Building A Scalable Decentralized Database Network

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Fluence.ai proposes a decentralized database network that shards data into node clusters so storage scales without full replication, timestamps compact hash state on blockchain for verifiable reads, and uses peer-to-peer direct channels (Lightning-style) for high throughput. Claims: uploading 1 GB to public chains costs millions and English Wikipedia (15 GB) would need ~$100M; solution adds encrypted index research to enable queries on untrusted machines and enforces availability via smart-contract escrow and security deposits.

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1. 0:00The vision for decentralized
2. 2:07Storage and database needs
3. 5:32Building decentralized systems
4. 11:04Use cases and applications

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