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Bountium connects your business via trustless smart contracts to ensure it operates as intended, without needing active management. This lets your business react to demand in real time, expand and out-scale competition, and run itself.
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Bountium
The Platform for Autonomous Commerce
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Hi there - very nice UX! I hadn't actually used a blockstack enabled dapp before. Great onboarding experience.
One question - why is it necessary to incorporate blockchain for this? Couldn't I message a peer directly and encrypt my message locally, rather than store the message on the blockchain in the interim? I guess what I'm asking is - why go Alice->blockchain->Bob when you could...
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A decentralized, encrypted chat app