This article was originally published on Blockworks on June 8, 2023. TLDR: -American television and video heritage are at risk. -There’s no reason to believe that your favorite shows or your favorite team’s games will be preserved for future generations; in fact, there’s reason to be concerned. -Some of our most valuable cultural records have…
The decentralized storage market has witnessed significant growth in recent years, with Filecoin emerging as a prominent player in the space. The latest development that has sent ripples of excitement through the crypto community is Bitmain’s announcement to sell Filecoin miners. As a leading manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining equipment, Bitmain’s entry into the Filecoin ecosystem…
TLDR: The Current State: The world is going increasingly digital. According to a post by Seagate, the IDC predicts that the Global Datasphere will grow from 33 Zettabytes (ZB) in 2018 to 175 ZB by 2025. With regard to the market as a whole, by 2025, the global CDN market is expected to be twice…
TLDR: Traditional file storage still dominates the current version of the internet. But this is starting to change. Web3 and IPFS/Filecoin storage offers decentralization, enhanced security, scalability, persistence/permanence, and improved content control. Lets break them down here: 1. Decentralization Traditional data storage methods which rely on centralized servers are susceptible to outages. That’s a challenge…
