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In this week’s episode of the Hashing it Out podcast, Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw interviews Pavel Bains, CEO of Bluzelle, a decentralized storage network.
Bains explains the concept of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs), which distribute internet infrastructure ownership and control. He emphasizes that interest is growing in DePINs due to their easy-to-understand use case and the need for better security, lower costs and improved backups.
<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="depin-for-enhanced-redundancy-security">DePIN for enhanced redundancy, security</h2>
Bluzelle, built atop the InterPlanetary File System, offers a decentralized storage solution that replicates data across multiple nodes for enhanced redundancy and security. 
Bains highlights the importance of data storage in the DePIN ecosystem, as the demand continues to grow rapidly. He also discusses the role of AI in managing data storage, particularly in optimizing edge caching for faster content delivery.
The conversation also touches on the importance of incentives in the Web3 space, with Bains emphasizing the need for sustainable incentive models that benefit both the project and its users. He contrasts this with short-term speculative approaches and highlights Bluzelle’s token-based incentive system for storage providers.
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Finally, Bains addresses the potential interaction between DePINs and decentralized finance (DeFi), suggesting that DePINs could primarily benefit the trading side of DeFi through faster trade execution. 
He concludes by sharing his optimistic outlook for the future of DePINs, predicting increased adoption and maturity of decentralized infrastructure projects in the next few years.
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Hashing It Out: The era of decentralized physical infrastructure networks

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