Shelby Economics Calculator

Estimate storage costs and SP rewards based on live on-chain parameters.

Rate:42 µsUSD / chunk / epoch
SP share:39 µ · Admin 3 µ
Payment epoch:1 day
Staking epoch:7 days
Contract:0x85fdb9a…988e6a

= 1.00 GB · 954 chunks

days

Estimated total — 1.00 GB, 30 days, Shelbynet

1.2020sUSD

Per month

1.2020

sUSD / mo

Per GB / mo

1.202040

sUSD

42 µShelbyUSD · chunk⁻¹ · epoch⁻¹ · 1 epoch = 1 day

Calculation Breakdown

Storage Size

1.00 GB

Chunk Size

1.00 MiB

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Chunks

954

Epochs

30

1d each

Rate

42 µsUSD

per chunk / epoch

Total µShelbyUSD

1,202,040

Cost Comparison — 30-day period · 1.00 GB

Shelby
1.2020 sUSD*
AWS S3
0.0230 USD
Cloudflare R2
0.0150 USD
Backblaze B2
0.0060 USD
Arweave
4.0000 USD
Filecoin
0.0002 USD
IPFS (pinned)
0.1000 USD

* ShelbyUSD ≠ USD — exchange rate not established on Shelbynet. Comparison is directional only.

Detailed Comparison

ProviderModelEst. CostPer GB/moNote
ShelbyMonthly1.2020 sUSD*1.202040 sUSD*Decentralised, cryptographic guarantees
AWS S3Monthly$0.0230$0.023Standard, us-east-1
Cloudflare R2Monthly$0.0150$0.015No egress fees
Backblaze B2Monthly$0.0060$0.006Cheapest S3-compatible
ArweaveOne-timeVariable~$4.00/GB upfront (permanent)
FilecoinMonthly$0.0002$0.0002Variable, deal-based
IPFS (pinned)Monthly$0.1000$0.1Via Pinata / NFT.Storage

* ShelbyUSD ≠ USD. Chunk size 1.00 MiB assumed pending contract confirmation.

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