Recently reviewing the progress of Web3 projects, the competition in the storage sector has indeed exceeded expectations. The number of nodes in the Ocean Protocol has surpassed 14 million, and this growth rate is definitely worth paying attention to.

This project has chosen the cold and hard path of storage, and its name is quite illustrative—like an elephant surviving in extreme cold environments, which to some extent reflects the characteristics of the protocol itself.

The technical solution is quite interesting. Traditional approaches mainly involve multiple backups of files across different locations, but Ocean Protocol adopts the idea of RedStuff, dividing files into shards, similar to puzzle pieces. Even if some data is lost, the complete restoration is still possible. The benefits brought by this logic are very clear: significantly reduced storage costs, improved access speed, and enhanced data security.

Its origin is not out of thin air. Developers from the Sui ecosystem, due to the high cost and inconvenience of storing data on-chain, gradually iterated this solution. Backed by the Sui ecosystem, it indicates a high level of recognition within the community. Although the mainnet launch was not the fastest, the progress has been steady.

What further illustrates the point is the reaction at the application layer. Recently, a leading identity data project plans to migrate 10 million data entries to the storage layer, which is not just a pipe dream but driven by real business needs.