This was part of the UXPA 2019 Unconference Session

4. Databases

5. Databases
Centralized
An entity controls the
database, it is private,
and you can only write
to it through being
authenticated

6. Databases
Centralized
An entity controls the
database, it is private,
and you can only write
to it through being
authenticated
= Most apps 💼

7. Databases
Decentralizedvs.Centralized
An entity controls the
database, it is private,
and you can only write
to it through being
authenticated
= Most apps 💼
Anyone using your app
can directly access the
database

8. Databases
Decentralizedvs.Centralized
An entity controls the
database, it is private,
and you can only write
to it through being
authenticated
= Most apps 💼
Anyone using your app
can directly access the
database
= Blockchain 😎

9. Benefits
Transparency

10. Benefits Design Challenges
Transparency Can everyone see everything?
Not always.

11. Benefits Design Challenges
Transparency
Encryption
Consensus
Can everyone see everything?
Not always.

12. Benefits Design Challenges
Transparency
Encryption
Consensus
Can everyone see everything?
Not always.
Latency issues
Granular system statuses

15. As decentralized applications gain traction, how might we
create interfaces that make interacting with a database less
daunting, so that users are inspired and empowered to
exercise autonomy over their data.

16. As decentralized applications gain traction, how might we
create interfaces that make interacting with a database less
daunting, so that users are inspired and empowered to
exercise autonomy over their data.
why?

17. why?
As consumers, our data has been misused, manipulated
and hidden from us. This might just be the way we gain
our power back.
As decentralized applications gain traction, how might we
create interfaces that make interacting with a database less
daunting, so that users are inspired and empowered to
exercise autonomy over their data.

18. Thank You
@purrrlin
daml.com