Crust is now included in the Ethereum docs as a decentralized storage solution!
We are very excited to announce that Crust is now included in the Ethereum Documentation as one of Ethereum’s decentralized storage solutions!
The document also includes the IPFS pinning explorer tool ‘IPFS Scan’ which is powered by Crust.
Why does Ethereum need decentralized storage?
Ethereum itself can be used as a decentralized storage system, and it is when it comes to code storage in all the smart contracts. However, when it comes to large amounts of data, Ethereum will not be able to afford. The chain is steadily growing, at the time of writing this article, the Ethereum chain data size is around 500GB — 1TB (depending on the client), and every node on the network needs to be able to store all of the data. If the chain were to expand to large amounts of data (say 5TBs) it wouldn’t be feasible for all nodes to continue to run. Also, the cost of deploying this much data to Mainnet would be prohibitively expensive due to gas fees.
Due to these constraints, it needs a different chain or methodology to store large amounts of data, in a decentralized way.
Recently, the Ethereum development community proposed [EIP5625], an NFT standard based on erc721 and 1155. The proposal believes that the metadata of NFT should adopt decentralized storage as well.
As highly valuable crypto properties, NFT assets intrinsically demand guaranteed storage to assure their immutability, reliability, and durability. NFT ownership is tracked by [EIP-721] or [EIP-1155] smart contracts, hence persisted in blockchain, which is not a problem.
But how about the mime-type assets that NFT tokens represent? Ideally, they should also be stored in some reliable and verifiable decentralized storage system that is designed to store larger amounts of data than the blockchain itself. This proposal is an effort to fill the missing part.
To facilitate the adoption of decentralized storage in the NFT world, we propose to add additional dStorage information to the NFT metadata JSON schema. This will help confirm that NFT resources can be reliably stored on decentralized services, and Crust supports this standard.
More details please refer to:
About Crust and IPFS Scan
Crust Network is a versatile, purpose-built storage blockchain that delivers truly decentralized file storage and hosting capabilities for the entire Web3 ecosystem, empowering privacy and data ownership. Crust Network enables dApp hosting, NFT metadata storage, and encrypted file storage across a wide range of blockchains.
And as the incentive layer of IPFS, Crust can provide multi-replica storage to ensure data security and accessibility.
For more information on Crust storage:
https://medium.com/crustnetwork/crusts-cross-chain-dstorage-solution-f7ff837ed0ef
IPFS Scan is a free, handy and open IPFS explorer application powered by Crust.
The steps to use IPFS are simple：
1. Enter a file CID and search.
A Content Identifier CID is a self-describing content-addressed label used to point to the data stored on IPFS. It is the core identifier used for IPFS.
CIDs are short, regardless of the size of their underlying content. CIDs are based on the content’s cryptographic hash.
2. IPFS Scan tells you how IPFS stores a file (by the given CID), including:
「Dose this file exist on IPFS?
Is this file available in different locations across the globe?
How many IPFS replicas and where are they stored?
Which IPFS Pinning Service(s) stores the replicas?」
