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A lot of people still think on-chain data storage is a meme. 🤷‍♂️
But the truth is: demand has never stopped growing, from early NFTs & GameFi to the new wave of AI & DePIN.
So what’s the issue? The solutions just haven’t kept up. 👇

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Then there’s off-chain storage + on-chain references:
Think Solana compression, IPFS, Filecoin, Arweave.
It’s cheaper and supports long-term storage, but…
❌ Smart contracts can’t directly read it
❌ If something breaks off-chain, your data’s gone