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Shawn Wilkinson, founder and lead developer of Storj, joins us for our first deep dive into a decentralized application. Storj's particular domain is the decentralization of cloud storage. Their applications allow users to store their files in a decentralized peer-to-peer network that promises to be more secure and effective. At the same time, it creates a market where people can earn money by renting out spare hard disk space.

We covered the following topics:

- Why cloud storage lends itself to decentralization

- How the efficiency of Storj compares to conventional providers like Dropbox

- The architecture of Storj including the applications Driveminer and Metadisk

- How Storj interacts with protocols such as Counterparty and Ethereum

- The Storjcoin X crowdsale and its economics

Links mentioned in this episode:

- Storj: http://storj.io/

- Metadisk: http://metadisk.org

- Metadisk Beta: http://node1.metadisk.org

- Driveshare: http://driveshare.org

- Stroj Talk: http://storjtalk.org

- Storj & Metadisk whitepapers: https://github.com/Storj/whitepapers

Sponsors:

- Fairlay: http://fairlay.com/epicenter

Our prediction on Storjcoin X vs MaidSafeCoin market cap: https://www.fairlay.com/predict/registered/new/storejoinx-maidsafecoin-in-market-cap-april-2015/

Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/046

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