The Decentralized Application Adoption Problem - Hacker Noon Much has been said about the state of decentralised applications (dApps) recently. Most has been negative, stating that dApps have, in general, not lived up to the promises from the halcyon visions outlaid in ICO whitepapers. Have these commentators been too quick to judge? Or, are they right and dApps are but a fickle endeavour?