Pic: Decentralized Blockchain Image Hosting
Serverless, prioritizing user privacy.
Pic vs. Traditional Web2 Image Hosts
- Decentralized: IPFS distributes images globally, eliminating reliance on a single server.
- Permanence: Images on IPFS are permanent, accessible as long as one node hosts them.
- Verifiability: Every image on IPFS has a unique CID, ensuring the image's authenticity.
- Distributed: IPFS hosting can handle high traffic, free from single server limitations.
- Privacy: With images spread across the IPFS network, users have greater privacy control.
- Open Source: IPFS is fully open-source, allowing for customization without restrictions.
Workflow
1. upload content via IPFS connector tools like nft.storage to obtain a CID.
2. The CID is then transformed into encrypted code using a compression encryption algorithm.
3. This encrypted code is uploaded to the blockchain via a contract.