Multi-Chain Storage & MetaArk: Pioneering Decentralized Storage with Filecoin & IPFS’s Aid

4 min readDec 22, 2023

Swan Network leads the charge in revolutionizing cloud storage through decentralized protocols, prioritizing data sovereignty and censorship resistance.

This article unveils the pivotal role played by two groundbreaking tools from Swan Network: Multi-Chain Storage (MCS) and MetaArk, actively contributing to the evolution of Filecoin, IPFS and the broader decentralized storage ecosystem.

In the article, we will

uncover the core functionalities of these tools
examine their synergistic collaboration
explore a use case featuring Chainnode
provide an example code

Are you ready to embark on a journey of exploration? Let’s delve in!

Multi-Chain Storage: Your Decentralized Storage Gateway

Multi-Chain Storage (MCS) represents a revolutionary Web3 S3 storage gateway fortified by smart contract integration to accelerate decentralized storage adoption. As highlighted in “Bridging Decentralized Storage with Filecoin and Swan Multi-Chain Storage,” MCS bridges enterprises and applications to censorship-resistant ecosystems like Filecoin and IPFS.

By enabling capacity payments via stablecoins or tokens across chains like Polygon and BNB Smart Chain, MCS taps into the vibrant blockchain ecosystem to open decentralized storage for cross-chain applications.

MetaArk: Streamlined Decentralized Data Management

MetaArk: Securely archive and auto-recover crucial data with robust service

MetaArk is a robust data archiving and rebuilding service designed to securely store and automatically recover your most critical data assets. It encodes large datasets into CAR files, distributed seamlessly across decentralized storage networks.

With MetaArk’s SDKs automating archival, data rebuilding, and monitoring, developers benefit from reduced engineering overhead when working with open protocols like Filecoin.

Building Web3 Cloud Storage with MCS and MetaArk

MCS and MetaArk, Swan Network’s cutting-edge blockchain storage solution, combines features to provide a comprehensive data caching layer for decentralized storage needs.

It simplify data storage and management with key features:

Connectivity and Security: Easily store data on Filecoin and IPFS, ensuring security and resilience against disruptions.
Flexible Payments: Pay for Filecoin storage with tokens like MATIC, USDC, and ETH for convenient options.
Decentralized Support: Support multiple region storage providers for storage on Filecoin, ensuring data permanence and global accessibility.

By strategically integrating these features, MCS and MetaArk not only provide versatile functionality but also work harmoniously to create a robust and user-friendly solution for Web3 cloud storage.

Integrating Swan Cloud Storage Solution Into Your Application

Swan Network simplifies integrating decentralized storage into applications with Multi-Chain Storage (MCS) and MetaArk’s user-friendly SDKs. The steps include:

Upload data to IPFS clusters via MCS for availability
Back up to the Filecoin network using MetaArk SDK for redundancy
Rebuild from MetaArk if data is lost(if need)

By handling critical functions like storage, recovery and rebuilding, Swan Network’s building blocks abstract the complexity behind easy-to-use interfaces. Developers can leverage the modular components to augment applications with the resilience and verifiability of decentralized data in just a few lines of code.

For those interested in getting hands-on with integrating Swan’s Cloud Storage solution containing code samples across languages, refer to these resource links:

Use Case: Chainnode

Chainnode stands out as an excellent use case of leveraging MCS and MetaArk.

Chainnode functions as a snapshots-as-a-service provider, ensuring swift downloads of the most up-to-date node snapshots. The integration of MCS enhances Chainnode’s capabilities, allowing it to efficiently store duplicates of chain state data directly into IPFS.

Beyond that, MetaArk ensures the data will be backed up to Storage providers around the world, and it can be retrieved once the snapshot is lost. In fact, Chainnode maximizes efficiency by leveraging MetaArk to encode the file into a unified CAR file. This not only optimizes storage but also streamlines subsequent data transactions. Through MetaArk’s auto-bid system, Chainnode automated deal matching, seamlessly distributing them to storage providers within the Filecoin network.

This synergistic integration allows Chainnode to deliver enhanced services, contributing to the seamless and secure functioning of the entire ecosystem: MCS serves as a secure and decentralized gateway for efficient data storage, complemented by MetaArk’s streamlined data archiving and recovery capabilities, ensuring robust and reliable data management.

Conclusion: Pioneering Cloud Storage for Web3

By combining Multi-Chain Storage and MetaArk, Swan Network emerges as a pioneer in the cloud storage stack for Web3. The result is a simplified, secure, and resilient solution that meets the evolving needs of the decentralized era.

Dive into the future of cloud storage with Swan Network. Sign up for Multi-Chain Storage today and instantly receive 30GB of free decentralized storage here: https://www.multichain.storage/

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