The storage layer is the foundational component of a blockchain or decentralized application responsible for persistently storing all data, including transaction records, smart contract states, and user information. This layer ensures data availability, integrity, and immutability across the distributed network. It often involves cryptographic techniques to secure and link data blocks. The efficiency and scalability of this layer are critical for overall system performance.
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News frequently discusses innovations and challenges related to blockchain storage layers, particularly concerning scalability and cost. Debates involve different approaches to data sharding, off-chain storage solutions, and decentralized file systems. Optimizing the storage layer is a key area of development for enhancing the capacity and long-term viability of decentralized networks.
Introducing the Quick Merkle Database, a unified, append-only architecture that resolves state management I/O bottlenecks, enabling millions of updates per second.
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