and crypto ops run client side with no extra server PKI.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:06Problems with today's internet
- 7:07Responsibilities of data storage
- 14:43What is decentralization?
- 17:31Blockstack platform overview
- 20:43Adding Blockstack to Android app
- 22:28Authentication flow demo
- 27:21App private keys and encryption
- 28:45User storage with Gaia hub
- 34:06Why build on Blockstack
- 36:12Q&A and closing
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