Recently spent some time researching a storage protocol on the Sui chain, and honestly, it's quite interesting. This project mainly addresses the issue of large file storage—such as images, videos, and AI datasets—where traditional centralized cloud services are prohibitively expensive. This solution reduces costs by 80 to 100 times through erasure coding technology, which in itself speaks volumes.

What is the core innovation? Supporting the feature of programmable blobs—simply put, data can seamlessly interact with Move smart contracts. This is still relatively rare in the Web3 scene.

From a tokenomics perspective, the utility of the ecosystem token is quite clear—paying for storage fees, staking to ensure network security, and participating in governance. As ecosystem applications expand, the burn mechanism for usage fees can create deflationary pressure, making it a self-regulating design.

The practical application space is substantial. DeFi needs to store on-chain historical data, NFT projects require high-definition assets storage, and gaming and AI applications have an even greater demand for large-capacity data. In an era where data becomes a core asset, verifiable and censorship-resistant storage solutions indeed fill a gap.

However, whether it can be widely adopted depends on whether the ecosystem has real user demand and project integrations. These infrastructure projects are usually quite dull in the early stages, but once they gain traction, changes can happen rapidly. Interested friends can keep an eye on this.