The Storage Problem Every Blockchain Facesđź§
Every chain hits the same wall: as more people use it, the data grows huge and everything slows down. Your wallet balance, every NFT, every DeFi position - all stored forever. Sounds great until you realize someone has to pay to store all that data, and validators need to access it quickly.
Most chains just accept this reality. Ethereum charges crazy gas fees when storage gets expensive. Other chains slow down as their databases grow to terabytes.
Our approach is different: simply compress the data and distribute them based on the usage: First, it uses smart compression - your account data gets compressed by 60-80% without losing any information. Second, it uses tiered storage: frequently used data stays on fast drives, recent data on normal drives, old data gets archived cheaply. Third, there's state rent - you pay for the storage space you actually use.
The result? Your transactions stay fast even when the network has millions of users and petabytes of data. While other chains get slower and more expensive as they grow, SOON chains actually maintain performance. That's how you build for real mass adoption, not just the current 100k crypto users.
This is why @soon_svm can handle the scale other chains only dream about.🦾
State Rent Reality
Your account balance is stored forever on most chains. Sounds good until you realize someone has to pay for that storage forever.
SVM introduces state rent. Use space, pay for space. Don't use it, don't pay. Plus, separating code from data lets multiple transactions run simultaneously without conflicts.
This is why we built SOON's decoupled SVM - to bring these sustainability and scalability benefits to every ecosystem, not just Solana.
Suddenly on-chain storage becomes sustainable AND scalable everywhere.
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