Storj is mentioned as a part of the tech platform. Is the goal of eventually open sourcing Slik essentially is what is described as an open source partner in the Storj whitepaper executive summary [1]? Relevant part here:
> Bridging Open Source and Decentralization
> In addition to being open source, our new V3 network also financially empowers open source companies by enabling them to generate revenue every time their users store data on the cloud. This supports the open source companies interested in monetizing their product’s use in cloud, while also helping Storj grow adoption of its platform within the innovative open source community.
> The new program is enabled by the network through connectors built in conjunction with each open source partner. The connectors track data usage either by storage bucket or by user. When data flows through one of these connectors, the open source company is given credit for the usage and a percentage of the revenue generated flows back to the corresponding project. Partners also earn revenue for bandwidth usage on the network.
Storj pays out on average per month [2]:
> Egress Bandwidth $20/TB > Repair Egress Bandwidth $10/TB > Disk Space $1.50/TB > Audit Bandwidth $10/TB
How much is Slik going to charge to use the app? It almost seems like it the app should be free, or even get paid to use it, if all we are doing is providing the resources for the paying Storj customers.
[1] https://www.storj.io/whitepaper [2] https://www.storj.io/node