This article explores the feasibility of developing cloud storage dApps on the Internet Computer (IC) blockchain, which can hold full-stack applications entirely on-chain and run at web speed. We analyze cloud storage services' security, stability, cost, and performance issues and propose a multi-canister system design scheme for building cloud storage dApps on the IC. Our quantitative tests demonstrate that the blockchain-secured data I/O operations on the IC can result in ten times time savings and up to a million times cost savings compared to those on Ethereum; deploying small-scale data storage applications on the IC can even be more resource-efficient than on traditional servers. We also discuss the trade-offs and decision-making considerations in our conclusion.
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