Whitepaper Reading Club: Finally, Decentralized Storage & Access Control?
Finally, Decentralized Storage & Access Control?
Decentralized storage has been a dream since the Sia, and Filecoin Days. It was why I got into this space in 2016 :) Distributes files across a network rather than relying on a single provider, in a decentralized way. Walrus takes this approach by splitting files into recoverable pieces, keeping data available even when some storage nodes fail.
Storage is one part of the picture. Seal adds encryption and access control, using rules defined on Sui and multiple key servers to let authorized users decrypt data.
We’ll explore:
How they work: Walrus’s approach to storage and Seal’s approach to controlling access.
How they fit together: Combining data availability with programmable permissions.
Where they go next: Potential applications, the tradeoffs against cloud services, and what cost, reliability, and user experience must look like to drive wider adoption.
Paper / source: link
SuiBase Camp link:
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Format
Short introduction and context setting to start.
A short walkthrough of the paper and its key ideas.
Questions and discussion grounded in the original source.
Moderator-led discussion with no promotions.
Location: Sui Base Camp (Marina Bay Sands Convention Basement 2)
It's in the red ricle section
🙏 Sui
Shoutout to Sui for hosting us - we've held several discussions around Sui and original DAG based chains and move. Also thank you Raphel from the Sui Team for making thsi happen in such a short period of time 🙏
About Whitepaper Reading Club
We are a community of founders, researchers, and builders across Singapore, Malaysia, San Francisco, Bangkok, New York, Lagos, Taipei, and Hong Kong. We meet in person every month to read, discuss, and pressure-test the latest blockchain papers, protocols, and technical ideas.
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We create detailed, easy-to-understand summaries for each paper and have held 80+ sessions since June 2023, covering Account Abstraction, Parallel Chains, EIPs, the Bitcoin ecosystem, and AI x Crypto. We are ecosystem-agnostic, not for profit, and focused on projects with technical, product, or social innovation.