Basically, those who are into it are talking about AI infrastructure, but it's mostly just the trivial technical terms from the White Paper. Just in time for the weekend, let's talk about the potential impact of @irys_xyz on the lives of ordinary people.

Although the ideal state is still far from us, programmable data chains are quietly changing our relationship with data.

Imagine that every photo you take, every article you write, and every video you create no longer just lies on the servers of a certain platform.

With Irys, this data becomes real digital assets - access permissions can be set, charging for authorization is possible, and usage traces can be tracked.

People can finally benefit directly from the data they generate, instead of platforms taking a 90% cut. Creation and sharing may become the norm.

Most Apple users have used iCloud, which is their only storage medium. When storage space is insufficient to store their photos, many choose to purchase external hard drives for storing old photos. For some users who are full of "nostalgia," they opt to order iCloud storage to obtain space for their photos.

Irys only needs $56 to store data for 5 years. Compared to the price of traditional storage, it is almost 30 times the difference.

This 30-fold price difference means that ordinary people can also afford the cost of permanently storing important data.

Whether it's family photos, work documents, or creative content, you no longer have to worry about data loss due to platform shutdowns or service price increases.

When AI training requires a large amount of data, the traditional model is for the platform to take user data for free to train the model.

Irys allows data creators to directly participate in the AI economy—when data is used for training, you can earn corresponding rewards through an allocation mechanism executed automatically by smart contracts.

Currently, we are all "producers" of data but not "beneficiaries". When @irys_xyz truly realizes the "data as assets" model, each of us will be able to receive our share from the digital assets.