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Can centralized knowledge stores with proprietary knowledge be disrupted by decentralized networks riding on top of open protocols?

While there are many different ways to think about what blockchains do — ranging from the hyper-technical to digital money — there is value to reverting to a utilitarian model and think of each blockchain as doing a specific type of work.

A blockchain helps in getting a “job done” using a decentralized network of participants aligned by transparent incentives. In an ideal state, can this network get the job done smarter, faster, cheaper, better than centralized options?

The Netscape Browser in 1995 made the Internet (which had existed since the 1970s) go mainstream.

What could be the equivalent of the Browser for the decentralized internet in terms of similar impact? Is it a wallet, a dApp Browser, or something else altogether?

Are decentralized apps for real? What do they do, why are they different, and what is required for them to succeed?