[ANN] DriveShare - Earn money by sharing your extra hard drive space

[entharal]

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.

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[ruffian]

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.

[applesaucey]

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?

[Un4givn85]

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.

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

I have 8 TB external hard drive just for this. 

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

[MemoryShock]

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

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...

[victerion]

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?

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.

[aparajita241]

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.

[ruffian]

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.

[michaelspyker]

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

[knahrvorn]

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

I have 8 TB external hard drive just for this. 

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

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.

[knahrvorn]

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 :-)

[aparajita241]

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

[ninjaboon]

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



Just for the fun of it :-)

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

[ninjaboon]

they are talking about storj here

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

[Vanmer]

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

[Vanmer]

Creative way to monetize money .

[Un4givn85]

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

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...

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

[aparajita241]

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

[coinvoyeur]

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.

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

[coinvoyeur]

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 ?)

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.

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