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What is DriveShare?

DriveShare (http://driveshare.org) is an easy to use client app that will allow users around the world to rent out their unused hard drive space in return for Storjcoin X (SJCX).

https://i.imgur.com/lBlLtj2.png

How does it work?

MetaDisk (http://metadisk.org) users will upload files they want to backup or share with others. To best protect your data, files are encrypted client-side on your computer before they are uploaded. Each file is split up into chunks which are first encrypted and are then distributed for storage across the Storj network, comprised of DriveShare nodes.

User Friendly - 1-Click Start
Once downloaded, the application presents a simple user interface where you can check your current balance and hard drive space statistics.
Just one click to earn money.

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MIT Licence - Open-Source
DriveShare is open source software, powered by the Storj (http://storj.io/) network. You can contribute to the code development on GitHub (https://github.com/storj) or share ideas with the community on StorjTalk (https://storjtalk.org).

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Cloud by the users - Power the Cloud
By sharing your hard drive, you become a member of Storj, the next-generation Cloud Storage Network, where users are always in total control of their data.

https://i.imgur.com/8CQzEf8.png

Watch The DriveShare Farming Demo

Checkout the video on our YouTube Channel: http://youtu.be/lFuflBdpAnE. An overview of early DriveShare farming by Storj Core Developer Josh Brandoff. You can follow the status of current farming tests at https://live.driveshare.org.

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DriveShare GUI Demo

A little overview on how simple and easy to use DriveShare will be. We strive to make it as easy as possible for users to use our software.

https://i.imgur.com/9lnyuEQ.gif

Early Access Test Groups for DriveShare Beta

We have released the Early Access Plans for the DriveShare Beta, as announced on our forum and social media. Crowdsale participants get exclusive access to early farming software and applications.

Test Group A and B will be open only to crowdsale participants. Anyone can acquire 10,000 SJCX to participate in Test Group C.

There will be 3 Test Groups:

• Group A Crowdsale participants holding 10,000 SJCX - Not Rewarded (Late 2014)
• Group B All participants in the crowdsale - Rewarded (Early 2015)
• Group C Anyone holding 10,000 SJCX or more - Rewarded (Early 2015)

SJCX can be purchased at any time and be added to your address balance to be able to qualify for Test Group C. Also your original crowdsale address can be topped up to and over 10,000 SJCX to be eligible for Test Group A.

“Not Rewarded” means Group A will only be helping with testing and will not earn coins for sharing their storage. “Rewarded” means you will earn SJCX to share your free storage during beta testing (Groups B and C).

At the time of testing, make sure you use a SJCX or Bitcoin address where you control the private keys; we do not recommend using an address from an exchange. There may be a need to verify you actually own the address before you are allowed to be a tester. We are still finalizing the details and we will make more announcements when closer to the early release.

In the interest of clarity, if you have any questions or something isn’t clear please ask by posting on our Q&A on StorjTalk (https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=1907) and we will keep it in consideration when we get closer to release.

More info here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess.html (http://storj.io/earlyaccess.html)

Storj Links

Storj Official Website: http://storj.io

DriveShare Website: http://driveshare.org

DriveShare Early Access: http://storj.io/earlyaccess

MetaDisk Website: http://metadisk.org

MetaDisk Beta: http://node1.metadisk.org

GitHub: https://github.com/storj

Forum: https://storjtalk.org

Storj Blog: http://blog.storj.io

Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/user/storjproject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/storjproject

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/storjproject

ICO?

Only when I'm online  ;)

We have had a crowdsale in July and raised 910 BTC. There is no ICO, Storjcoin X (SJCX) is a Counterparty asset. SJCX is locked and there will only ever be 500 million coins.

Very cool concept dude.

Cool..  :)
And wtf shadow_runner.. you comment without reading?  ::) It seems a side project of Storj  ;)
Thought you are a bit smarter than this  :P

 ;D

i want in in in !!! :) where do I sign up?

Guys no need to argue... LOL. We appreciate every comment, and are here to answer all questions you may have.

Okay I'll be the guy who asks:-

What are the legal implications of potentially having other people's illegal stuff on your own hard drive?

We can't control what users upload on our network but remember that DriveShare nodes will only host chunks of files not the entire files themselves.
These chunks are also encrypted. So you won't be hosting any illegal content per se just a meaningless chunk of 0s and 1s.
We believe that the majority of our users will use our network for personal purposes as well as businesses for their data.
Another use of our software is for developers to build their own apps and tools using Storj as their backend storage via our MetaDisk API.
If a minority uses it for, as you say, illicit purposes we don't condone it but then we don't want to be a censor either.
This is an open source project and everyone is free to use it.

Okay cool thanks. :)

reserved  :D

Nice, I've signed up for updates. I definitely wanna know as soon as this is live!

Looks cool! However I'm curious if there's any estimated upload speed requirement for a certain amount of disk space? Surely a crappy upload speed won't be able to support terabytes of data.

You will be uploading/downloading very small file chunks so consider that too. Until we start the beta it's difficult to estimate requirements.
A decent home broadband connection should suffice. Test Group A will provide some good stats. 

We have had several requests from our supporters for Storj Stickers Templates.
They are now available for everyone to print and are attached as .PDF files.
Thanks goes to our Lead Designer Tome.  :)

Feel free to use them, we are happy if you would like to promote Storj in you area.

The attached PDF templates work perfectly on Moo.com, they should work on a local site of your choice too.
Available for Download all together as .zip file on MetaDisk (http://node1.metadisk.org/api/download/954d57658c4db1320865b194b61d2990a1c84a568137090cc0cea22e2e225982?key=2ae2ae57c4360c7b5062cbb616fbddc56ffbb81afefa7b562a6971e8348fbbd4&token=CNADvWgloFH3XbpF).

• USA: http://us.moo.com/products/stickers/
• UK: http://uk.moo.com/products/stickers/
• Germany: http://uk.moo.com/de/products/stickers/
• Italy: http://uk.moo.com/it/products/stickers/
• Spain: http://uk.moo.com/es/products/stickers/
• France: http://uk.moo.com/fr/products/stickers/
• Netherlands: http://nl.moo.com/products/stickers/
• EU: http://eu.moo.com/products/stickers/
• Australia: http://au.moo.com/products/stickers/
• Canada: http://ca.moo.com/products/stickers/

If you find a local printer in your country that works better and cheaper make sure to post a link.
You can also setup your own template for other people in your area who may be interested.

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Interesting.. i always have few hundreds GB free.. is it enough to earn something? or we are talking about hundreds TB?

If the Burst crowd move over to this - in case this will get more profitable -  I don't think a few GB or even TB be very profitable.

I mean hundreds..  ;)

when we will be able to see any calculation?

They way u store file chunks and their size being kept pretty small should allow for most users to be able to host them. Of course if there is a very high demand for storage the more you have available, the more you may earn. Also very important is reliability, the more your DriveShare node is online the better the chance of it getting a contract (i.e. file chunk).

Until the beta is well underway and possibly after Test Group B, which includes rewards for sharing storage, it is difficult to estimate.
There will be a lot of feedback from users once we reach the second stage of the beta, bear with us.

Watching this

We have had this question asked several times by our supporters and non.

Not on my drive: saying no to illegal content on Storj (http://blog.storj.io/post/104382249453/not-on-my-drive-saying-no-to-illegal-content-on)

Read our latest blog post.  :)

The official Storj Whitepaper has now been released!

http://storj.io/storj.pdf

Storj performing its first load test for DriveShare!  :) ;) :D

https://i.imgur.com/vEh14Gf.png

Is that only online drive?

and how does it work  ??? everything all right  ???

These are preliminary tests to make sure we can have quite a few farmers running at the same time.

We are getting there, things are coming into place nicely. There is still a bit of work to be done to make sure we can have a successful Test Group A beta launch.
Our devs are ironing out the essential components for what we want to test during the first phase.
Watch this space!  :)

this looks like a nice project. I've tried to get access into the program without much luck.
is there a guide somewhere or a public release date.

Is there a working alpha/beta ? I'm interested in this project.

I own enough coins to be on the Test Group A beta launch. Hope you guys launch soon since the big holidays are coming.

You can have a look at the source code with instructions on how to compile it yourself here: https://github.com/Storj/downstream-farmer.
We will soon make available binaries for all major OSs, it will be very easy to use and configure.

We are nearing the launch of our beta for Test Group A. See above post for details.
Our dev team has been testing our beta software for a while now and is being tuned for the launch.

Shouldn't be much longer, bear with us, announcements will be made soon when we have a set launch day.  :)

We have perform a second DriveShare load test, this time with 502 Farmers, all seem to work well.
A few more tests and some tuning and we should be on our way to the beta launch for Test group A.
Not long to go!

https://i.imgur.com/t604JgW.png

How do we sign up to be a part of the beta launch? If we own SJCX can we directly do that?

To participate in Test Group A and B you need to have contributed to our crowdsale. If you have 10000 SJCX in your wallet, and are not a crowdsale contributor, then you can participate to Test Group C in early 2015. More info here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess.

Dear Storj supporters,

We are announcing the start of Test Group A. We want to be sure you understand the requirements to participate and what outcomes we expect from Test Group A.

Requirements

• A crowdsale SJCX address where you control the private key, to be able to sign a message for ownership verification. We recommend using Counterwallet. Addresses from exchanges and sources you don’t control will not be valid.
• A balance of 10,000 SJCX in your crowdsale address. Your original crowdsale address can be topped up to and over 10,000 SJCX to be eligible.

What outcomes do we expect from Test Group A

• To get load testing experience and statistics on our verification nodes.
• To get uptime statistics for farmers, which is useful data for our distribution algorithms.

Who is Test Group A for
This is our first software beta and there may be technical problems and issues. Ideally we would prefer power-users, willing to deal with the problems and give us feedback. Users not willing to go through technical issues, troubleshooting, and actively provide feedback, should participate in later test groups.

• There will be no SJCX rewards for participants.
• We will not be loading users' hard drives with data yet, only 100-byte test files.

Ready to Get Started?

• Proper instructions and support will be provided at the Hangout and IRC at release time.
• Visit the Dedicated Thread for Support and Feedback on StorjTalk (https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=2142.0).

Not Eligible?

• Details on other test groups can be found on the Early Access Page (http://storj.io/earlyaccess).
• Visit the Dedicated Thread for Early Access Questions (https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=1907.0).

When is the launch?
The launch will be on Saturday December 20 at 8 PM (EST). We will host a live hangout (https://plus.google.com/events/cimbcj04afv2sj0mbis90uuvuh4) and an IRC chat (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23storj&uio=d4). In that event we will provide instructions and support, as well as answer questions. If there are any updates or delays we will keep you informed via social media or email.
 
Have a great day,
The Storj Team

I'm sorry, but I do not understand. Why do I have to buy 10,000 SJCX to take part in tests?

To be fair to the largest contributors to our crowdsale

Still it is not clear to me, but thanks for reply. I will continue watching project and I hope soon I will understand.. :)

Agreed, I had been looking forward to this program for a few months. I had signed up on their forums and got in on a small SJCX giveaway. Then, I get this email from them that to participate you need 10k SJCX coins, which was like 2btc or something the other day. They tried to say that to participate in the program a few month ago, you had to deposit more counterpoint currency, I complained and I got an email reply that said they wouldn't ask for money to participate. I don't mind putting in a little bit to cement a bit a commitment, but not that much invested into SJCX. Crowdsale or not, if you want people to buy in, drop that level. Maybe 100 sjcx... not 10k.  Come on guys, lower that requirement.

Sorry I was not clear,  we held a crowdsale in which 910 BTC was raised at the time 1 BTC purchased 38,500 SJCX,  The crowdsale participants have always been the ones that will get access to the software first.  To differentiate who within the crowdsale should get first access a limit of 10,000 SJCX was set to differentiate two groups of crowdsale participants.  So we have given these people the first access followed by the rest of the crowdsale participants.  Then after them we have it set up currently that Group C will be those that have supported the project by holding SJCX will be in test group C.

Bump, I like it ;)

We have a new Storj Social Ops Week SJCX Bounty!!!

For more info and to participate head over at https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=2202.0

great, im in Storj Social Ops Week SJCX Bounty!!!

The number of farmers are fluctuating at the moment , down to 51 now
https://live.driveshare.org/

Currently trying to get DriveShare working on a Raspberry Pi. Would be nice to have a low power unit handle farming.

You should take a look a Storjtalk.org, There should be a thread about Driveshare running on a Raspberry Pi.

I so cannot wait until Storj goes live.  I'm working on acquiring some raspberry pi's with usb attached drives.  Bitcoin caught my interest because of the mining aspect.  Now there will be something that we can all do that provides a commodity that everyone will need.

Done!

https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=2206.0  A thread where we can talk about building out on Raspberry Pi.

I'm interested and have one pi and two drives ready to commit. :-)

Here is the thread with a RPi build on StorjTalk: Raspberry Pi and Storj (https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=2137.0)

For all those who are interested (like @knahrvorn and @mjc), the easiest way to get DriveShare up and running fast on a Raspberry Pi is following the guide published by @bitcoinplaza in this Storjtalk thread (as mentioned by @STORJX):

https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=2137.0

All you have to do is flash the image bitcoinplaza provided to a SD card, start up your Pi and configure as described in the post, and it works!  ;)

Soon we can all #bethecloud, regardless of the type of device we have available!

I found the write up earlier, someone posted to the thread I had made.  I did a search on the site and it didn't turn up.  It is an excellent write up.  I followed the instructions and had my own image up and running.  Then I saw that there was img file :-0 already made.   

I'm Glad to see there is a growing supportive community around Storj. 

that´s still 1 more than the number of farmers in Mexico ... I´m so lonesome tonight, wish someone else were by my side, sharing drivespace down here in Mexico ... (sings old Elvis tune)  :-[

Sadly, I don't qualify for any of the beta groups. But once this is released to the public, I'll be quick to throw in a couple of old harddrives and start passively making SJCX!

Wait, so will there be a time where we can start earning without getting 10k sjcx first?

Some one is trying to sell Group A address in Storjtalk , worth a try

How will the rewards be split among Test Group B and Test Group C?

 

I mean like will there be a way to mine without having to pay first ;D

During the test phases (A, B and C) there is no way to mine without having to pay for SJCX.

After the network will go live you will be able to start mining without having to pay anything.

ah, I see,is there a deadline? Thanks!

Judging from the information provided here: http://storj.io/earlyaccess.html I imagine the test phases will be complete sometime around March 2015... But there is no fixed deadline.

Right, I just hope that this project succeeds and not get dropped halfway through. Need a cheaper way to store my files  :)

Yeah, we all hope this will succeed! And considering the progress done so far I think we are on the wright track - it might make some sense for you to also invest in some SJCX ;) If this will be a success, we can expect for the price of SJCX to increase substantially!

Also this won't just be a cheaper way to store your files - but a much much safer and secure way!!

This is something very true to consider. If DriveShare gets popular, the price of the cryptocoin will soar. Invest invest invest! Profit is definitely to be had here. This is a great idea that definitely has a chance to succeed.

Are there any requirements for drive and bandwidth perfomance?

Invest in bandwidth or invest in disk space? This is the question

that's a really cool concept

Test Group A: do you get the same stats as mine for downstream.exe

Sleeping 56.243
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 55.008
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.267
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 57.191
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 54.109
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.138
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 57.224
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.202
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 54.939
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.113
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 55.913
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.11
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.048
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.05
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.108
Answering challenge.
Sleeping 56.175

We recommend to start by using what you guys have already and do not invest in expensive hardware until we have more details on how much farming is worth.
Test Group B will give us a good idea and will allow us to have more details to share.

Can you please tell us how will the rewards be split among Test Group B and Test Group C?

Will the rewards be proportional to the amount of space and bandwidth shared? (in the test phases I mean)

Will the rewards be proportional to the amount of SJCX owned? (will people with more SJCX earn more during test phase B and C ?)

We haven't made any final decision on that yet. This is work in progress. We will make announcements when we have something confirmed.

DriveShare is the necessary step to push our current cloud storage services and methods to the next level. An era in shared storage where the third party is no longer in charge of dictating the terms and viewing rights. Where our data is not easily accessible by third parties and their partner companies as they so choose. Hackers are kept at a distance thanks to the Bitcoin technology and the hard work put into the development of Storj and its subsequent DriveShare application.

I for one cannot wait for this to be live so that i no longer have to worry about the security of my files and the people that have access to them. Privacy is a human right and being able to share the truth of our world is another step towards freeing the people.

Cheers :)

Group A testing is looking good. It was a time that the storj nodes were more than 90 all around the globe!
like we may see at live.driveshare.org    :)

Factom Use Case - Protecting Sony Pictures with Blockchain Technology

Watch how Blockchain Technology can protect Sony Pictures using Factom and Storj.

https://i.imgur.com/MHRl1HO.png (http://youtu.be/lAhLqEn87kM?list=PLz_L4-CmLmke89VhwtTzcNF4TI4RP3tbH)

was this taken from a blog?

this is a new video made by Factom showing how Sony could have avoided getting hacked, by using a combination of Factom and Storj technologies. An excellent example of the way innovation in the bitcoin space can be achieved by different projects collaborating toward shared goals rather than competing against each other!

I like this video a lot...but I'm curious because I've read of cases where bitcoin markets have been hacked (or maybe just a specific bitcoin bank?)...and it seems like there's a similarity between Storj and bitcoin, in their decentralization. I'm curious how safe it really is? I realize it's definitely the safest option we currently have, at any rate!

After the test groups are complete, and it is released to the general public you will be able to earn with out first having 10K SJCX. 

I second that.  With the built in redundancy, it will also be more fault tolerant.  With the Encryption where We hold our keys it will be more secure to boot.  With the integration with other projects like MAID SAFE, Meta Disk and Drive Share it will be easy to use as well.

How do you think Storj will fit into the ecosystem with the other products that may offer a similar service? MaidSafe can't be ignored - and I know both projects have been vehement that they're not competing.. but when several people are working to provide a similar service it's hard not to see them as competitors. Additionally, do you think the public will recognize the benefit of something like storj or will they cling to the old model that is flawed but easier to understand?

Please tell me who doesn't want to make money using my internet connection and my 1TB HDD that I only use 300 GB of? ::)

 ??? Ever wonder how you can make extra cash? You can share you HDD for cash! Count me in!

I think a great case for Driveshare will be people running the software on anything with a hard drive,  nobody will know woth storj that your really a refrigerator #bethecloud

I wish Group C let people in with fewer STORJ

I think you meant fewer SJCX, which is the Crypto currency used by Storj.

My mistake. It's a little confusing.

Bitcoin was just the leading edge of the wave.  Decentralization is the surge that is pushing the wave.   A Tsunami is coming.  Not just Stroj, Drive Share, Meta Disk, Maid Safe, but a whole suite of products will follow.  these are just the leaders in the pack.   It's about efficiency.  Create an open market for commodities and you will create efficiencies.

I can see a future when decentralized VM's will be available.  I know on my computer I could easily sell off 1 or 2 CPU and 2 to 4 gig of memory.  The drive space will be through Storj.  The user could fire up the image which is stored on Storj and run as they needed.  Then when done they simply shut it down and only pay for the time they were running.  

No problem, I was just trying to help you out.  It takes time :-)  STORJX (user on the forums) has corrected me on a few things.  That's how we keep it all straight.  I would rather be corrected than continue to be wrong.

That's the sign of a developing community when others than devs and community leaders give out information it is great to see people getting involved and helping the new people #bethecloud.

Very interested in seeing where this goes!  It's a great idea!

Decentralization is king.

Hopefully some day I can get rid of my seedbox and seed from storj or maid safe or something similar. Or maybe I can share the extra space on my VPS (that is if Ramnode stops being so stingy on me  ::))

Agreed, but we all know that the early adopters get the rewards while everyone else gets a benefit. As I've said elsewhere, I'm still trying to figure out if the expense is worth it.

Encryption of personal data is definitely the future. I really hope that more people start caring about their privacy. Its important.

On a side note, the GUI for DriveShare looks really nice and easy to use. Hopefully that will attract more users.   :D

agreed. knowing that your data is safe and absolutely private is now even more important than ever. definitely going to be following this project.

If you offer fast, cheap and easy to use data storage, with security and encryption as an added advantage like the Storj project plans to do, I suppose people will have to.

Well the idea seems quite interesting. If the system is safe and private then I am all in.Btw a quick video demonstration the working of storj coin would be appreciated .

If you bought 10K sjcx at the exchanges (rate 0.00015669), you'll need to cough up about 1.5669 BTC.

Yes It offers a secure decentralized and private cloud and here is the video you requested. http://youtu.be/vl3bUzfn2lg

I believe the rewards are determined by how much hardware you have to offer.The more hardware you have to offer the more you will earn.

It is better to buy now , I am sure you can double that in a few months until the market gets saturated

hardware speed (cpu,ram,HDD speed) + internet bandwidth should be the main core areas to be concerned about.

Can I use external storage disk via usb port to farm? What is the difference and disadvantages?

If you are talking about the transfer speed of the data via USB2 you shouldn't have a problem unless you have a very high speed internet connection.
Usually data transfers are as fast as our home internet bandwidht, thus you may use also a laptop disk to farm.
But you should leave your system on day and night, if you close your computer every night you will loose the contract of the stored data in your disk, thus no storj for you :)

May there is the possiblility that in the further development a drivespacehoster is able to offer his space only at a current timeframe of a day? That meens during a fixed frame there will be no heartneat check and he does not loose his contracts. So his PC dont have to be running all night long. Probably the customer dont need access to his data all night long?

 DriveShare will be the future... When implemented Storj will become the leaders in this space.... :D

This would not be very practical, since your "customers", i.e. the users that have shards of their data stored on your harddrive, are likely living in a completely different timezone, so what for you will be nighttime, for at least some of the users will be daytime, and they are going to demand access to their data 24/7. So if you want to shut down your computer for any significant period of time, you need to expect to lose your contracts.

In any case, if this feature would be allowed on the Storj network, and you offered limited time access contracts, I doubt many users would take you up on the offer, unless perhaps your prices were significantly lower than what other farmers offer.

When will the whitepaper for driveshare be released?

I'd love to know this, too!

From earlier in this thread this was posted:
http://storj.io/storj.pdf

There are no plans to release a DiveShare whitepaper. The Storj Whitepaper is the one you need to look at to understand more how DriveShare works.

And finally i found a way to use my free 500GB  ;D

I don't intend to be a naysayer, but people should maintain realistic judgement. I see a good chance that lots of early adopters will feel comfortable selling off their original 10,000 SJCX when the full network goes live.

That is one possible scenario, that need to be considered, yes. On the other hand, the early adopters might have a need for redundant, secure, online cloud backup too, so they might use (some of) their holdings to pay for the storage. Or only sell of part of their holdings, and keep the rest. We have no way of knowing, really. But sure, one possible scenario is price drop when storj goes live. Another possible scenario is a price increase, when people realize the full potential of the project. Compared with the market cap of other coins, storj has lots of room for increasing.

The main question remains - whether "decentralization" is really something that people value. I would not be suprised if people stay at Dropbox/Google. This is something I started to notice a while ago - people involved in crypto tend to overestimate decentralization. And crowd.. just does not care. So if there is no demand for decentralized storage - storjcoin price will go down. If there is demand - it will go up. Doesn't really matter what early adopters would do.

Only time will tell and I am still holding on to my SJCX.

When is the release? Complete release, not beta or something.

Once everything is implemented,then we can see the demand for a cheaper more secure cloud service... And who doesn't wanna make money in the process for renting out unused #Storj space.... 8)

Will there be a minimum or maximum amount of storage per user?

There are no limits - you can buy as much storage as you'd like if you are willing to pay for it, and you are able to host as many storage contracts as you have space for. Your own resources are your only limitation.

There are many porn sites need a huge space, SJCX can help those porn websites to get cheaper and larger space. :D

Even if people don't value decentralization, increased redundancy and higher privacy, they will value cheaper storage!

Not only porn sites. There are so many businesses that needs cloud storage from accounting, CPA etc. They're always looking for more storage.

Answer to that would be. Offer more storage than competitors offcourse.  ;D

My internet connection is good enough but I don't have much disk space, this is why I want to use external hard drive.

I think that data and especially corporate data, but not just, has to be reachable 24/7

People might not know that decentralization is what they need, but ever since the Snowden files, people started to realise that it might not be a good idea to hand over all your data to a single company and hope for the best. Most of the people I know now say  that there is no way they are going to upload anything sensitive/personal to Dropbox without encrypting it first. As far as I know, Dropbox/Google/Amazon/Apple clouds, they all have great uptime, but when it comes to security - just see the recent hacks. Dropbox also checks the md5-s of all files users upload against a database of known "copyright infringement" cases, and if your file is on the list, they might just delete it. And if you're the lucky one with an md5 collision :) , you can argue against the deletion, I guess.

Awesome, thanks for the response!  I am really getting excited about this!!

thats incredible. i might consider buying a nice external hard drive for this  ;D

I don't believe the majority of the public is currently aware of the need for decentralization or privacy, but when they find out that it's faster and cheaper than the competitors they'll jump on without thinking twice - i.e. they'll do what's in their best interest without even being aware of it.

I have 8 TB external hard drive just for this.  ;D

Yes, that's true, most general public (users) won't think too about decentralization and privacy.  But security and costs are the 2 factors that are going to drive people to start using storj(Metadisk).

Yes, price was driving the choice until the iCloud hacks after that cloud security entered in the mainstream.

New hacks are announced basically every week. Having a storage system that is encrypted and only the user has the keys, for a cheap price: that is going to be a no-brainer.

I am very interested to see where the market puts the cost of 1GB of storage on this platform once the background complexity is abstracted away and users only see a Dropbox type storage solution.

Totally. End of the day, the client-facing portion of Storj needs to be as basic as Dropbox. And I'm guessing (hoping?) that Storj being p2p means that costs should be substantially lower to the consumer, since the majority of hardware and electricity costs are are spread among the user base?

I just picked up 2 4TB USB 3.0 externals on Amazon for this :D

I would love to do the same but right now I am not sure that I can justify the price without knowing more information.  I think it is more than likely a good investment but I have so little invested/to invest in crypto that I am more likely here to play with the new technology than pursue ROI...

That said, I have an older TB HD that is going to get hooked up when it is ready...

with what we've seen so far, it appears to be accessible enough, but we can only be sure of that when more people get their hands on the program. and logically, yes, the costs should be lower.

Yep I think the cost of this setup should be quite less than the traditional file hosting sites, so hopefully many people will opt for this service.

I think if the cost is a little more than current storage services, there will still be a market for this service although much smaller. If this network can provide a cheaper option then this service will take over. Even if the cost of having storage on this network is significantly higher than other services there will still be a small group of users who will continue to use this and since this is an open source and community hosted network it can adapt over time to potentially reduce cost by possibly reducing the amount of redundancy or improving the algorithm in another way to make it more efficient.

Mom: What do you want to do with your life?

Me: I don't know, but I think I'll be the cloud with StorJx

I actually picked up NO harddrives for this. Still want to see how it works out. Planning to utilize the empty space in my existing drives to begin with, and then move from there.

I did a little mock-up of how my DriveShare setup might look sometime in the future:

https://i.imgur.com/OaYLDwS.jpg?1

Just for the fun of it :-)

I am all hyped for this  ;D . Lets see what the initial feedback comes from the early adopters  :o

cute mock-up. might borrow it if you don't mind and post it on FB.

they are talking about storj here

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2r79c2/i_took_this_picture_last_night_moon_storjio/

Lovely idea!!Hope it gets it's attention it needed.

Creative way to monetize money .

I can understand.  I had a few Amazon GC's laying around, so I just made the buy on impulse. 

Either way this goes, I can put one to use, at the very least.  My HDD on my laptop is filling up anyways :)

Driveshare :- A storage created with a vision beyond imagination . The logo suits them  ;)

I think the price $2/month/TB Not sure dough. Time will tell :)
 

The reward is determined on how much space is used from the space you offer!

There will be demand for sure, first of all because of the low price and second for the security it offers. I'm holding on to my SJCX too :)

If you think that the crowdfunding rate in PHASE 1 was 38,500 SJCX per Bitcoin :)

Anybody knows how big is a chunk data stored on your hard drive ? Can chunk size be changed by a user?

My modest setup is ready Acer netbook 1.6 gb, 64 bit atom processors, up to 2 gb ram, built-in backup battery with 2TB external drive. Group C here I come :)

the shard size is currently being tested in the beta phase, among other configurations. The end users will be able to request the level of redundancy they prefer, however, I the chunk size would not be a user defined option in order to assure network efficiency and data privacy.

Exerpt from the Storj whitepaper:

"We define a standardized shard size as a byte multiple such as 8 MB or 32 MB. These are kept at pre-set sizes to dissuade any attempt to determine what is being stored. Sharding also allows large files to be more manageable as they are distributed throughout the network..."
 
You can find out more about the details of chunking on Storj in the whitepaper´s chapter 2 here: http://storj.io/storj.pdf

Available in India?

This bit is interesting. I can repeat what is written in the Storj whitepaper, but I don't quite understand how this would work.

Can you ELI5 (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ELI5&defid=6022912) please?

DriveShare is borderless, as far as I can tell.

On the flip side, SJCXs value might soar if the beta is a roaring success.

Went through some of Shawn's posts earlier, and remember one where he mentioned that EMC charges $3k/TB for its cloud storage services.
Huge gap to play with between $2 and $3k, IMO.

Google Storage charges about $1.99/Month for 100GB and $9.99/Month for 1 TB and Amazon provides similar prices. I doubt EMC is charging that for only storage. $2 a month for 1TB would be very competitive.

Thanks!

So when will it realease for everyone to use (provide the HDD space). On the OP theres a note its in beta and users who are new to this cant earn anything yet ?

There isn't a specific date for the beginning of Phase B/C or for the actual launch since it all depends on how each test phase works.  But I imagine that we will only see progress through the next few months.  The project is obviously active and the community is very participatory...I'm down for enjoying the journey...; )

Thanks for the support MemoryShock and for answering people's questions, appreciated ;)

As mentioned above the beta is currently in progress. It is a basic test for the moment. We are working on bigger test files for the next stage and possibly enabling basic file transfers.
We will make announcements for each one of the next beta stages and when we push added functionality to the current Test Group A beta.

It will be a while before we launch to the public, possibly a few more months. Impossible to have even a rough estimate at the moment.
One thing is for sure, our developers are working hard to make this happen and things or progressing well.

If anyone here has some high level coding skills (Python mainly and C++) feel free to get involved, we are always on the lookout for extra help.
The best way to get involved is to go onto our GitHub (https://github.com/storj), look around and submit a pull request or open an issue.
We don't do interviews or look at people's CVs, we look at what you can do.  :)
 

the app was running fine for the past few weeks but it died today. weird.

DriveShare Farming should be back as normal. Let us know here otherwise. Go ahead and try to connect if you are part of Test Group A.
We are still analyzing the data collected and work is in progress to add 100GB file size transfers.

yes it is working fine now. No more 500 errors.

Our Lead Designer Tome has been working on some new Storj Stickers and they are now complete.
Find attached a zip file that contains them all as high res .jpg files (CMYK - 300dpi).
They are ready to fit the Moo.com rectangular sticker template.
We will also print a few and add them to the StorjTalk Shop!

Download the templates from here: StorjStickersTemplates.zip (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2_R_9INFlHBSWR3N3F0LWtQcnc/view?usp=sharing)

The attached templates work perfectly on Moo.com, they should work on a local site of your choice too.

• USA: http://us.moo.com/products/stickers/
• UK: http://uk.moo.com/products/stickers/
• Germany: http://uk.moo.com/de/products/stickers/
• Italy: http://uk.moo.com/it/products/stickers/
• Spain: http://uk.moo.com/es/products/stickers/
• France: http://uk.moo.com/fr/products/stickers/
• Netherlands: http://nl.moo.com/products/stickers/
• EU: http://eu.moo.com/products/stickers/
• Australia: http://au.moo.com/products/stickers/
• Canada: http://ca.moo.com/products/stickers/

If you find a local printer in your country that works better and cheaper make sure to post a link.
You can also setup your own template for other people in your area who may be interested.

	https://i.imgur.com/CQUPW9u.jpg	https://i.imgur.com/IgFDlM2.jpg	https://i.imgur.com/RRSDwMW.jpg
	https://i.imgur.com/wxJs5Ej.jpg	https://i.imgur.com/7fCVHy2.jpg	https://i.imgur.com/feVshQ4.jpg	https://i.imgur.com/gtE6Dzh.jpg

We are currently testing the next DriveShare release with 100GB file transfers.
A bit more testing is needed to make sure it is stable and our infrastructure can support it.

This is what the interface will look like.

https://i.imgur.com/nuepcHD.png

We have collected the data we need as of v.0.1.5 but if people keeps testing we could collect even more.
The team is working on progressing to the next stage for Group A with added functionality, and looking forward to release an enhanced version of downstream-farmer.

You are still welcome to test but for the moment only v.0.1.5 will work with the current beta: https://github.com/Storj/downstream-farmer/releases/tag/v0.1.5.

Higher releases are for internal testing for the time being, until we are are able to scale up to the rest of Group A testers.
Our devs are working on making that happen as soon as possible.  :)

version Dataserv-Client Version 2.1.4 is out now on https://github.com/Storj/dataserv-client/releases

This is a very interesting project, i am running a 'farm' as i think it is called and i am buying coins frequently now to support you guys, i'm really looking forward to the release product!

the people who have not the 10000 scjx can not join? some eta for public release?

regards and nice project

I have a bunch of left over space on my computer and am very interested in this.But I have a mac and when I downloaded the client it ended up just glitching out,can anyone explain to me how exactly to install this and get started?

Id like to find this out also.

How much will I earn if i share 10TB of hard drive space?