Incentivization in Swarm

We give a comprehensive overview of incentives in Swarm which underline its unique position as a truly future-proof storage and communication infrastructure. Incentivization makes sure that not only is the network is economically self-sustaining, but it also optimizes the allocation of scarce resources, bandwidth and disc space without compromising on privacy or scalability.

Decentralized storage and content distribution is one of the necessary infrastructure solutions for web3 applications. For a future-proof peer-to-peer system, economic self-sustainability, incentive alignment is key: each strategic choice of protocol behavior by the client is grounded in the profit-maximizing rationale of the node operator. This uncontroversial and scalable assumption gives grounds for the solarpunk optimism regarding technology in support of a global self-sovereign society.