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Erasure Coding Schemes

Definition

Erasure coding schemes are data protection methods that encode data with redundancy, allowing for recovery even if some parts are lost or corrupted. In blockchain contexts, these schemes enhance data availability and resilience for decentralized storage solutions. They break data into fragments, adding parity pieces, so the original data can be reconstructed from a subset of these fragments. This approach is crucial for maintaining data integrity and accessibility in distributed networks.