Crowd Machine: Blockchain Agnostic Cloud Computing

adapted from the Crowd Machine whitepaper

The Crowd Machine platform is made up of a computer, app studio, and sharing network. It aims to replace existing cloud computing services by utilizing the transparent and efficient aspects of the blockchain.

Crowd machine has the potential to disrupt industries to the tune of trillions of dollars.
With one-click, the advanced distributed computer can deploy a decentralized app. This requires no coding, is inexpensive to host, has its own marketplace, and benefits both authors who create and processors with spare device power.

A New Approach: Blockchain Agnostic Cloud Computing

Crowd Machine focuses on blockchain agnosticism. It attempts to bring stability to a volatile blockchain industry. Cross-platform applications can connect the best aspects of different blockchains.

Marketed and designed for startups and enterprises, the Crowd Machine platform deploys on everyday devices. It reaches markets that conventional platforms cannot. Unlike current centralized options, it can instantly take advantage of any device, anywhere in the world.

Integration with independent blockchains and smart contracts extend its functionality. This would maximize the blockchains of the cryptocurrency industry by connecting them. Innovative applications, like sidechains, can transcend limitations by linking to a symbiotic host chain. The result is a facilitated decentralized app builder that entices more developers.

adapted from the Crowd Machine whitepaper

Crowd Computer

Latent computer resources become useful with the Crowd Computer. All device types can add to the processing power through activity contribution nodes (ACN). Monetization follows an efficient blueprint by letting apps competed for minimum cost ACNs. Crowd virtual machines (CVM) execute the apps.

Crowd App Studio

The Crowd App Studio interface can build blockchain agnostic off-chain apps without code. It dynamically engages both coders and non-coders through a decentralized app builder. The drag-and-drop logic map feature is accompanied by quicker development times that exceed current standards by 45x. The interface can be customized for users ‘look and feel’.

Crowd Share

The Crowd Share repository is a code library that anyone can access. Source codes are reusable and grow with the community. The objectives are to aid sharing, facilitate version control, and monetize work. Users with minimal coding experience can expect to easily create micro-apps. The vision is to develop a library that merges the features of GitHub with an appstore.

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Impact to Industry

The Problem

New apps development is exceeding new downloads. Only 49% of smartphone users will download an app within a given month. Centralization seems to be a factor. Of the top 10 apps, eight are owned by Google and Facebook. Here is where decentralized apps can bring more developers to the idea pool.

Building apps are expensive and risky ventures. A cross-platform, full-featured app via conventional means costs $140,000 over a four-month period. In every 10,000 apps, only one is profitable. 10,000 people using a new app costs about $40,000. These costs have people looking for options.

Conventional Platforms

Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) has traditionally used third parties for cloud computing solutions. Much, if not all, of the services are trusted to permission based providers. Amazon’s AWS, Microsoft’s Azure, IBM cloud, and Google are the four main providers of infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). It is a highly competitive space that battles over market share with thin margins. Volume is emphasized over quality. Compatibility issues would be a reason why Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure compete for global and regional dominance.

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Crowd Machine compared to Developmental PWAs

Google’s progressive web apps (PWA) promise a better option to native apps dominated by  Android & IOS operating systems. It barely requires a download and does away with wait times. However, the performance limitations of PWAs have been criticized. While the technology is still in development, it caught the attention of top companies like Apple.

PWAs may solve cost issues, but they lack key blockchain advantages. For instance, Google would act as an intermediary for cumbersome data distribution solutions. Crowd Machine’s decentralized platform and 45x development speed offer a better advantage for distribution, quality, and costs. There is another surprising advantage. It is better able to serve more regions than the behemoths like Google.

Scenario: An Agnostic Sidechain

Crowd Machine’s networking integration facilitates side chains that are better than current native apps and PWAs. Apps, like PWAs, are not necessarily enterprises, while blockchains are. Side chains can be dependent enterprises. For example, a Facebook app allows a user to interface with their timeline and respond to friends without visiting the Facebook website. A PWA would provide a similar feature, for example, on a company website.

A sidechain could depend on a social media blockchain (i.e. Steemit) for main data and then populate remote data through an agnostic sidechain. The Crowd Machine network integration solution has the advantage of populating multiple social media blockchains. It could be similar to posting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit all at the same time from a single post. The way information is recorded and populated is another advantage. It offers an option to the issues facing social media giants today in regards to privacy.

An Efficient Solution to Revolutionizes Business

By simultaneously targeting software developers and cloud computing, Crowd Machine aims to bring blockchain applications mainstream. It is confident that it offers a more efficient and better option through decentralization than modern conventional platforms.

Completely decentralized blockchains reduce transaction costs, improves accounting, and makes the system transparent. Blockchain can be used to revolutionize business. Supply chain management benefits from track and trace. Software development and operations are more secure. Ecosystems become more efficient. Improvements are made to public key infrastructures (PKI), or handshakes, for certificate transactions. Advancements that combat malware and ransomware add further security. The impacts are boundless.

Moving toward a Future of Exploding Innovation

The Crowd Machine platform effectively combines cloud computing with development. The online world grows more complex with each passing day. Agnostic blockchain integration is, or at least soon will be, in dire need. Startups, in particular, stand to benefit from the savings to time management and cross-platform integration.

Recruiting non-programmers to develop their ideas offers enourmous potential. The transparent and efficient portal that monetize small pieces of code has the makings of a flourishing ecosystem. It means increased income for developers and more diverse apps for users.

The Crowd Machine Platform unveils its 45x codeless DApps on April 28th.

Follow these links to read more about Crowd Machine in the whitepaper and or the contest.

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