On one hand, Storj acts mostly like Amazon Simple storage service in the broad sense that you setup an identity , link allowed devices, get buckets, upload files to buckets. Non noob friendly in the sense that normal non it savvy users would not even be touching storj, or understand what is a key ring or the command line for that matter, maybe things will change when the ui comes out (not that I know off, if there is, please link me).
On the other hand , siacoin is non noob friendly in the sense that it requires the renter to have coins in their wallet, this portion may be a problem for some non-savvy people to get the exchange from fiat to sia, although there is shapeshift for instant conversion from other alts. Maybe a user can do USDT > SC.
It is noob friendly in the sense that every person understands contracts. You go to a library to borrow a book, you sign a contract that you will return book in said number of days. Say we have a private lib in real life that users have to pay $50 a month to get membership, whereby books have a 30 days return limit.
Sia works in the reverse library scenario.
In reverse library , the current library is on fire. The library user becomes the file hosts and the library the guy looking to store files. Reverse libary in the sense that the lib pays the user instead for the user to protect books from the burning library. The contract still exists. Just that if the library has not found a new location to store his books, the files belong to the user after contract is over. If library has enough space and has setup a new location, he can request the user to return the book anytime.
Also noob friendly in the sense that other than the inital funding portions, everything else is like dropbox
Thank you very much for amazing explanation.
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