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Sia is a lot more than a low cost storage platform. It's a full reimagining of how the cloud should work with an emphasis on user ownership and control, open access for developers, and ultimately decentralization that allows users to be certain their applications will always work (no more "RSS Reader is shutting down").

This post is intended to address people who do not feel that decentralization can be cost effective at scale.




Where do I find the introduction what Sia is? I tried clicking around in the headers from OP, but couldn't find it within my very lazy tolerance.


https://blog.sia.tech/skynet-bdf0209d6d34 - this is probably the best thing we have at the moment.

https://support.sia.tech/article/dk91b0eibc-welcome-to-sia - this support article is also a good introduction to the network and why it was built


Website: https://sia.tech/

Also take a look at Skynet, a file sharing protocol built on top of Sia: https://siasky.net/


I cringe every time a project uses the name "Skynet". First, it's overused. Second, it's literally the name of the AI project that went rogue and tried to kill all the humans in the Terminator movie universe. Not exactly the best association. Just find another name.


On the other hand, I am filled with positive associations at the name.

Reliability, redundancy, disaster recovery, cost cutting, and absolute focus on execution!


See Soylent.


What aspect of this infrastructure is user-owned?


You re certainly reimagining the marketing slang of a few years ago (a decade for the gratuitous dig at Google Reader)




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