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Sep 08, 2022

Breaking Down Hive: Elastos’ All-in-One Decentralized Storage Solution

Now a leading technology for decentralized data storage and management, Elastos Hive has fast become one of the Elastos ecosystem’s leading platform services, and a crucial pillar of the web3 paradigm. Hive enables users to store, manage, and selectively share their personal data via personal Hive Vaults – instead of centralized servers owned and run by applications. In addition, users can leverage their own Elastos Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) for login and other Hive functions, so as to fully exercise self-ownership in the digital domain. More importantly, Hive is leaving no user nor developer behind; the platform service aims to serve users and developers of all demographics, and to provide for their unique storage needs – be they professional, financial, social, or anything else.

Hive: Major Features at a Glance

Hive delivers three major features to capture the decentralized data storage and management market.

 

  • Sharing Permissions: Hive enables user-friendly permissioned sharing tools, so users can determine which parties may access their documentation, sensitive data, and other personal information on a case-by-case basis.

 

  • Self-Identity via Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs): Hive integrates Elastos DIDs for login and encryption functions, so users can access, store, and manage their personal data from the same personal identifier they use to access their favorite Elastos ecosystem applications for trading, socializing, and exploring the metaverse, and more.

 

  • Physical Storage: With the help of Elabox, the Elastos ecosystem’s leading hardware producer, users can deploy their own Hive nodes and support the Elastos ecosystem while storing and managing all of their data locally.


Looking Forward: What’s Ahead

In addition to providing a secure, user-friendly, and seamless environment for decentralized data storage and management, the Hive team has its sights set on the next frontier: providing private data encryption for Hive users. Implementing private encryption presents a significant challenge in both public blockchains and other distributed storage solutions such as IPFS due to their inherent immutability. For that reason, any such privacy features will play critical roles in helping to set Hive apart from its decentralized data management counterparts in the web3 space.

To keep up with all the latest news and developments surrounding Elastos Hive and the rest of the Elastos ecosystem, stay tuned here on the official Elastos Info Blog.

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