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Aaron O'Leary

Arcane Docs - Blockchain-based alternative to Google Docs

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Arcane Docs is a full-featured private online document editor. You can create documents or import from Google Docs and Microsoft Word. All save and secure on blockchain-based cloud storage.
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Walterion
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Hi everyone ✌️, Walterion is here, and I'm excited to introduce you to Arcane Docs ✨, a secure and GDPR compliant alternative for Google Docs and Microsoft Word. As we keep hearing about data breach news of big companies like Dropbox or WhatsApp, it is harder for us to keep trusting them with our file and personal data, and it made us think about finding a better way. We believe the best way to keep data secure is not having them in the first place. That's why we choose the server-less solution, in another word, blockchain. The most challenging part for us was designing a blockchain app that doesn't look like a blockchain app! We wanted to make the transition from centralized to decentralized solutions as smoothly as possible. That is where Blockstack comes in to help us with a secure and decentralized authentication service, working on Bitcoin blockchain. Arcane Docs is a full-featured online document editor. You can create documents or import from Google Docs and Microsoft Word. All save and secure on blockchain-based cloud storage with high industry standard encryptions. You can also create a share link and start collaborating in private too. It is Free and available for use in any modern browser right now. I can't wait to hear what you think. Please do not hesitate to ask me any questions. P.S. Don't miss out the first part of Arcane Office. The secure and private spreadsheet, Arcane Sheets. Check it out: https://www.producthunt.com/post... P.S.S. And here is the secure and easy to use, redact & annotate for images + with builtin encrypted sharing. https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Donglu Ch'iu
@walterion1 What exactly does blockchain add here? And especially Bitcoin, with its high fees...
Walterion
Maker
@hi_im_donglu Thanks Donglu for the excellent question. We use Blockstack for authentication. It is made on Bitcoin blockchain to store your private key that will be used to encrypt all of your stuff. Making the master key will be done just the first time, and after that, every file gets a new password from the master one. No matter what, all the files will be encrypted, so you always have control over your data — something like ProtonMail but for Office.
Walterion
Maker
@owenfar1 Hey Owen and welcome to our launch ✌️ Actually, you can use Blockstack apps from any browser. Please give Arcane Docs a try and let me know how it goes. I will share your thought with the Blockstack team too. Thanks.
Chase Wackerfuss
@walterion1 @owenfar1 As of about 6 months ago, Blockstack has a pretty nice login flow
Jikku Jose
@hi_im_donglu @walterion1 ..made on "Bitcoin blockchain to store your private key". How do you store private key in Bitcoin blockchain?
Brandon Clark
Would love a dark theme
Walterion
Maker
@brandon_clark1 Give it an upvote and we will add it into the roadmap :D
Brandon Clark
@walterion1 haha of course, my bad I thought I upvote
Alexander De Ridder
Biggest thing to replace google docs is comments & real-time collaboration. I know that's hard to achieve (code), but it's what makes google docs so productive for teams.
Walterion
Maker
@adridder Thanks Alexander for your interest. Yes, that is a lifesaver, and we have it on our plan 👍
Oscar Manxz
Why do we need this? Legit question.
Walterion
Maker
@manxz_ Indeed a legit question. As we produce more and more data, we need to put the standard of privacy higher and higher. Otherwise, we will take the risk of losing it in a bit.
Walterion
Maker
@manxz_ You seem a pro too. I will be happy to hear your answer to such a question also.
Oscar Manxz
@walterion1 Not sure I would consider myself a pro. But I know I don't write important enough data on G suite to care about it being any more secure than already is. Maybe at an enterprise level this could be a solution for, but that's also a stretch. I don't know man.. Just being real, I think you're taking away all the cool features of G suite (like the ability to collaborate on the same file), and adding features with more friction for a subpar substitute. I would recommend you focus on fixing what's broken with G suite now, fix it and then worry about making it more secure. No one will trust Arcane Suite with really important information now, so why worry about a problem you don't have yet.
Walterion
Maker
@manxz_ I get what you are saying. We began from our core value, respecting privacy. We prepared most of the everyday needs of many personal users and a good option for companies who want privacy and GDPR compliance. Step by step, we hope we can go further and add more, with having the support of kind people like you.
Thayallan Srinathan
This is awesome!
Walterion
Maker
@thayallans You are very awesome 😎
Jay Parthasarthy
@thayallans I disagree, you are the most awesome person in the world also the best coder designer hacker best big code python java design frontend mongo HACKER 4 LIFE!
Thayallan Srinathan
@jay_parthasarthy If anyone asks me my opinion about you......I have my answer.
Conrad Ehinger
Very interesting! Just curious - if you have multiple people on a team working off one document, are there any difficulties you run into since this is built on a distributed database?
Walterion
Maker
@conrad_ehing Happy to hear you liked it Conard. The fantastic part about Arcane Office is that the files are on the cloud so it can handle high demand as the best services out there. The solution is that files are encrypted with the highest standards, and the encryption keys are secured with blockchain and stored distributed. This way, you can have the best of both worlds.
Walterion
Maker
@conrad_ehing Don't forget to share Arcane Sheets too.
Lui Kohl
@walterion1 Very impressive. I think there is absolutely a use case here and I would certainly consider it for more private documents. I think your sales pitch should ape Protonmail and DuckDuckGo more and deemphasize the blockchain element. For example your tag line might be: "A private, cryptographically secure alternative to Google Docs". Some distinction to drive home that this is the home for sensitive documents that are important. One other thing I noticed is that you seem to be taking a lot of inspiration from Word, personally, I prefer the more minimal interface of GDocs. Good luck, it's really impressive what you have so far IMO.
Walterion
Maker
@lui_kohl Thank you very much, Lui, for the very thoughtful comment. We will study it more to improve our work. Regards.
Lakzhika Gayal
Big fan of your other product, Blackhole. This also seems to be a great alternative for G-suite. Wrote about this on the blog too ;) - Keep it up, Walterion. https://techbitz.co/
Walterion
Maker
@lakzhikag Thank you very much Lakzhika 🙏 Thank you again for the post, we appreciate it so much.
Walterion
Maker
Thanks to @aaronoleary for the Hunt ✌️
Tom Bielecki
Incredibly cool. If/when you have an API, this is going to be absolutely killer.
Walterion
Maker
@tombielecki Very nice to hear that Tom and be sure we have it in our pipeline ;)
Walterion
Maker
@tombielecki For now, please share it with whoever you think it will be useful. Your support will help us a lot 👍
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