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I think there could be a market for distributed cloud storage: the client promises a coin payment for $X, in return for storing Y mb/GB of encrypted data. The w
by gosub100 1mo ago
I think there could be a market for distributed cloud storage: the client promises a coin payment for $X, in return for storing Y mb/GB of encrypted data. The way to prove it is still there is by sending periodic hash checks of random segments of the file. If the correct match comes back, a portion (rent) is paid to renew the storage. Upon retrieval, the final sum is paid.
- MyelinatedT 1mo agoThere is Filecoin, which sounds somewhat similar conceptually to what you describe (albeit with the standard blockchain caveats).
- pigeons 1mo agoHow is filecoin looking for surviving IPFS's great decline?
- Dylan16807 1mo agoFilecoin was really weird on top of the standard caveats. I couldn't even figure out how to directly use and earn it. And all the straightforward options to touch filecoin were brokers offering free storage based on incentive programs. Storj is a much more straightforward implementation. So is Sia, I think.
- creaturemachine 1mo agoSo, Pied Piper?
- superkuh 1mo agoA torrent is fine. Things will settle out and the torrent with it's seeds, just normal people with normal human motivations to do so, will still exist for a long time. No need to bring in money and ruin things.