Jump Trading returns to the crypto market as Aptos launches the Shelby storage platform.

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The Return of Jump Trading and the Launch of the Shelby Storage Platform

In the cryptocurrency field, the once-dominant giants seem unable to escape the fate of mean reversion. Recently, Aptos launched a storage platform named Shelby, marking Jump Trading's return to the crypto market. As a key player that once drove the early price surge of Solana and developed Solana 2.0 Firedancer, Jump Trading's return has attracted widespread attention in the industry.

However, the launch of Shelby may not be merely a technological innovation, but rather a strategic move by Aptos against Sui. Although Jump Trading once thrived in the crypto market, several projects it participated in, such as FTX and UST/Luna, ultimately ended in collapse. After undergoing a series of regulatory investigations, Jump Trading has finally re-entered the stage of the crypto field.

Shelby, as the first major project since Jump Trading's return to the market, has grand ambitions. The platform aims to support high-difficulty application scenarios such as 4K streaming, TB-level AI training data, and multi-person online collaboration. However, a deeper analysis of Shelby's white paper reveals that it seems more like a competitor to Sui platform's Walrus, rather than a product of the high standards typically associated with Jump Trading.

The core features of Shelby include:

  1. Solve the reading performance bottleneck through a paid reading mechanism and the Aptos storage SDK.
  2. Use erasure coding mechanisms and on-chain/off-chain hybrid audits to ensure storage reliability.
  3. Introduce micropayment channels and on-chain reward and punishment mechanisms to ensure economic sustainability.

Compared to existing storage solutions such as Filecoin and Arweave, Shelby reduces redundancy backups to about twice, approaching the level of traditional cloud service providers like AWS. At the same time, Shelby aims to strike a balance between decentralization and commercial viability by providing a revenue source for the storage layer through a pay-per-read mechanism.

However, the challenges faced by Shelby should not be underestimated. First, its performance still lags behind mature cloud services like AWS. Second, if Shelby is limited to the Aptos ecosystem, its application scope will be severely restricted. Finally, decentralized storage solutions still face significant challenges in competing with centralized services in terms of performance and cost.

Overall, the launch of Shelby reflects the intense competition in the field of cryptocurrency storage, as well as the strategic game between public chain ecosystems. However, to truly achieve the commercialization and large-scale application of decentralized storage, more technological innovation and ecosystem development are still needed.

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GhostWalletSleuthvip
· 17h ago
Another capital game disguised as Decentralization.
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OnChainArchaeologistvip
· 17h ago
Jump is back to cherish the old lover again?
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Blockwatcher9000vip
· 17h ago
Are you working on a new project again?
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MEVHunterBearishvip
· 17h ago
Jump back and enter a position.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯vip
· 17h ago
Another trap storage? Boring
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