Prior to the inception of Bluzelle, solutions for decentralized storage were faced with a number of drawbacks, most of which were related to poor usability and high transactional costs.
Most notably of these, users were often required to pay separately for each storage node within a given network, simply because files are mostly stored on a single node within the network. Likewise, the speed rate of retrieving files from the network is relatively slow, in addition to the high cost of file retrieval.
On the more advanced front, decentralized storage providers like IPFS had to battle with a native challenge, being that there are few guarantees of continued file immutability. In other words, there is no certainty that file recovery will be possible after a period of time, especially for files with passive engagement.
Furthermore, if a node within the storage network shuts down, or is no longer operational, then file recovery becomes highly challenging, or nigh impossible. In other cases, files stored on a faulty node may crash alongside the node.
In response to the issue, Bluzelle has provided lasting solutions to the majority of these drawbacks, thanks to its advanced replication technology that ensures files are saved across multiple nodes simultaneously.
With the implementation of the aforementioned feature, Bluzelle is able to achieve a faster retrieval speed rate, alongside a lower retrieval cost, all while remaining fully decentralized. “On Bluzelle, you pay once and get backups across all nodes for the same price,” the network’s website reads.
Speaking on the speed of retrieving files within the network, Pavel Bains, CEO of Bluzelle said that “the concurrent design produces significant performance gains for streaming large files, and frees users from having to pay for additional speed.”
Bluzelle, unlike the previous solutions, is also able to achieve continued immutability for every file stored on the network. This is made possible by the replication technology which makes files available across more than one network node.
In this way, a file can still be recovered, regardless of whether a node, or two, or more go down, further ensuring the immutability of the files stored within the network. Currently, there are approximately 50 operational network nodes on the Bluzelle network, and while this number is projected to grow with further adoption, end-users can download files from across any and all of these nodes simultaneously.