Wiki: Who will use SAFE and Why?

[kirkion]

@kebwesi

Wouldn’t a packaged hardware solution equate to the ASIC?

I don’t think so, due to the way that it would be organized. An existing centralized data center easily has the technical prowess to implement SAFE vaults on their systems if they choose to do so. But one of the great things about SAFE is that the data requirements push back on centralized data centers (which ALWAYS have bottlenecks, usually of bandwidth).

A Packaged Hardware solution would be something geared to individual users who want a plug and play way to join the safe network. Something equivalent to the Space Monkey form factor.

Safe Specific Hardware

Has anyone given any thought to producing safe-specific hardware? I’m thinking something like Space Monkey. The advantage I see to something like this would be that for little more money than you would spend on a basic hard drive you could get something that’s already set up, just plug in an ethernet cable and enter in your SAFE ID, and you are good to go. Would this be a good way to get people involved in the network? Does anybody know the folks over at Space Monkey and how they put together …