Over the past two years, the on-chain application ecosystem has been rapidly iterating. From the initial DeFi contract protocols, we have now entered an era where multiple tracks such as NFTs, blockchain games, social, AI, cross-chain, and modular architecture are developing concurrently.
However, throughout this process, a persistent question remains unresolved: where should the massive amounts of data required by complex applications be stored? Who can guarantee that this data is authentic and trustworthy?
It is based on this consideration that I began to focus on some new storage protocol solutions. One project’s approach is particularly eye-catching—it does not emphasize metrics like "how much data can be stored," but instead brings storage back to the central stage of blockchain system design. To put it plainly, it is not just a supporting service provider but aims to truly integrate into the infrastructure layer of the on-chain world.
Many people may not realize the deeper meaning behind this.
As applications become more complex and contracts increasingly rely on external data, if this data cannot be verified or traced back, then "decentralized security" essentially remains only at the code execution level. The innovation of this protocol lies in enabling the data itself to possess verifiable on-chain attributes. It’s no longer a matter of "you have to trust me," but rather "the smart contract can directly verify you." The technical difficulty is high, but once achieved, the entire scope of application development will be thoroughly expanded.
Imagine this specifically:
If core state data of blockchain games, summaries of training sets for certain AI models, or important historical records of a DAO can be stably referenced and automatically verified through such solutions, developers will no longer have to make the forced trade-offs between security and functional complexity.
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BlockchainFoodie
· 11h ago
ngl this is literally the farm-to-fork verification problem but for blockchain data... like finally someone gets it. can't build trustless systems on sketchy sourced ingredients, you know?
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ChainSpy
· 11h ago
Data verifiability is indeed the bottleneck, but to be honest, it still feels too idealistic... Only when it is truly launched and running can the real test be seen.
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RugpullTherapist
· 11h ago
Data verification is indeed a bottleneck issue, but to be so idealistic... Will reality really go that smoothly?
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SillyWhale
· 11h ago
Basically, it's a matter of the data trust layer, and someone really needs to fill this gap.
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DefiPlaybook
· 11h ago
Damn, finally someone is talking about this core issue. Over the past year of yield farming, I’ve been wondering, how is the data for these chain games verified? It all feels like a black box.
Making data verifiable sounds easy in theory but hard in practice, especially with gas fees.
But if contracts could directly verify data, it would definitely mitigate a lot of risks. It’s much more reliable than current oracle-based solutions. I always feel like oracles are just middlemen; I just don’t buy it.
I just don’t know how the token economic model of these storage protocols is designed, whether it’s just another classic high-APY scheme to scam users.
Over the past two years, the on-chain application ecosystem has been rapidly iterating. From the initial DeFi contract protocols, we have now entered an era where multiple tracks such as NFTs, blockchain games, social, AI, cross-chain, and modular architecture are developing concurrently.
However, throughout this process, a persistent question remains unresolved: where should the massive amounts of data required by complex applications be stored? Who can guarantee that this data is authentic and trustworthy?
It is based on this consideration that I began to focus on some new storage protocol solutions. One project’s approach is particularly eye-catching—it does not emphasize metrics like "how much data can be stored," but instead brings storage back to the central stage of blockchain system design. To put it plainly, it is not just a supporting service provider but aims to truly integrate into the infrastructure layer of the on-chain world.
Many people may not realize the deeper meaning behind this.
As applications become more complex and contracts increasingly rely on external data, if this data cannot be verified or traced back, then "decentralized security" essentially remains only at the code execution level. The innovation of this protocol lies in enabling the data itself to possess verifiable on-chain attributes. It’s no longer a matter of "you have to trust me," but rather "the smart contract can directly verify you." The technical difficulty is high, but once achieved, the entire scope of application development will be thoroughly expanded.
Imagine this specifically:
If core state data of blockchain games, summaries of training sets for certain AI models, or important historical records of a DAO can be stably referenced and automatically verified through such solutions, developers will no longer have to make the forced trade-offs between security and functional complexity.