Sia works without any centralized orchestration, enabling you to safely use financially incentivized hosts without needing to know who they are, and allowing yo

Sia works without any centralized orchestration, enabling you to safely use financially incentivized hosts without needing to know who they are, and allowing you to know that that only get paid if they store your data as promised. The hosts also can be guaranteed that they get paid even if the renter disappears, and you can't achieve those things without a blockchain.