ZephCraft
The shared storage grid — every device contributes spare disk into one content-addressed pool that replicates only what matters
ZephCraft is Craftec's infrastructure network: a decentralized storage, database, and compute grid built from the spare disk of ordinary devices. It is not a blockchain, not a token, and not a rented cloud — it's a grid, in the electricity sense: you draw from it, you contribute to it, and the network keeps alive exactly what is needed.
The network is running. A live cluster stores, replicates, heals, and serves real data today — real numbers at zeph.craft.ec.
The idea in one line
Every device contributes spare disk into one content-addressed pool that replicates only what matters.
Redundancy is engineered to need from three independent knobs:
replication ≈ durability floor + live demand + intentional pins- Floor — erasure coding: content is split into coded pieces so it survives losing most of its holders, at a fraction of full-copy replication's cost.
- Demand — providers are recruited where there is measured traffic, and shed when demand fades.
- Intent — anyone can pin content (a guaranteed anchor) or want it (a keep-alive vote without holding it).
- The fade — content nobody pins, wants, or fetches is allowed to disappear. That's a feature: the network never pays to keep garbage alive.
How it compares
| Redundancy model | The catch | |
|---|---|---|
| BitTorrent | Accidental — whoever happens to be online | Wasteful and fragile: dies when the last seed leaves |
| The cloud | Hidden in a rented data center | You don't own it, you pay forever, one company can revoke it |
| Blockchains | Total — every node stores everything | More nodes ≠ more capacity |
| ZephCraft | Engineered to need | More nodes = more capacity. Distribution, not replication |
More than storage
ZephCraft is a full data-infrastructure vertical, all layers live on the network today:
- Storage — content-addressed objects, self-healing erasure coding, demand-driven lifecycle
- Database — CraftSQL: real SQLite databases stored as content-addressed pages, durable and recoverable from the network
- Compute — sandboxed WASM programs with capability-scoped access to storage and SQL
- Registry & governance — a durable, owner-signed name registry and a multisig governance chain
Quick links
- Architecture — identity, transport, membership, routing
- Run a node — one binary, any device
- FAQ — honest answers, including what's not built yet