Crust Network

crust.network · Storage · 2 records · JSON

Crust Network (free Web3Auth IPFS gateway + on-chain pinning) Storagefails: egressemail?card?R
Crust Network DSM Storagefails: quotacardcardI

Crust Network (free Web3Auth IPFS gateway + on-chain pinning) Storage

fails: egressemail?card?R

wiki.crust.network/docs/en/build101 · p2p · storage/crust-network · JSON · compare

Free tier	Gateway writes are described as 'free' but need a signature; the storage quota itself comes from a Discord channel, not a published number: 'Get free storage quota: 1. Join Crust discord 2. Follow the pinned message on 📦free-storage channel'. Default storage order term is 6 months. unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Free gateways list is published (github.com/crustio/ipfsscan lib/constans.ts, e.g. https://ipfs-gw.decloud.foundation). No bandwidth meter documented.
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	rest, rclone rest
Tooling	IPFS HTTP API-compatible authenticated gateway; also a standard IPFS Pinning Service endpoint usable cross-chain. rclone can read IPFS via the gateway; writes need the W3Auth signature flow.
Composes with	Quota is granted per Discord/on-chain identity and the order is an on-chain transaction, so chaining means many funded Crust accounts — closer to a staking scheme than a free tier.
Reliability	Write path is signature-gated; unauthenticated PUT returns 401 and reads of unknown CIDs return 403, so the gateway is not an open drop.
Notes	Gateway writes are described as 'free' but need a signature; the storage quota itself comes from a Discord channel, not a published number: 'Get free storage quota: 1. Join Crust discord 2. Follow the pinned message on 📦free-storage channel'. Default storage order term is 6 months.
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	wiki.crust.network/docs/en/build101	'Crust provides a web3-oriented gateway ... for free and 100% compatible with standard IPFS HTTP interfaces'; 'The default storage time for a single transaction(order) is 6 months'
2026-10-21	ipfs-gw.decloud.foundation/api/v0/add	probe: POST -F file=@probe -> 401 {"error":{"reason":"UNAUTHORIZED","details":"Empty Signature"}}
2026-10-21	ipfs-gw.decloud.foundation/ipfs/<valid	probe: GET cid> -> 403

More fields (1)

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  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Gateway writes are described as 'free' but need a signature; the storage quota itself comes from a Discord channel, not a published number: 'Get free storage quota: 1. Join Crust discord 2. Follow the pinned message on 📦free-storage channel'. Default storage order term is 6 months.",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (8)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted

Crust Network DSM Storage

fails: quotacardcardI

wiki.crust.network/docs/en/DSM · contributed storage - decentralised pinning market · storage/crust-network-dsm · JSON · compare

Free tier	storage orders placed on-chain, each held for six months; the top four nodes submitting proofs share that file's reward unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	retrieval incentivised separately; no free allowance published
Identity	card card
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	cli IPFS CID-based orders; Crust apps
Tooling	crust CLI, IPFS, apps.crust.network
Composes with	IPFS-compatible, so any IPFS gateway can read it
Reliability	Reward goes only to the top four proof submitters per file, so payout is a race; unverified capacity reporting.
Notes	storage orders placed on-chain, each held for six months; the top four nodes submitting proofs share that file's reward
Evidence rung	inferred One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-20

Evidence (2)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	wiki.crust.network/docs/en/DSM	'Currently, each storage order would be stored on the Crust Network for six months'; 'Any node that submits corresponding storage proof will be added to the payout queue ... the top four nodes in the queue will get the reward of this file's reward'
2026-10-21	crust.network/	capacity and node counters rendered as '0 TB' and '0'; no pricing table published

More fields (1)

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  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "storage orders placed on-chain, each held for six months; the top four nodes submitting proofs share that file's reward",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted