Considering we already have a massive amount of the tech space investing time and money into improving data storage, capacity capabilities should be relatively predictable with steady and consistent growth. Any plans of implementing a purpose for all that data storage similar to storj.io?
Check out first post, burstcoin does have plans to add something along those lines too at some point.
Storj dev here. I think super3 (or another user) mentioned this at one point, but it could be possible to integrate the services. You could run both Burst and Storj (DriveShare) together and depending on what's more profitable for you at the moment, the space allocated to each service could change dynamically. Burst could also be used as another way to demonstrate available capacity to the Storj network. I could see a scenario where I have 10 TB of drive. I offer all 10 TB to Storj and Burst, but at the moment the Storj network only gives me contracts for 5 TB worth of chunks, then you use the rest of the available space for Burst. If Storj can utilize your drive more, you can dynamically allocate more to Storj, etc. depending on the economics.
I mean we're all open-source so why not take advantage of the strengths of each platform?
Good idea, thanks for reaching out to Burst! It would indeed require a little bit of thinking regarding how mining is organized but I think that's a great idea. You could originally allocate hard drive space to mine for Burst, then when StorJ requests access, let StorJ take over those sectors. It is possible to rework the plotting to the point where it can work.. would require thinking about how to do it most efficiently.
I think both coins would win with this deal and it would be a good partnership. You could even cross market them nicely where both promote the other one.. or integrate one into the wallet of the other or something, so they share a wallet.
