On the main site is says users are paying 7$/TB for bandwidth. Where is $20/TB paid to storage node operator coming from?

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Oh I see, well anyone else can just discuss it here. There is no need to go to DM. But you asked quite a few questions only people at Storj Labs could answer.

@DarioPavlic

For how long can Storj Labs subsidize the price paid to storage nodes for bandwidth (end users paying 7$ and storage nodes gettin paid 20$/TB)?

You can look at the token reports I mentioned before to see what the reserves are. Those aren’t all used only to pay storage node operators though. So keep that in mind. But there is quite a bit of detail in there that you could extrapolate from.

@DarioPavlic

Is there a document or blog describing the economics in a whole?

There is a white paper, but that goes into the technology more than the economics. Storj Whitepaper V3

@DarioPavlic

Also what’s exactly a value accrual for Storj token if you can actually pay for storage with fiat?

I think I mostly responded to this already here:

Storj vs Filecoin?

The value is mostly speculative. But there are a few things that could be tied to long term business model viability. You already mentioned customers can use STORJ to get a discount. With the current transaction fees, that may not be viable for every customer, but on larger scale amounts it can still be helpful. If more customers want to do this, there is more demand for the token, which could increase the price. But atm, I don’t see this outpacing the speculative pressures any time soon. When…

I think all the other questions can really only be answered by Storj Labs. And those regarding tokens will probably be left unanswered. Perhaps they could respond to the question regarding customer testimonials and use cases.

As a starting point:

Best Use Cases for Distributed Storage Solutions - Storj Docs

https://www.storj.io/resources-categories/case-studies

Hope that helps