The Chainwire announcement says the move follows more than 180,000 users and 500,000 uploads, aiming to improve scalability, segment workloads and let participants finance added storage capacity.
CT3 said it is moving its decentralized storage infrastructure to a dedicated Storage Contracts model as rising usage puts pressure on its existing setup. The company said more than 180,000 unique users have used the platform and more than 500,000 uploads have been completed, with each upload tied to an NFT access key that can be independently verified on-chain. Under the new architecture, uploads will be spread across separate smart contracts (self-executing blockchain code) instead of a single main contract. Each Storage Contract is tied to a fixed amount of storage capacity and functions as an independent infrastructure segment with its own capacity, utilization level and on-chain statistics. CT3 said the design is meant to improve scalability, make resource usage easier to measure and support additional capacity as demand grows. The company said participants may finance the deployment of new Storage Contracts and added storage capacity. That capacity is then used for files uploaded through ct-3.cloud, with profit shared between CT3 and the participant who funded the expansion. CT3 added that users will not need to take any action during the transition, and both existing and new NFT keys will continue to be supported.