Ideating a dapp

I break dapps down in two broad categories -

1. One’s that require you to write contracts
2. One’s that don’t

Dapps in which you own the smart contract

Good examples - Tensor, jup, raydium

Pros

1. Gives your business a huge MOAT
2. Generally more impressive than a pure client side dapp
3. Most Defi apps would require you to own this

Cons

1. Needs to be heavily tested/audited
2. Requires Rust knowledge

Client side/Centralized backend led apps

Good examples - Tiplink, RPC providers

Pros

1. Easier to write
2. A lot of times, you can use solana provided programs and build a lean app layer on top (token transfers, staking etc)

Cons

1. Low defensibility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi0iR3UN-u0

For today

I recently built something similar to Tiplink -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-oFiYqEsKg

Natural progression from here was how are they integrating with wallets?

That is what I’m basing today’s talk on

Since they are not an extension, they have to do something extra that wallets like backpack / phantom don’t already do