About CardstackCardstack is a leap forward for blockchain at every layer of the software stack — providing a toolset that unlocks the potential of the decentralized Internet for everyone.CardstackCRDSTK_103aa3e8-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c6Cardstack is an open-source framework and consensus protocol that makes blockchains usable and scalable for the mass market, creating a decentralized software ecosystem that can challenge today’s digital superpowers.Chris TseFounding DirectorEnd-UsersFeatures & Benefits: * Mix and match multiple dApps and cloud apps * Create amazing new workflow and app combinations using Cardstack Hub * Use one token (CARD) that forms retainer agreements with all the services you need * Keep your data sovereign, or transmit it anywhere easily, with our card-based user experience * Get started quickly with fiat currency: no crypto expertise requiredDevelopersFeatures & Benefits: * Use our comprehensive SDK to build powerful, beautiful, extensible apps * Access a deep library of powerful drop-in functionality * Improve your app experience using Cardstack’s off-chain aggregation * Get paid fairly by our community-run payment and governance algorithm * Get reimbursed for your material costs * Keep things 100% open-sourceAnalytic MinersFeatures & Benefits: * Do the useful work of powering community-run algorithms that create a fair distribution of wealth * Help protect the system against outliers, bad-faith actors, and spam * Earn fees in the form of Cardstack Tokens that can be held or circulated back into the ecosystem * Get compensated via a sortition scheme that prevents single parties controlling the reward functionBlockchains scale for the mass market so the potential of the decentralized Internet is unlocked for everyone_103aa492-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c6To build an economically sustainable software ecosystem that fights back against the rampant lock-in mechanisms of centralized platforms._103aa51e-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c6DecentralizationCardstack’s approach to decentralization lets self-sovereign users act as their own hub, so that interactions with applications and services running on networks of different topologies flow through a software stack controlled by the users.Self-SovereigntyInteractionSoftware DevelopmentProvide a SDK for building blockchain apps_103aa5aa-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c61APP FRAMEWORK -- Cardstack Framework is a comprehensive SDK for building powerful, cohesive blockchain apps. At the core is Cardstack Hub, which orchestrates data and value transfer across multiple blockchains and the cloud._103aa636-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c6AggregationPerform computations to organize large networks of users_103aa6ea-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c62AGGREGATION PROTOCOL -- Cardstack-powered dApps can tap into the Tally protocol, which gives dApps the power to perform complex computations to organize large networks of users — such as batching payments, counting votes, and rewarding good work._103aa7d0-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c6Smart ContractsMonetize apps via smart contracts_103aa8de-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c63ECOSYSTEM TOKEN -- Developers can monetize their Cardstack- based apps via the smart contracts powered by the Cardstack Token (CARD), an Ethereum-based ERC20 token designed to fairly reward Cardstack- powered communities._103aa97e-34be-11e9-83d6-8330c761b4c62019-02-19https://cardstack.com/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net