Sia

The Collaborative Cloud

Airbnb for Storage

Supply

+ Home Enthusiasts

+ Idle Enterprise Storage

+ Dedicated Datacenters

+ Low Barrier to Entry

Demand

Data Archiving +

Personal/Private Data +

Remote Databases +

Enterprise Grade +

Comparable to Amazon S3 +

Reliable

+ M-of-N erasure coding to protect data

+ High reliability even when nodes are unreliable

+ Unreliable nodes don't get paid

Private

+ All data is padded and encrypted

+ Different keys used for each piece of the file

+ Checksums prevent tampering

Fast

+ Transfer file with high parallelism

+ Prioritize nearby hosts to optimize latency

+ JIT buffering to provide a smooth streaming experience

Competitive Prices

+ Storage as low as $2 / TB / Mo

+ Highly-Redundant Storage for $5 / TB / Mo

+ Real-time access at all price levels

+ Price is set by a free market. Real-time competition between hosts will perpetually drive prices to the lowest profitable volume

+ The wealth of idle storage contributes to low costs

Today

+ Fully Functioning Storage Network

+ Huge Set of Ready-to-Go Suppliers

+ 5 months of beta-testing

+ Entering production as an archival service

Today - Comparison

Sia

$3 / TB / Mo

10-100 mbps

Free to download data

Amazon S3

$27 / TB / Mo

10-100 mbps

$50+ / TB

2017 - Comparison

Sia

$1 / TB / Mo

500-5000 mbps

$3 / TB to download

Amazon S3

$15 / TB / Mo

20-200 mbps

$25+ / TB to download

Usage

+ Run a daemon to connect to the network

+ Daemon serves an API for storing and retrieving files

+ Language bindings and FUSE implementation are in the pipeline

Get Started

The latest releases can be downloaded at https://sia.tech

For special accommodations or requests, contact david@nebulouslabs.com