- Built for Web3, CESS Is Designed to Support Decentralized Platforms and Protocols at Mass Scale
Cumulus Encrypted Storage System (CESS), the 3rd-gen decentralized cloud-based data storage protocol built exclusively for Web3, is designed to deliver the speed, scale, affordability, and performance requirements of the world’s leading brands, companies, creators, and users in a decentralized Web3 world.
CESS uses an innovative incentive model to encourage users with excess or under-utilized storage resources to join CESS’s expandable network via a robust token economy. It also uses a multi-layer network architecture that separates different functions such as storage, scheduling, and consensus so that each layer works as intended and efficiently performs its functions. It also leverages the power of smart contracts, proof of storage, and aligned incentive mechanisms along with the R²S (Random Rotational Selection) consensus mechanism to solve the “farmer’s dilemma” and deliver unprecedented levels of security and speed.
Together, these features allow CESS to greatly improve network efficiency with transaction speeds of up to 10,000 TPS with low gas fees, massive amounts of expandable storage space – up to 4,000PB – sufficient for enterprise-level data storage needs – and fast data distribution and retrieval. These characteristics endow the platform with countless use cases, from applications that protect data rights to metaverse applications, decentralized gaming and social media, Web3 data researching, decentralized enterprise storage services, and more.
Nostr, Damus and the Rapid Growth of Open Protocols
CESS recently completed the development of its Decentralized Object Storage Service (DeOSS), making it the first-ever decentralized storage network to launch decentralized object storage services. So what does the future hold for decentralized storage and cloud services?
While many have believed that the need for performant and decentralized cloud services is years away, the highly anticipated launch – and subsequent media attention – of the decentralized social network Damus, which was built on an open protocol called Nostr, demonstrates that decentralized enterprise-grade cloud services are the need of the hour.
Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has backed the platform and called the launch of Damus “a milestone for open protocols.” With Damus, you are in control of your data and speech, which helps keep big tech “out of your DMs.” There is no registration required, and creating an account does not require a phone number, email, or name, so users can get started right away with zero friction.
Furthermore, no servers are required with Damus, since messages are distributed via decentralized relays, which means no single points of failure, and the platform can easily integrate bots that automate the user’s life or business.
The significance of this development – not just the development of Damus but the power of Nostr, which is the underlying network used to build the service – is that we are on the cusp of the creation of a decentralized global social network. Jack Dorsey has invested heavily in these and similar initiatives so that we can migrate from having centralized entities in control of our data and can allow users to own and control their data instead – which is the way it should be.
Decentralized Cloud Storage
CESS is the first decentralized cloud storage network that was specifically designed for enterprise-level business applications in a decentralized, Web3 world, and it will play a crucial role in supporting the decentralization of social media using its decentralized cloud storage technology.
On-chain storage solutions that are distributed and secure can ensure that information is never lost or altered since consensus for transactions must be achieved by participants on the network. However, these benefits are offset by disadvantages such as high costs, slow speeds, and network congestion. Centralized cloud storage services such as those provided by legacy enterprises such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft deliver excellent performance but come with the risk of censorship, privacy violation, data breaches, and a lack of data integrity.
Decentralized cloud storage is the only way forward since it offers a balanced solution that combines the benefits of decentralization with the reliability of centralization. Built using blockchain technology, CESS solves the problems of centralized storage and offers a more secure, efficient, performant, scalable, and cost-effective way of storing information. It provides better reliability via the distribution and protection of file copies, prevents data loss due to hardware failures, eliminates the need for unnecessary resources thanks to peer-to-peer technology, and incentivizes user participation thanks to native token rewards for contributing storage space and resources to the network.
Today’s data storage technologies have reached their limits in terms of physical hardware. However, cloud storage eliminates the need for managing storage infrastructure, and decentralized storage, as the next evolution of this technology, builds upon these successes and promises a limitless future for cloud storage.
As a full-stack solution for high-frequency dynamic data in Web3, CESS is revolutionizing the way the world will store data. Particularly, with DeOSS – a decentralized object storage service that comes with fast speeds, high security, scalability, and privacy management – social networks and decentralized applications of all types are sure to migrate from centralized services to decentralized ones. The kinds of real-time decentralized social interactions, high-frequency data exchange, and high-volume storage needs of data-heavy services and applications in an increasingly connected and digital world have extremely demanding network and resource needs that are beyond the scope – either in terms of speed, cost, or accessibility – that today’s best-in-class centralized services can offer.
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