{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ab6fe42bb6ddf45527e077e/62e2ffc1b5a41b00118d369a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Functionland with Ehsan Shariati | E240","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ab6fe42bb6ddf45527e077e/1659043677664-1399f8767f4ed591bb5e6535dc51393b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Jason Pereira talks to Ehsan Shariati, CEO and Co-Founder of Functionland. The company is the distributed storage platform that allows you to store data on the blockchain but utilizing your own dedicated hardware. </p><p><br></p><p>Episode Highlights</p><ul><li>0.33: In Functionland we are creating a decentralized Google cloud. Basically, like the cloud providers that we are getting services from like storage, backups, computation power and running AI algorithms on their servers, says Ehsan.&nbsp;</li><li>1.00: Ehsan's company is decentralizing the hard infrastructure so that everyone become a provider to others and they all can basically provide services to each other</li><li>2.47: We have a can full of companies there that are providing most of the storage for the Internet at this point and all of the tools get built on cloud providers, says Jason.</li><li>6.37: Blockchain has given us the power of P2P transactions basically without any middleman and we used that power in the hard work, says Ehsan.&nbsp;</li><li>7.41: Ehsan says that they are utility token not a financial token and the token is there to support the utility of the ecosystem which is storage and computer and application providing.</li><li>8.12: If you have the hardware, you can get all the basic things for free because the tokens are there to pay for it by itself.</li><li>9.51: In our system there is no central key. You are the owner of your keys and no one else can access your files or decrypt except you, says Ehsan.&nbsp;</li><li>11.18: We connect your wallet, your wallet sends the request, encrypt the file with that signature and send it for backup, says Ehsan.</li><li>12.01: Ehsan explains if there is a fair approximation that the things you are providing are a beauty play for people who have tremendous amounts of storage need or people who also are developers.&nbsp;</li><li>15.00: The vision that we had was actually to create a platform that monetizes open source. We want to create a direct channel between the creators like app developers, content creators with the consumers, says Ehsan.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>3 Key Points</p><ol><li>Ehsan decided to create plug and play hardware that any user could plug into the Internet, and it became a DAB server. It gives you the power to own your own data.</li><li>Ehsan explains how secure it is to have mine data stored on someone else device that could be sitting on their desktop?</li><li>Ehsan talks about the entire fragmentation of the data and how that works.&nbsp;</li></ol><p><br></p><p>Tweetable Quotes</p><ul><li>\"We are a partner of five coin, and we work together on the protocol set that we have. But the approach is different because five coin is more focused on B2B business.\" – Ehsan</li><li>\"We opened a per-order campaign for one month and the initial storage that we have when we go live by the end of the year is 2 petabytes and that would be start.\" - Ehsan&nbsp;</li><li>\"I have been at developer like for 15 years and the vision that we have that to monetize open source, that's something I know that it's very interesting for a lot of developers.\" - Ehsan</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Resources Mentioned</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/jason.pereira\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>&nbsp;– Jason Pereira's Facebook</li><li><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/pereirajm?trk=org-employees_mini-profile_title\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;– Jason Pereira's LinkedIn</li><li><a href=\"https://www.woodgate.com/#plan-prosper-preserve-financial-planning-toronto\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Woodgate.com</a>&nbsp;– Sponsor</li><li>Ehsan Shariati – <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ehsan6sha_functionland-unveils-groundbreaking-hardware-activity-6904788359911141376-7HnG/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jason Pereira"}