Storage

Everything user-related is stored in the user's browser. Products need to be stored on a device that is 24/7 connected to the internet.

An Encrypted Data Vault

We store a significant amount of sensitive data online, such as personally identifying information (PII), trade secrets and customer information.

Differences between Solid and IPFS

Solid

• File and graph store
• Spec requires no encyption
• Extended file metadata is supported
• Read/write protocol: REST (LDP)
• Auth: WebID-OIDC
• Data locality: Server
• Replication: None
• Access Control: [Web Access Control (WAC)] (https://github.com/solid/web-access-control-spec)

IPFS

• Content-addressable distributed file store
• Spec requires no encyption
• Extended file metadata is not supported
• Read/write protocol: cli/HTTP
• Data locality: Public nodes
• Replication: Peer to peer
• Access Control: None