Bitcoin Cloud Storage and Services

[AlanX]

I will point out that I don't know if anyone has brought this idea up.   So forgive me if I missed something, and just point me to the discussion.

Has anyone thought of building a distributed network for cloud storage (media lockers, etc)?  The nodes could be paid in BTC, so participants could join just to get a return on making storage available. Data could be distributed over many systems for every fast access, and back ups.

Am I missing something?  Most cloud services charge about 50 to 80 dollars a month per terabyte.  Seems like there is room for an open sourced, distributed network for data storage.  I think it would be cool if people started building cloud machines to run next to their mining hardware....

[FlappySocks]

I was wondering if a TOR network that you pay for would work. TOR can be really slow and frustrating. By paying, you would incentivise dedicated TOR nodes in datacentres, which would collect micro payments for data transferred.

[AlanX]

TOR services would be good.

The interesting thing about Bitcoin based Cloud services is that they could provide signing as well.  If the nodes would provide a directory of hashes, you could prove the timestamp of data you submit to such services.

Just another idea.