DeBoook

Inspiration

The idea was to have a simple and easiest way for anyone to upload and make their ideas publicly available. With Filecoin and Web3[.]Storage, this can be made possible. I always tried to build something that'll help people with getting used to decentralised tools/software. The project aims to easily let people understand the potential of Filecoin and decentralised Software.

What it does

DeBook enables users to create eBooks for free on Filecoin Network (using Web3 Storage) and later be able to share them to friends, family or even later sell it for Cryptocurrency. DeBoook is a eBook marketplace that lets users mint their Books.

How we built it

The core dependency of DeBoook is Filecoin and web3[.]Storage. React frontend is build from where the users can upload book or read book available to read for free. We also used ConnectKit to enable users connect wallet of their choice.

Challenges we ran into

As a beginner, It was challenging to use various dependencies and tools. But learnt so many things on how to use these tools. Web3.storage was the sweetest integration that have been done in this project.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully shipping an app that lets people upload data to a decentralised network is cool and it was done and moreover this will atleast have some usecase for people if not huge.

What we learned

How to build for a hackathon from idea to actually shipping and the challenges that you may face while building it which you thought would never be a problem.

What's next for DeBoook

Adding features like buying book for crypto on the platform and add fiat solutions. Major goal would be to make it so easy that people wont even feel that its web3 app. Possibly add some features that can help readers (a reader maybe).

Built With

• connectkit
• filecoin
• javascript
• node.js
• react
• web3.storage