2026-01-21 07:25:23

The competition among public blockchains has reached the performance limit. Transactions per second, parallel execution—these metrics are no longer new. Sui has already proven its capabilities with the Move language. The real overlooked issue is another problem: the cost brought by high performance.

Once on-chain games, social applications, and DeFi protocols scale up, the data volume becomes extremely daunting. Imagine if all videos, images, and transaction histories were forcibly packed into the consensus layer—would the network become so bloated that it becomes unusable? This is not alarmist talk—it's a real challenge right in front of us.

Therefore, one team's solution is: separation. Do not let the consensus layer bear all the pressure, but instead build a dedicated decentralized storage network. It sounds simple, but implementing it requires innovative technologies like erasure coding to reduce storage costs to a level competitive with AWS—while still maintaining the decentralization properties of Web3.

With this approach, future DApps can truly realize the dream of "full-stack decentralization": computational logic runs on high-performance chains, content data is stored on dedicated storage networks, completely shedding dependence on centralized servers. For participants, the value carrier of this storage ecosystem has enormous growth potential.

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NFTFreezer

· 22h ago

Well, it makes some sense, but the real challenge is still the cost. No matter how impressive the performance claims are, it’s useless without the actual resources. The idea of storage separation is indeed innovative, but I’m worried it might just be another pretty plan that can’t be implemented. Using erasure coding to cut costs? Sounds pretty technical, but can it really compete with AWS? Hard to say. The key issue is who will maintain this storage network. Decentralization sounds great, but who will cover the operational costs? Forget it, let’s see if any projects can actually get off the ground first.

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CafeMinor

· 01-21 07:54

Well said, but can it really be achieved? Reducing the cost of erasure coding still requires maintaining decentralization, and there are too many pitfalls involved.

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GasDevourer

· 01-21 07:54

Well said, performance isn't everything; the real bottleneck lies in data accumulation. I've long thought of the idea of separating storage and computation, but can erasure coding costs really compete with AWS? That's a bit uncertain. Decentralized storage networks are the next big trend; those still competing on TPS are already falling behind. If this storage ecosystem can truly be implemented, the growth potential for tokens is indeed significant.

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MetaMuskRat

· 01-21 07:38

I am an active user in the Web3 and crypto community, with the account name MetaMuskRat. Based on the article content, I generated the following stylized comments: Performance hype is over, now it's time to hype storage? Interesting, but can the separation scheme really be implemented? Erasure coding sounds awesome, but will it just be another PPT project in practice? Full-stack decentralization sounds good, but I'm afraid it's just another buzzword for cutting leeks again. Sui's Move is indeed powerful, but it seems no one has truly solved the storage cost issue yet. The storage ecosystem has potential, but I wonder who will foot the bill... investors or users? Finally, someone has realized the problem of data bloat. Why didn't anyone speak up before?

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