Fully On-chain Cloud Storage DApp on the Internet Computer Protocol

This article explores the feasibility of developing cloud storage dApps on the Internet Computer (IC) blockchain, which can hold full-stack applications entirely on-chain and run at web speed. We analyze cloud storage services' security, stability, cost, and performance issues and propose a mul...

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Main Authors: Tang, Kaiyuan, Li, AoXuan, Tang, Su-Kit
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
blockchain
Blockchains
Cloud computing
cloud storage
Costs
dApp
decentralization
Decentralized applications
fully on-chain applications
Integrated circuits
Internet Computer Protocol
smart contract
Stability analysis
User interfaces
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Summary:This article explores the feasibility of developing cloud storage dApps on the Internet Computer (IC) blockchain, which can hold full-stack applications entirely on-chain and run at web speed. We analyze cloud storage services' security, stability, cost, and performance issues and propose a multi-canister system design scheme for building cloud storage dApps on the IC. Our quantitative tests demonstrate that the blockchain-secured data I/O operations on the IC can result in ten times time savings and up to a million times cost savings compared to those on Ethereum; deploying small-scale data storage applications on the IC can even be more resource-efficient than on traditional servers. We also discuss the trade-offs and decision-making considerations in our conclusion.
ISSN:2332-5666
DOI:10.1109/ICDCSW60045.2023.00017