Rent space from an open network of providers. Every period they prove on-chain that they still hold your exact bytes. If they can’t, their collateral pays you.
Period 412: 256 random samples, one 356-byte proofYour encrypted data Sampled this period
Why Cloudy
The storage market that checks proofs on Arbitrum
Orders, proofs, payments, penalties and compensation all settle on Arbitrum. Any contract can ask whether your data is stored validly, in its own transaction. Among the 17 storage networks we surveyed, none verify storage proofs or slash providers on Arbitrum.
No proof, no pay. And you get compensated.
Each 3-day period, 256 random pieces are challenged and the provider answers with one compact zk proof: a STARK over a keccak Merkle tree, wrapped in Groth16. A first miss sends 30% of its collateral to you; a second sends all of it.
Hiding data doesn’t pay
Any third of your providers can rebuild your file. The fastest third earn double. A provider that won’t serve you is challenged on-chain and must publish the bytes within 24 hours at most or take a miss. Reading your own data is free, with no limits.
Priced in USDG. No token.
Prices, collateral, penalties and compensation are all in USDG, so there is no token price risk. Network gas is paid in ETH and never goes to the protocol.
Catching a provider that quietly drops 1% of your data
Cloudy: 256 samples every 3 days92% per period, near-certain in 30 days
Filecoin PDP: 5 samples a day4.9% a day, 77.9% after 30 days
How it works
1
Encrypt and split on your machine
Each file gets its own key and is split into 3× redundant shards. Providers only ever see ciphertext.
2
Place an order with fingerprints
Price, duration and every shard’s fingerprint go on-chain with your USDG, before any provider commits.
3
Providers verify, then lock collateral
Each provider checks its shard against the fingerprint and matches with collateral and a first proof.
4
Prove every period, or pay
Proofs settle on Arbitrum each period. Pass and the provider is paid; miss and you are compensated.
5
Download in parallel, for free
Shards stream from many providers at once; the fastest third earn a speed reward from the contract.
Get Cloudy Node
One app for both roles: rent storage with faster uploads and downloads, or rent out your spare disk and earn USDG. Desktop app and command line, for Windows and Ubuntu.