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John Gleeson is the Chief Operating Officer of Storj.
He discusses the company's decentralized cloud storage services, platform updates, and the functionality of the STORJ token.
1Interview
2021First on the show
Apr 2021Latest appearance
16 minOn camera
16:09
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Key points
- Storj provides S3-compatible decentralized cloud storage for developers, sourcing capacity from over 11,000 independent nodes across 96 countries.
- The platform targets developers rather than consumers to avoid building consumer-facing features while reaching end users indirectly through applications.
- Storj launched new branding as Storj DCS with an S3-compatible gateway, multi-region availability, and pricing at $4 per terabyte for storage.
- The decentralized model eliminates data center capital expenditure and maintenance costs, allowing Storj to undercut traditional providers by 80 percent.
- Client-side encryption and edge-delegated authorization enable developers to build secure applications where Storj never accesses encryption keys or user information.
In their own words
“We think of it like the Airbnb for hard drives.”
“it's impossible for us to get at that data.”
