Awesome-Homescreen VS siad

Here are some other apps running on skynet: https://github.com/SkynetLabs/Awesome-Homescreen

Take your pick

This is planned to be built on Skynet. Remember Sia is essentially just the storage backend which powers Skynet. Things like DEX's, apps and coinswaps are built on Skynet. In fact there are already a number of coin swaps which can be used on Skynet via Homescreen. Two coin swaps for you to check out are Uniswap and Pancake Swap. There are a number others which can be found on Skynet Labs Awesome-Homescreen repo.

Skynet Labs GitHub repository of working Skynet Apps (Skapps)

Good think Sia isn't just cloud storage then hey? It is also the storage backbone to a completely decentralized internet, Skynet. . Skynet is up and running right now and doesn't require anyone to know anything about crypto to develop on, or use apps. To also not only can you begin developing on it today without needing to buy or hold crypto, but you are also able to host your application on it for fee at https://siasky.net. I also recommend you try the new web-based operating system, SkyOS. Once you have signed up you can then find lots of apps to try out here.

For example, decentralized data storage projects like Filecoin, Arweave, and Sia posted 50-100% user growth, providing blockchain-powered alternatives to AWS, Google Cloud, and Dropbox for distributed app data security.

Sia - A decentralized data storage platform where the proof of work helps maintain the network and provide storage services.

Our site: https://sia.tech/ Blockchain explorer: https://explore.sia.tech/ How to get Siacoins: https://sia.tech/community-ecosystem?software=exchanges#software The Sia Foundation team: https://sia.tech/about-sia-foundation The Sia Grants Program: https://forum.sia.tech/c/foundation/grants/8 Sia docs: https://docs.sia.tech

Sia

If I'm following correctly, I believe this is basically what Sia does, although not optimized to be used directly as a media server (or maybe it could?).

https://sia.tech/

Not sure what you aught to do, but I will say the 2 projects Im paying attention to are https://www.helium.com/mine and https://sia.tech/

For consumer storage, Sia, Storj, and Vult (on Züs) can be good options since they are architecturally lower cost because of the erasure code technology. But for enterprise storage, among the available platforms, there isn’t a direct competitor to AWS S3 except for Zus, and archive storage, Filecoin is the best alternative, and for consumer storage, Storj, Sia, and Züs offer better options for fast retrieval times.

As long as your needs are not beyond a TB, you can always consider something that does not require an actual "login" or a national currency, such as using SIAcoin (https://sia.tech). The cost for a terabyte hosted in two places often will cost you under the equivalent of $6-8 per month. It takes getting used to, but since it is blockchain based, it might even be possible for you to mine the means of paying for your cloud storage if what you actually need hosted is low enough.

SiaCoin which is the utility token for the Sia ecosystem https://sia.tech/