David Vorick discusses Sia and his mission to disrupt centralized cloud storage companies like Amazon Web Services with distributed technologies that use cryptocurrencies to enable a P2P marketplace.
Much of the digital world now operates in the cloud. A handful of companies are responsible for the massive market, and the centralization makes many people worry about censorship, privacy, and network resilience.
David Vorick’s passion for distributed file storage had him start Sia in 2014. He’s been working fervently ever since to develop a viable competitor to the centralized solutions that are responsible for much of the content on the internet today. David aim’s to create a more private, resilient, and secure alternative to Amazon Web Services while also outperforming it.
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