Storj Launches in Beta, Added to Microsoft Azure
The past few days have been pretty exciting for the Storj team, as they became a part of the Microsoft Azure blockchain-as-a-service platform. Moreover, Storj Labs released the public beta of the Storj platform yesterday, which allows people to get a more hands-on approach with this concept. Digital currency enthusiasts will have noticed how Microsoft....
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