Hello. Is there sombody who is interesting to discuss a product idea based on storj.
The idea is to produce software and sell this with ready to use hardware like Raspberry with a cloud abo based on storj. With that the end user have a real end to end encrypted cloud storage which the user can trust.
What are you looking for? I also had a similar idea, but didn’t follow up on it. I was thinking more of a drive which automatically connects to storj. An easy backup solution basically.
Exactly that. And also a managed Nextcloud.
In Germany there is a big need for real end to end encrypted storage
The slogan is
We provide Nextcloud without running a single data center
I’m interested. I own a small software company in germany. What is your expertise?
Software and Hardwareeng. 20 years experience
Also strong knowledge Docker, git …
I’m also interested. I’m a German data/ml engineer with infrastructure experience and have some spare time 
Are you talking about selling a single-HDD NAS, with Storj preinstalled? (Aren’t their already Storj packages for the major NAS platforms?).
If you wanted custom branded hardware I’d talk to the Evergreen team: they already have appliances for Chia - so adapting to Storj should be as simple as shipping with a different OS image and printing a different logo on the case.
I am Talking about selling ready to use end to end encrypted cloud storage.
Like
Yes this boxes can be then preinstalled with a customized os or what ever with a monthly fee for cloud storage
So something like a DS124 with Nextcloud and Storj preconfigured? Enough people build that combo themselves that there must be a market for an appliance version: cool idea!
I guess all a customer would have to do is sign up with Storj to provide payment info: then Nextcloud would already be set up to use Storj for backup?
Not at all. My idea is to sell the storage.
The customers have no contact to storj.
Just pay fee to lets say the company who is running my idea. And the company uses Storj as storage backend
What’s the point of all this? Nextcloud can already use s3 storage.
And if you make yet another product that by default connects to storj and sell a service — why would you limit yourself to storj and not cloud storage that gives you best deal?
I don’t see the point.
Why would the customer pay you and not storj directly? What value do you add?
Yeah… I thought it was preconfigured local storage, that’s Internet-accessible, with Storj backups. But now it sounds like just taking a margin (like Storj charging $4/TBm and the company charging $8/TBm)? Not nearly as sexy 
The point is you get with option 1
A hardware with Nextcloud as backend. You connect the box into your home Router p. Done.
Ready for an end to end encrypted cloud storage.p without need of hard drives and knowledge for setuop a server with Nextcloud.
Option 2
You can order a Nextcloud instance running with Storj as backend.
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I want to specify the idea more in detail and what are the advantages
What is the problem?
Customers need a rocket proved end to end encrypted cloud storage. Also they have the need to share pictures and files with other. The customer want to have control of user acces.
What the customer do not want to have is a server or take care of disk space and hard drive maintenance.
Assumptions and and current situations :
Customer rent cloud storage. Draw back no end end encryption. If customer go to end to end encrypted cloud in the most cases comfortably is lost. For example picture preview mode is gone for iCloud if customer share pictures with other users.
Solution:
Customer receive a piece of hardware without any HDD inside. The hardware is connected to Storj but this is transparent for the customer,
The only thing the customer can acces is the Nextcloud instance on the hardware.
Customer create an encryption secret and down. The box provide a end to end encrypted Nextcloud instances and everything istp done by Storj and the customer just work on his Nextcloud instance
There may be a market. But people can already use services like pCloud and Mega to get client-side encryption with their Cloud Storage … so it may be hard to have competitive pricing if you’re selling a hardware appliance too.
Like would people care if their personal encryption keys are in an app they run locally… or if they’re in a local hardware appliance (accessed just like any app they’d run locally)? They may want those keys on their own laptop or smartphone… and not on a small device sent to them by a vendor-who-is-also-billing-them
Still a cool idea!
In the Idea is the customer shall set the initial key. 
Maybe also add a hardware dongle like Yubico or a Ledger Nano