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What if the system had 2 kinds of nodes, storage nodes, and then verification nodes. The storage nodes, store the data. The verification nodes, hit the storage
by dntrkv 6y ago
What if the system had 2 kinds of nodes, storage nodes, and then verification nodes. The storage nodes, store the data. The verification nodes, hit the storage nodes and verify the data is there and available. If the storage node fails a verification attempt, the storage node pays a fee. After a certain amount of failures, it is banned from the network.
Disclaimer: I have no idea how these systems currently work.
- wmf 6y agoThis is basically how decentralized storage works except you can't really ban anyone so a storage provider will lose their deposit if they fail verification. As the article says, this forces storage providers to lock up capital and even that is no guarantee since there may be situations where losing the deposit is actually cheaper than staying in business.