Lens Storage Nodes

Lens Storage Nodes allows developers to upload, edit, delete and retrieve data stored on Lens Storage Nodes all powered by access control binded to the EVM network.

Lens Storage Nodes implements an efficient service layer which is positioned between IPFS nodes and EVM-based blockchain nodes. We've abstracted away all the hard parts for you, so that storing and retrieval of your data becomes fun to integrate into your web3 apps.

Data stored on IPFS is immutable by default, so we've added a new layer that leverages the existing tech and makes your data mutable if you decide so. With our approach, any modifying access to your data can be controlled only by the data owners: during the inital upload you can provide an ACL template that will be later used to validate any modification attempts with public blockchain nodes. We've taken the phrase "not your keys, not your data" quite literally here to reflect our vision how data ownership should look like. This feature is opt-in so if you prefer to have your data stored as immutable, you can just use the defaults.

The dynamic nature of being able to set any access control you like which is powered by any smart contract you want unlocks a huge range of possibilities for developers to build using the Lens Storage Nodes. Lens Storage Nodes are not just limited to Lens data it was written to be EVM compatibile so you can use it with any EVM compatible chain and use it with any data you wish. In the developer preview the Lens Storage Nodes will be available on the Lens Network only.