How a Web2 Company Uses Crypto to Power Open Data APIs
How a Web2 Company Uses Crypto to Power Open Data APIs Thank you to Art ,Fred _ & _Jake for reviewing and providing feedback on this post! Question : Does your software use APIs? Where do you find the endpoints? How do you get the specifications? How do you ensure quality? 🤔 tl;dr There is a big opportunity to build the “Google home page” for finding and accessing open data sources and services. An open marketplace of APIs does not exist today. API Discovery and RPC Quality are the two core primitives necessary to enable this. An API marketplace fills a gap alongside the new HTTP x402 standard, championed by Coinbase, for internet-native network request payments. My goal with this blog is to give you a sense of how the following graphic fits into today’s internet-native data access landscape. We’re slowly shifting to account for more human-out-of-the-loop workflows, while continuing to accommodate both enterprises and independent developers. ...