When it comes to distributed storage, many people are still concerned about the high costs of traditional solutions. Recently, a project in the Sui ecosystem has used RedStuff's 2D erasure coding technology to break this deadlock, which looks quite interesting.

The underlying technology has indeed been well developed. It only requires 4-5 times the replication factor to achieve security levels over 25 times that of traditional solutions, directly reducing redundancy costs. The actual storage price is around $50/TB/year, which is a quarter of Filecoin's cost and only 1/80 of Arweave's. Matrix coding combined with dual redundancy through primary and secondary slices allows automatic recovery even if 2/3 of the nodes go offline. This combination is quite suitable for handling large files like AI datasets or 4K videos. The features of Seal privacy access control and Quilt small file aggregation significantly enhance developer experience, and projects like CUDIS and Talus are already using them within the ecosystem.

Regarding the token mechanism, 53% of the supply is allocated to community incentives, with staking yields ranging from 18% to 25% APY. Additionally, there is a dual deflationary mechanism—each 1GB of data stored destroys 0.1 tokens. This deflationary design indeed opens up some imagination space.

On the ecosystem partnership front, expansion is ongoing. The project has launched the RWA index fund, with the total on-chain asset value in the Sui ecosystem surpassing $800 million. The collaboration between Zark Lab and Gata has opened the door to advanced use cases such as AI semantic search and decentralized large model training storage. The technical iterations behind the $140 million funding have not stopped, and node recruitment plans are underway. Future plans include launching cross-chain storage bridging to facilitate multi-chain data flow.

The current timing looks quite good. Whether you are a believer in the technology, looking for long-term deployment, or just want to participate in activities, this window offers entry points. Recently, there will be dedicated Q&A sessions with the project’s technical team, focusing on storage mining and airdrop operation details. Interested parties can keep an eye out for these.