File Storage - Dropbox, Amazon S3, Sia, Storj
Decentralized file storage on the blockchain is up to 90% cheaper than traditional cloud storage services like Dropbox. Just like Uber allows you to drive for money, services like Sia and Storj let you rent your hard drive for money.
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Hosts C. Edward Kelso & Matt Aaron |
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About the Episode
We are bullish on file storage using the blockchain. The cloud is just someone else's computer. And you are susceptible to others accessing your data (see Dropbox hack)
A blockchain solution would empower decentralized end-users: files are encrypted, distributed, and then distributed in redundancy all around the world.
You’re the only person who can access your files. Not even someone hosting your files can get to them, theoretically.
Mentioned in the episode:
Sia
Storj
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About the Hosts
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C. Edward KelsoC. Edward Kelso has written hundreds of articles as a journalist covering a range of topics from international finance, regulation, to cryptocurrency philosophy, interviews with luminaries, and book reviews. He is a longtime journalist focusing on financial technology, with a particular emphasis on global political structures and their influence. Being based in San Diego, California USA allows him to experience binational economic arrangements (Mexico and the United States mostly) alongside a local hub of technology sector businesses -- from genomics to mobile phones. |
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Matt AaronMatt Aaron has been podcasting since 2013, when he launched the Food Startups Podcast. He recently found a second love in cryptocurrency and blockchain and hasn't looked back. His first major investment into cryptocurrency was the money he made betting on (but not voting for) that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election. Matt believes that public blockchains and cryptocurrencies are the solution to the many problems exposed of the current banking system in the 2008 financial crisis. |
