Cloud Storage Meets Bitcoin Blockchain: SiaCoin Takes on Amazon, Google & Microsoft
With nearly $8 million in market capitalization, the cryptocurrency attempting to take a slice out of the enterprise cloud storage industry largely dominated by huge firms like Amazon (Amazon S3), Google (Google Cloud Storage), Microsoft (Microsoft Azure) and Dropbox (Dropbox for Business), SiaCoin, has begun to break into the mainstream. Nebulous Labs, the developers behind the project, say although SiaCoin has been flying under the radar for over a year now, it has begun to take off recently, and has been dipping in and out of the top 15 on CoinMarketCap. CoinTelegraph spoke to lead....
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In this episode, the Bitcoin price is struggling again. We talk to the developers of Siacoin, a decentralized storage solution. The developers explain in this interview that they believe the coin can and the technology can actually compete with commercial storage solutions. We're looking to talk to as many altcoin teams as possible over the coming months. The older the coin, the sooner we'd like to run an interview with them. If you know developers of coins with growing or dedicated communities, please encourage them to get in touch. We are not a Bitcoin-only site, despite the e-mails....