DApp and Casper API
Today, people mainly use cloud services of technological giants (Amazon Web services, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) for data storage. People trust corporations with information, which is sometimes even confidential. The guarantee of its nonproliferation is the reputation of the company. But that trust can be betrayed. Information is located on servers of companies where it can be removed under the pressure of state authorities or due to some other reasons. It is proved by Edward Snowden — he divulged the secret information which was not stored anywhere, but on the servers of one of the best intelligence agency of the United States.
Thanks to the blockchain technology, DApp can now secure any kind of data. Successful DApps outperform classic analogues in terms of transparency, flexibility, reliability, but their development is faced with certain problems. One of them is a storage of information. We have been developing Casper API in order to solve exactly this problem. It is an infrastructure, which will facilitate the work of the creators of DApp and give their customers confidence in the integrity of their personal data.
The technology of blockchain platform involves the organization of a single P2P network, the participants of which provide their resources for transactions and calculations. Casper API, in turn, provides the addition of platforms with a storage network, which gives the ability to store files on hard disks and ensures the operation of the system. Any user with the appropriate equipment and unused capacity will be able to connect such storage to the network.
As a result, we will have a decentralized database system scattered throughout the world. Any member of the network can use this service by downloading and extracting files from cloud storage. However, unlike similar services, Casper API provides almost complete guarantee of confidentiality of information. The concept of the ecosystem involves pre-encryption of information, then its division into components and their subsequent storage on different blockchain platforms. In this respect, the saved file resembles the ghost — it appears, hides and nobody knows where it is.
