= Decentralized cloud storage platform that uses a blockchain to facilitate payments = Rent storage, paid to host files, mine Siacoin + Fully Decentralized More secure that STORJ + Significantly cheaper than STORJ + On-blockchain smart contracts + Storage marketplace creates more competition and storage place Attractive to users, not really attractive to farmers + Doesn't have a central bridge, like STORJ, thus no scalability issues + More trustworthy team compared to STORJ - Storage used is behind STORJ (3.4PB as of 12/23/2017) - Node count is behind STORJ (700 as of 12/23/2017) - Requires collateral for hosting Problematic because of dynamic prices - Accepts only SIA as payment - Requires entire blockchain download