Karim D. Ghantous
Well-known member
I predict that Netflix will move from a centralised network, which is based on AWS, to a decentralised network, where every user will help store a small fraction of Netflix's data.
Every user will have a device with, say, an SSD, which stores fragments of data. Users will get discounts for voluntarily storing more data than the minimum, and if they provide extra storage again, they will actually get paid.
I think this kind of thing is inevitable. There are side benefits to this, as gaining total independence from centralised large scale infrastructure providers like AWS. There are already platforms in place that can facilitate this kind of thing, like Theta, which includes a cryptocurrency.
Just to go a bit further, there are people who are setting up large scale storage operations referred to as 'hard drive mining'. This basically means that instead of providing hash power to secure a network, they are providing storage space. E.g:
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Every user will have a device with, say, an SSD, which stores fragments of data. Users will get discounts for voluntarily storing more data than the minimum, and if they provide extra storage again, they will actually get paid.
I think this kind of thing is inevitable. There are side benefits to this, as gaining total independence from centralised large scale infrastructure providers like AWS. There are already platforms in place that can facilitate this kind of thing, like Theta, which includes a cryptocurrency.
Just to go a bit further, there are people who are setting up large scale storage operations referred to as 'hard drive mining'. This basically means that instead of providing hash power to secure a network, they are providing storage space. E.g:
