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To fund 20 TiB at $7/TB ($140/mo) plus 30 TiB/mo egress at $7/TB ($210/mo) = $350/mo, you must store $350/1.35 = 259 TB of other people's data. Storj's own forum arithmetic also carries a 2.7x erasure expansion factor, so 1 TB of customer data consumes 2.7 TB of SNO disk - meaning the true disk ratio is ~700 TB contributed to consume 20 TB. This is the clearest negative in the slot.","identity_cost":{"kind":"email","detail":"email","country":null},"reliability_note":"Node disqualification and held amounts apply for the first months; forum reports of 8.5 TiB stored paying $5.50 indicate realised rates well below list.","confidence":"reported","confidence_note":"One page read moves it to documented.","evidence":[{"url":"https://www.storj.io/pricing","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"Standard: 'Monthly storage $7/TB', 'Egress $7/TB'; minimum monthly fee $5; 30-day minimum retention with early-deletion fee; 50 KB minimum object size"},{"url":"https://forum.storj.io/t/rightsizing-storj-network-payout-rates/32391","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"rate table: 'Used space (storage) $1.50/TB/month -> $1.35/TB/month -10%'; 'Egress (bandwidth) $2.00/TB -> $1.00/TB -50%'; 'estimated 18% reduction in total payout'"},{"url":"https://storj.dev/node/payouts","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'Payouts are made in USD Coin (USDC) ... Earnings are calculated in USD and paid at one USDC per US dollar'"},{"url":"https://forum.storj.io/t/helping-the-network-become-profitable-what-can-operators-contribute-while-staying-viable-calculator-inside/32104","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'$1.5/TB is for a single SNO, but theres 2.7 expansion factor, so 1 TB times 2.7 times $1.5 = $4.05 just a storage cost, per month'"},{"url":"https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-is-moving-node-operator-payouts-and-customer-deposits-to-usdc/32809?page=16","date":"2026-10-21","proved":"'for 2026/09 my node stored 8.5 TiB of data and was paid $5.50'"}],"verdict":"fails-quota","verified_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","notes":"paid $1.35/TB/month stored + $1.00/TB egress (cut from $1.50/$2.00 on 1 Sep 2026, an 18% total reduction). Paid in USDC on Ethereum, not STORJ.","extras":{"dead_end":{"failure_class":"egress","why":"paid $1.35/TB/month stored + $1.00/TB egress (cut from $1.50/$2.00 on 1 Sep 2026, an 18% total reduction). 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