newbie's first encounter with IRYS eight

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Developer's Gospel: Just like ordering takeout, "call" massive data in the program.

For application developers, a long-standing dilemma is that the program itself (smart contract) has strong computing power, but the "data" it can directly use is very limited, usually only able to access a very small and extremely expensive amount of built-in state data on-chain. It's like a top chef trapped in a kitchen with extremely scarce ingredients, possessing great skills but unable to showcase them.

In the past, it was almost impossible for programs to use the massive amounts of data stored on the chain (such as a several GB AI model). This is because it would be like asking a chef to receive and process an entire truckload of goods just to use one tomato—this is unfeasible both technically and financially.

Irys's "programmable data" feature perfectly addresses this core contradiction. Its way of working is very similar to the "takeaway" service we are familiar with.

Let's make a vivid analogy:

Your program (smart contract) is like the "chef" waiting for the ingredients in the kitchen.
· The PB-level (massive) data stored on the Irys network is like a "cloud-based food city" that has everything.
· IrysVM is the efficient and precise "delivery system" of this food city.

Now, when your "chef" needs a specific ingredient (such as "pre-trained AI model weight files"), he no longer has to move the entire "food city" by himself. He just needs to place an "order"—that is, issue a command that contains data location information. Almost instantly, the "takeout delivery system" will deliver the "dish" that the "chef" ordered directly from a stall in the "food city" to the workstation in the "kitchen."

This process is revolutionary for developers. It means that the complexity of handling massive amounts of data is completely abstracted and hidden. Developers can easily use any data stored on Irys in their code, just like calling a local function. This greatly unleashes the creativity of developers, making the construction of complex applications that rely on large-scale data (such as on-chain AI, games, and social networks) a reality from a dream.

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