When discussing certain storage protocols, many people focus on aspects like capacity, decentralization level, and resistance to censorship. But this perspective doesn't really get to the core issue. The real problem isn't at the technical level, but at the economic level: who is willing to pay for the thankless task of preserving historical data?

Traditional systems operate with a straightforward logic—history is a burden. Compressing logs, merging old states, regularly cleaning outdated versions—these are standard operations aimed at minimizing costs. Storing these things offers little direct benefit and instead consumes resources.

However, some new protocols have changed these rules of the game. They use token incentives to turn "storing history" from an obligation into a business. Nodes are no longer forced to participate but are guided to do so voluntarily. The more carefully data is stored, the more verifiable it is, and the more stable the operation, the higher the long-term profit ceiling. This is the key point.

Tasks that must be completed rigidly are prone to being perfunctory, while tasks driven by economic incentives are taken seriously. Here, tokens are not just simple capacity purchase certificates; what is truly sold is a rare commodity: trustworthy historical records. It may not feel significant at small scales, but once the network expands, the value of this resource will grow exponentially.