I do know that one advantage of using tokens is that entities can pay people across the world, in a way that would not be feasible otherwise… and also in very precise amounts or even micropayments. I’d also say that STORJ was intended as a utility token, and its a different thing than a crypto/mining situation.
So although we do utilize blockchain technology as a payment mechanism, we aren’t trying to be Bitcoin or Ethereum. We’re using blockchain as a means to an end… but our product is our storage layer platform, and that’s really our focus.