Storj

Decentralized Storage Network

S3-compatible decentralized cloud object storage platform that splits client-side encrypted files into 80 erasure-coded shards distributed across thousands of independent storage nodes globally. Provides enterprise-grade durability (11 nines) at significantly lower cost than centralized providers.

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Licença

Permissive (Apache 2.0 for client libs; AGPL for node software)

Status de Dev 🟢 Ativo

Detalhe do Status de Dev

Released

Proprietário

Storj Labs, Inc.

País

USA (Atlanta, GA)

Ano de Início 2014

Stack

Golang

Financiamento

VC + ICO

Última Investigação 9 de mar. de 2026

Domínios de Caso de Uso

Platform Evolution & Sovereignty

Capacidades

Self-hostable

Data portability

Local-first storage

Decentralized Storage Network Atributos

Origins

Cloud storage / S3-alternative

Database

Distributed (erasure-coded shards across nodes; satellite manages metadata with PostgreSQL)

Query Language

S3-compatible API; REST API

Data Formats

Any (binary; S3-compatible object storage)

Mobile Support

N/A (infrastructure layer; mobile SDKs available)

Web Support

Yes (S3-compatible web access; browser uploads via presigned URLs)

Native Apps

N/A (storage infrastructure; integrates with Rclone, FileZilla, etc.)

Terms

Paid SaaS (pay-per-GB); STORJ token accepted for payment

Funds

~$410K (2014 BTC crowdfund); $3M private sale + $30M ICO (2017); additional VC rounds

Based On

Novel (proprietary protocol; S3-compatible interface layer)

P2P Architecture

DHT (nodes discovered via satellite; direct client-to-node uploads)

Overlay Network

Global

Content Addressing

Yes (erasure-coded shards addressed by hash; file addressed by metadata on satellite)

Local-First

N/A (cloud storage model)

E2EE

Yes (client-side encryption before upload; zero-knowledge architecture — Storj nodes see only encrypted shards)

Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Partial (erasure coding tolerates node failures; Satellite is semi-centralized coordination layer)

Signature

ECDSA (macaroon-based access grants); TLS for node-satellite comms

Permissions

Cryptographic Capabilities (macaroon/ZKAP access grants with caveats; UCANs-like delegation)

Semantic Web Compatibility

N/A

Smart Contract

Protocol Stack Position

Application-layer (built on TCP/IP)

Asset / Value Embedding

Application-layer add-on (STORJ ERC-20 token used for payment; not embedded at protocol level)

Protocol Maturity / Standardization

De Facto Standard (proprietary open standard; widely deployed production system)

Update Policy

Mutable (latest only) — objects can be overwritten or deleted; versioning available via S3-compatible APIs

Storage Proof Mechanism

Erasure coding with audit (Satellite continuously audits nodes by requesting random shards; failed audits reduce node reputation and payment)

Economic / Incentive Model

Fiat/stablecoin payments (node operators paid in STORJ tokens or USD based on storage + bandwidth provided; Satellite manages billing)

Retrieval Guarantee

Strong (SLA-backed; 11-nines durability; 80-shard erasure coding means any 29 of 80 shards sufficient for retrieval)