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Data storage on blockchains is expensive. That’s why all decentralized applications have to decide what to store “on-chain” (on the blockchain) and “off-chain” (on another data storage solution). |
****IPFS Documents is a peer-2-peer data, decentralized storage and access system.
- Single-document Upload
- Smart contract stores one hash that points to a document on your file storage provider of choice.
- Multiple-document Upload
- Smart contract stores several hashes that point to specific documents on your file storage provider of choice.
- Multiple-document Upload with Folder
- Smart contract stores one hash that points to a folder containing multiple documents.
Sia Documents is a data storage platform combining a peer-to-peer network with blockchain technology.
- Single-document Upload
- Smart contract stores one hash that points to a document on your file storage provider of choice.
- Multiple-document Upload
- Smart contract stores several hashes that point to specific documents on your file storage provider of choice.
Coming to the realization that not all data storage can sensibly be done on the blockchain (except for rudimentary dapps), developers need to decide which data absolutely MUST be stored on-chain (such as token ownership), and which can be delegated to off-chain services.
A publisher wants to create unique NFTs to represent collectible versions of famous books. The NFT representing a given book is stored on-chain, but the content (written text) of that book is stored on IPFS off-chain using the file storage module.
- Solve the on-chain/off-chain dilemma without relying on a single-point-of-failure cloud computing platform
- **Leverage **the secure and robust nature of Ethereum data storage in the most important parts of the decentralized application
- Maintain decentralization by using a p2p network for data stored off-chain