Summary: Support the show, consider donating: 3QfUjV9e4YRB8cb9WPtyrJkKnbo73Upqru (http://bit.ly/1FUdzrg) Shawn Wilkinson, founder and lead developer of Storj, joins us for our first deep dive into a decentralized application. Storj's particular domain is the decentralization of cloud storage. Their applications allow users to store their files in a decentralized peer-to-peer network that promises to be more secure and effective. At the same time, it creates a market where people can earn money by renting out spare hard disk space. We covered the following topics: - Why cloud storage lends itself to decentralization - How the efficiency of Storj compares to conventional providers like Dropbox - The architecture of Storj including the applications Driveminer and Metadisk - How Storj interacts with protocols such as Counterparty and Ethereum - The Storjcoin X crowdsale and its economics Links mentioned in this episode: - Storj: http://storj.io/ - Metadisk: http://metadisk.org - Metadisk Beta: http://node1.metadisk.org - Driveshare: http://driveshare.org - Stroj Talk: http://storjtalk.org - Storj & Metadisk whitepapers: https://github.com/Storj/whitepapers Sponsors: - Fairlay: http://fairlay.com/epicenter Our prediction on Storjcoin X vs MaidSafeCoin market cap: https://www.fairlay.com/predict/registered/new/storejoinx-maidsafecoin-in-market-cap-april-2015/ Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/046 YouTube: http://youtu.be/8KvneAttlOQ Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc
