Recently, while organizing research notes on the storage track, a recurring question has come up: why are we still struggling with large file on-chain processing in 2026?

In the past, when discussing decentralized storage, everyone focused on storage space. But honestly, what really gives people headaches is the efficiency issue. Imagine running a fully decentralized short video platform on-chain, or a highly dynamic 3D game—can those cold storage protocols really handle it? The long wait times during reads can destroy user experience, and that's no small problem.

However, I recently noticed an interesting direction. Some protocols are taking a different approach—by slicing raw data and combining erasure coding techniques to achieve high availability. This idea is a bit counterintuitive: how can the costs be so low while read speeds approach centralized CDN levels?

Looking into the technical details, object-based storage management is indeed more flexible than traditional block storage. What does this mean? It’s no longer about building another "digital library," but about creating a dynamic infrastructure capable of supporting large-scale streaming media and real-time data.

Sometimes I doubt myself—spending so much effort on underlying infrastructure in a market chasing hot topics, is it too "cold"? But then I realize: without a foundation capable of truly handling massive multimedia data, the entire Web3 vision is just a fantasy. When the test data finally comes out, that feeling of "this is reliable" kicks in. Although this kind of thinking can be lonely, it’s worth it.