The Sia Foundation is a non-profit focused on supporting and improving the Sia decentralized storage network. The foundation’s goal is a world where people fully control their own data. In that world, there are no closed ecosystems, no vendor lock-in, and no concern about a single company snooping on your information or holding your files hostage. Sia moves toward this by creating a trustless marketplace where users can trade cloud storage directly with each other.

Sia is a decentralized cloud storage platform secured with blockchain technology. Its storage network makes use of idle hard drive space across the globe to build a data storage marketplace designed to be more dependable and cost-effective than conventional cloud storage services. Sia runs on its own blockchain and uses a utility token-Siacoin (SC)-to power the system.

Privacy, strong performance, and solid engineering practices define Sia’s approach. The main mission is to extend decentralization to data storage. Sia is built to help ensure you retain exclusive control over your data, keeping it protected from theft, censorship, and unauthorized access. With Sia, your data belongs to you, and the documentation is provided to help you use the capabilities of its software suite.