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Files are content-addressed blobs served by the LBRY DHT/reflectors and by Odysee's CDN; retrieval by hash is not metered.","metered":false},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"rest","tooling":"yt-dlp `lbry` extractor (verified present). Odysee JSON-RPC at api.na-backend.odysee.com (`resolve`, `claim_search`). LBRY Desktop hosts blobs locally under lbrynet/blob.","chaining":"Unlimited claims per channel x unlimited channels x unlimited accounts. Because the object is a plain blob, there is no video-duration ceiling to fight — the only cap is 16 GB/file, so capacity = unlimited files x 16 GB.","limits":[{"kind":"per-object-cap","value":"16 GB per file","source":"https://help.odysee.tv/category-uploading/category-fileuploads/fileselection/"}],"limits_note":"16 GB per file is the real ceiling; no per-day upload cap documented. Every publish needs an LBC deposit, so a large library costs a real (small) crypto balance up front and must be re-staked to keep claims alive.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":null,"country":null},"reliability_note":"This is the only candidate here that stores the original bytes, but the platform is visibly decaying in 2026 — community 'collapse watch' posts and a Sept 2026 outage report; LBRY Inc. wound down. Treat as a live archive with a short expected half-life.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://help.odysee.tv/category-uploading/category-fileuploads/fileselection/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Odysee uploads are restricted to 16 GB'"},{"url":"https://lbry.com/faq/how-to-publish","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'you can also publish files up to 4 GB from the web at Odysee.com'; 'a minimum of 0.0001 LBC deposit'"},{"url":null,"date":"2026-10-21","proved":"probe: POST api.na-backend.odysee.com claim_search -> value.source = {hash, sd_hash, size: 205035588, media_type: video/mp4} — the claim points at one content-addressed blob, not a set of renditions"},{"url":"https://help.odysee.tv/category-blockchain/overview/","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'the file isn't actually being uploaded to Odysee. 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