Topic: [ANN] Storj - Decentralized Storage - page 85. (Read 389811 times)

thanks.
in storjtalk it has a ton of information without spamming

Thanks guys! And, shamless plug (if it's allowed here), but if you're pumped about Storj, I encourage you to join our own talk boards too at storjtalk.org. We try to be very responsive to our community's feedback, whether it be technical, business, or something else. Contributions are welcome too, whether they are simple grammatical reviews of our websites/blog/whitepapers or code or spin-off projects (e.g. Storj-based X).

And we need more decentralized systems not because of our privacy, anonymity or whatnot it is because then every user controls what he owns and whole responsibility is on themselves, also why would some company make millions of dollars for something that can be spread across the network and shared between users... As some people said in very short period of time there would not be any more centralized services at all... when big players understand this behavior it is going to be too late for them... This project is one of few where I see bright future. Keep up the good work STORJ team!

Well it will harden the play field for STORJ but at the end STORJ is not centralized and your data is under your control unlike other services no matter how they are cheep...

Well Google, Dropbox, MEGA, etc haven't countered Microsoft's new consumer deal, but say they do (they'll counter with something) and market demand is now saying unlimited storage for $6/month. Is this price-point going to effect Storj's projections and whatnot? <-- The crux of the matter. Thanks.

Not really. The cost will be tied to market demand.

Does this change any pricing structure for the Storj end user (the folks paying to store stuff)?

I agree, "unlimited" plans always come with an "*" asterisk...

I checked it just now, the frozen status is gone.

Poloniex was the victim of a DDoS hack earlier today, but everything is back to normal. SJCX as well is not frozen.

Storj is frozen in Polo, what happened?

Checkout the latest "Storj News" update with our new DriveShare Farmer's Dashboard and lots of Development Updates!

We have also released an estimate for the DriveShare Early Release Beta with 3 test Groups!!!


Storj News - October 28th, 2014 & Early Access

Well, among other things, you need to be signed up with Microsoft for Office 365 and Microsoft will have your payment and personal information stored in some fashion that you don't have control over. If your storage space is encrypted, it's likely that MS holds the decryption keys so your privacy is questionable (though I haven't researched their offering in depth). You also have to keep paying Microsoft (i.e. the same singular entity) indefinitely or your space is gone. If you end up storing lots of data with Microsoft (assuming you could, in actuality, store hundreds of terabytes -- e.g. if you're a video producer), Microsoft could suddenly decide to scrap its unlimited storage model, or spin off the business to someone else. It could also decide to suddenly change its pricing structure: i.e. you still have unlimited storage, but now they decide to charge an additional $25/month if you hold over 10 TB on their service.

With Storj, you'd only pay to store the amount of space you're using at the redundancy you desire. Your files are chunked, encrypted and distributed across the network so there isn't a single point of failure. There isn't one central company that can shut off your space all at once, as well. Think MEGA -- when they got shut down, a lot of legitimate users lost access to their backups/files. If someone stores something funky on a centralized service, an enforcement agency may decide to freeze the entire infrastructure or server during an investigation/to preserve evidence (that other innocent folks data may be held on) and you may be out of luck with access.

I'm also skeptical of indefinite, unlimited storage with a traditional provider. When iPhones first came out, many cellular providers like AT&T offered unlimited data plans, but those are now gone unless you're grandfathered in. And only a few days ago, Bitcasa, which also had an unlimited storage offering for $10/month, also stopped (see: http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/24/bitcasa-no-unlimited/).

Disclosure: am Storj dev.

How does Microsoft's latest announcement effect Storj's DriveShare business and, in turn, the value of SJCX?
http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/10/27/microsoft-gives-office-365-subscribers-unlimited-cloud-storage/

The link is an article on Microsoft's announcement to offer FREE cloud storage to Office 365 subscribers. This essential moves cloud storage's price point to $6.95/month for UNLIMITED storage. (or whatever Office 365 is per month).

There's a beta for part of the software. Everything is very new.

ICO already started couple months ago

How does StorJ/MetaDisk/DriveShare compare to Filecoin?
 Will these be competing technologies that offer the same thing?

One of our writers wrote an article on Filecoin; I added a mentino of StorJ to the end

We can do a longer article on StorJ/MetaDisk/DriveShare for future. Perhaps someone can consult us. http://BanksWorstFear.com/contact

ARTICLE:
http://banksworstfear.com/filecoin-propose-application-blockchain/
Filecoin and File Storage Applications for the Blockchain

Correct, and look what happened when BitsharesX launched their software  
StorJ marketcap only 1 mljn. dollar so far. In 24 hours over 90% profit for those who bought at
the right time.

So it is just an Ann and the software does not released yet?

Below is the current list of Exchanges that trade SJCX. We will add new ones as they come along.

• Counterwallet: https://counterwallet.co/#
• PoloniEx: https://poloniex.com/exchange/btc_sjcx
• Melotic: https://www.melotic.com/markets/sjcx-btc
• MasterXchange: https://masterxchange.com/market.php?currency=xcpsjcx

Melotic does a great job but lacks of volume.