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Dear Storj supporters, Today we are excited to celebrate an important milestone that supports future innovation for Storj. Storj Labs, the company that develops the open-source network software and provides easy to use tools for the Storj network ... [More] , has raised $3 million in seed funding. Angel investors from venture capital firms Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures and Techstars, as well as industry leaders in the technology security space, including Cockroach Labs, Ionic Security, and Pindrop Security, are among the early backers.Data centers serve as cloud storage hubs for web service giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But data centers come with a high price tag for developers, providers and users, with an even higher cost associated with data failures and security breaches. From physical servers and networking equipment to other infrastructure demands like electricity, cloud service providers spend billions of dollars every quarter just to maintain or grow their service offerings.Storj Labs aims to disrupt traditional cloud storage by offering faster speeds, heightened security, better performance, and a more cost effective storage solution. Storj Labs provides easy to use tools so that any developer can use the Storj network, without having to be an expert in distributed networking or encryption. Ease of use allows us to get the Storj network into as many hands as possible without compromising the distributed and decentralized nature of the network. We have surpassed 15,000 API users who leverage the Storj network for secure and decentralized data storage. We are thankful for the continued support of the community, and can’t wait to show off all the new features we have been working on, made possible by this financing. You can read today’s announcement here. Interested in earning money for your extra hard drive space? Become a Storj farmer! For developers looking to join our technical community, we have resources and documentation to help you start contributing. We hope you’ll join us! Cheers,The Storj Team [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, Today we are excited to celebrate an important milestone that supports future innovation for Storj. Storj Labs, the company that develops the open-source network software and provides easy to use tools for the Storj network ... [More] , has raised $3 million in seed funding. Angel investors from venture capital firms Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures and Techstars, as well as industry leaders in the technology security space, including Cockroach Labs, Ionic Security, and Pindrop Security, are among the early backers.Data centers serve as cloud storage hubs for web service giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But data centers come with a high price tag for developers, providers and users, with an even higher cost associated with data failures and security breaches. From physical servers and networking equipment to other infrastructure demands like electricity, cloud service providers spend billions of dollars every quarter just to maintain or grow their service offerings.Storj Labs aims to disrupt traditional cloud storage by offering faster speeds, heightened security, better performance, and a more cost effective storage solution. Storj Labs provides easy to use tools so that any developer can use the Storj network, without having to be an expert in distributed networking or encryption. Ease of use allows us to get the Storj network into as many hands as possible without compromising the distributed and decentralized nature of the network. We have surpassed 15,000 API users who leverage the Storj network for secure and decentralized data storage. We are thankful for the continued support of the community, and can’t wait to show off all the new features we have been working on, made possible by this financing. You can read today’s announcement here. Interested in earning money for your extra hard drive space? Become a Storj farmer! For developers looking to join our technical community, we have resources and documentation to help you start contributing. We hope you’ll join us! Cheers,The Storj Team [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, We have updated the Payout Formula we use to reward all our awesome farmers that are helping us out by sharing their excess storage space. The new formula can be found on our GitHub. We want the process to be transparent for ... [More] everyone to see.Some things to note are: There are no rewards for storing less than 1 GB for the month. However, if a user has telemetry reports, exchange reports, or downloads they may still receive a reward. There are no rewards if a user has not been seen in the past week. Each component (gigabyte hours, telemetry reports, and downloaded bytes) is scaled so that each metric ends up being a measurement of how far away users are from the mean. Those values are multiplied by certain weights and summed to arrive at a final value.We hope this will make rewards better, transparent, and more fair for a larger number of our supporters. We will continue to streamline the formula as we progress and more farmers join the Storj network.If you have any queries or feedback you are welcome to join the discussion on our community chat at https://community.storj.io. Be the cloud!The Storj Team [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, We have updated the Payout Formula we use to reward all our awesome farmers that are helping us out by sharing their excess storage space. The new formula can be found on our GitHub. We want the process to be transparent for ... [More] everyone to see.Some things to note are: There are no rewards for storing less than 1 GB for the month. However, if a user has telemetry reports, exchange reports, or downloads they may still receive a reward. There are no rewards if a user has not been seen in the past week. Each component (gigabyte hours, telemetry reports, and downloaded bytes) is scaled so that each metric ends up being a measurement of how far away users are from the mean. Those values are multiplied by certain weights and summed to arrive at a final value.We hope this will make rewards better, transparent, and more fair for a larger number of our supporters. We will continue to streamline the formula as we progress and more farmers join the Storj network.If you have any queries or feedback you are welcome to join the discussion on our community chat at https://community.storj.io. Be the cloud!The Storj Team [Less]

We’re excited to announce that Storj is one of 20 grant recipients selected by the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) to help advance our technology development. The funding is part of a grant program hosted by the GOED’s ... [More] Technology Commercialization and Innovation Program (TCIP).We are extremely honored and grateful to have been accepted into the GOED’s TCIP and selected among more than 180 grant applications! From Storj’s first visit in Utah to growing our team and business in this region, we’ve received nothing but support from the State of Utah. In addition to the financial grant, Storj will now have access to mentorship opportunities and entrepreneurial curriculum that helps further our business. You can find more information on the TCIP grant program and learn about the other grant recipients in an announcement made by the GOED today. This is an exciting way to kick off 2017, and we’re looking forward to what the rest of the year has to offer.Be the cloud! Shawn WilkinsonCEO/CTO of Storj Labs Inc. [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, You have heard about it a few days ago and finally here it is … we are thrilled to announce the release of the new Storj Whitepaper v2.It has taken over two years of hard work, tons of community feedback, and many new team ... [More] members to where we are today. The v2 whitepaper updates what worked, what didn’t work, and what will be built in the future.DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER v2Community HangoutAs usual around this time of the year, and specially for this occasion, we have arranged a Community Hangout which is going live in a few hours, at 4PM EST.Remember to also join our Community Chat at https://community.storj.io, if you haven’t already, to be able to ask questions directly to the team in the #chat channel. We will also be monitoring for queries in the live chat on the right side of the hangout. JOIN THE COMMUNITY HANGOUT#bethecloudThe Storj Team [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, You have heard about it a few days ago and finally here it is … we are thrilled to announce the release of the new Storj Whitepaper v2.It has taken over two years of hard work, tons of community feedback, and many new team ... [More] members to where we are today. The v2 whitepaper updates what worked, what didn’t work, and what will be built in the future.DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER v2Community HangoutAs usual around this time of the year, and specially for this occasion, we have arranged a Community Hangout which is going live in a few hours, at 4PM EST.Remember to also join our Community Chat at https://community.storj.io, if you haven’t already, to be able to ask questions directly to the team in the #chat channel. We will also be monitoring for queries in the live chat on the right side of the hangout. JOIN THE COMMUNITY HANGOUT#bethecloudThe Storj Team [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, It’s been almost two years since the release of the first version of the Storj whitepaper, and the start of Storj. When it was released, Storj was only a theory, but now it’s a vibrant and robust network with over 1,500 TB of ... [More] data stored and 8,500 TB of capacity and growing. The V2 whitepaper updates what worked, what didn’t work, and what will be built in the future.The time has come to put all of our technical knowhow into context and are very excited to announce the release of a revised Storj whitepaper on the morning of December 15th. This is exactly two years after the release of the first Storj whitepaper. We will also follow with a community hangout. Storj Community HangoutDecember is also the time of the year when we reflect on our achievements and set the pace for the year to come. We will be hosting a Community Hangout to discuss recent developments, as well as keeping an eye on our near future plans and beyond. Everyone is invited to join, this is a great opportunity to ask your questions directly to the team. During the event you can submit all your questions on our Community Chat in the #chat channel. Find more details below.When and WhereDecember 15th at 4:00PM EST. Agenda The New Storj Whitepaper Test Group C Progress First Storj Customers General Q&A LocationThe Community Hangout URL will be shared before the event start. A link to the stream will also be posted on our channels: Community Chat Twitter Reddit Facebook Have a wonderful day,The Storj Team [Less]

Dear Storj supporters, It’s been almost two years since the release of the first version of the Storj whitepaper, and the start of Storj. When it was released, Storj was only a theory, but now it’s a vibrant and robust network with over 1,500 TB of ... [More] data stored and 8,500 TB of capacity and growing. The V2 whitepaper updates what worked, what didn’t work, and what will be built in the future.The time has come to put all of our technical knowhow into context and are very excited to announce the release of a revised Storj whitepaper on the morning of December 15th. This is exactly two years after the release of the first Storj whitepaper. We will also follow with a community hangout. Storj Community HangoutDecember is also the time of the year when we reflect on our achievements and set the pace for the year to come. We will be hosting a Community Hangout to discuss recent developments, as well as keeping an eye on our near future plans and beyond. Everyone is invited to join, this is a great opportunity to ask your questions directly to the team. During the event you can submit all your questions on our Community Chat in the #chat channel. Find more details below.When and WhereDecember 15th at 4:00PM EST. Agenda The New Storj Whitepaper Test Group C Progress First Storj Customers General Q&A LocationThe Community Hangout URL will be shared before the event start. A link to the stream will also be posted on our channels: Community Chat Twitter Reddit Facebook Have a wonderful day,The Storj Team [Less]

We recently announced a partnership with Heroku to make it easy for developers to use Storj’s distributed object storage. Heroku is a cloud platform that enables app developers to spend their time on application code rather than managing server ... [More] infrastructure, and it’s one of the largest developer ecosystems in the world. You can find the Storj add-on in Heroku’s Elements marketplace.Storj’s integration on Heroku provides the following benefits to developers:Effortless Encryption: Files uploaded to Storj are encrypted by default, so you can rest assured that your data is safe and secure.Built-in Speed: The Storj network is designed for speed. When retrieving your files, you can download multiple pieces at the same time (similar to a torrent). This makes your downloads faster than ever!Easy Implementation: Using the Storj platform is simple and straightforward. With detailed documentation and examples, you can get started in no time.One of Storj’s developers, Barbara Liau, also created an excellent video tutorial series to help integrate the Storj add-on with the Heroku application. It covers the following topics: Deploying Application Adding Storj to Heroku Application Activating Account Exploring Demo Application Authentication Key Pair Buckets Uploading File Listing File Downloading File Pushing to Heroku Recap and Next Steps During the beta testing period, access to Storj will be free, just like in our current standalone product.We hope that Storj for Heroku makes our platform an easy choice for your next project. As always, your feedback is welcome – feel free to join the discussion and ask for technical support on our community chat. [Less]