2026-01-14 08:28:01

Some have suggested that centralized data storage may gradually be phased out over the next five years, much like dial-up internet. Is this prediction too absolute and worth debating?

From the perspective of technological evolution, decentralized storage is indeed attracting increasing attention—advantages like user data sovereignty, privacy protection, and resistance to censorship are very appealing. But completely replacing centralized storage? There are many variables involved.

The reason centralized data storage still thrives is not just due to historical inertia. Its stability, access speed, and operational costs are practical issues that decentralized solutions have not yet fully resolved. The two modes are more likely to coexist in the long term—key data and privacy-sensitive information will gradually migrate to decentralized storage, while high-frequency interactions and applications with high speed requirements may still rely on centralized infrastructure.

Technological innovation is not a black-and-white replacement; it is often a process of coexistence and gradual evolution of new and old systems.

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GateUser-b37fca29

· 5h ago

Happy New Year! 🤑

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ChainDetective

· 7h ago

Five years of replacement is complete nonsense. Just imagine, who can compare to the speed and stability of centralized systems... No matter how decentralized it is, the lag issue must be solved first.

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CrossChainBreather

· 7h ago

Five years? Dreaming. Who would be willing to switch from centralized storage when it's so easy to use? Unless decentralization really takes off and becomes lightning fast.

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WenMoon

· 7h ago

Will centralized storage be completely dead within five years? This idea is a bit too naive. ngl Decentralization sounds really cool, but how to solve the two big hurdles of speed and cost... reality is just so harsh. The more reliable judgment is that centralized and decentralized coexist, just like how some people still use Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan with old networks.

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TokenAlchemist

· 7h ago

nah the latency vectors alone make this take laughably naive. people sleeping on how much infra optimization matters for actual user experience here

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AlphaBrain

· 7h ago

Eliminating centralized storage within five years? Nonsense, these people just love to shoot for the stars. In reality, the two biggest issues—operational costs and access speed—decentralization simply can't fill those gaps. Don't just focus on idealistic autonomy.

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ShibaOnTheRun

· 7h ago

Five years of eliminating centralized storage? Wake up, everyone, this is ridiculous. Speed, cost, stability... these realities are right here. Why haven't decentralized solutions been considered?

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CryptoMotivator

· 7h ago

Five-year full replacement? Overthinking it. Who can outperform centralized storage's speed advantage in the short term? --- Decentralization sounds great, but it’s still far from stable operation. --- To put it simply, it’s a matter of each choosing what they need. People insisting on a binary choice are a bit stubborn. --- Privacy and autonomy are indeed attractive, but you have to accept the cost of lag. --- Centralized storage is dead? Wake up. Most applications simply can't do without it.

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