The Evolution of Decentralized Storage: From FIL to Shelby
Storage has been one of the hot tracks in the blockchain industry. Filecoin, as the leading project of the last bull market, once had a market value exceeding 10 billion USD. Arweave focuses on permanent storage, with a peak market value of 3.5 billion USD. However, as the limitations of cold data storage have been revealed, the necessity of permanent storage has been questioned, and whether decentralized storage can truly take root has sparked widespread discussion. The emergence of Walrus brings new hope to the long-silent storage track, while the Shelby project launched by Aptos and Jump Crypto aims to elevate decentralized storage to new heights in the hot data field. This article will analyze the narrative evolution of decentralized storage from the development paths of four representative projects: Filecoin, Arweave, Walrus, and Shelby.