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
fetching...
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
| Provider | Model | Est. Cost | Per GB/mo | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | Monthly | 1.2020 sUSD* | 1.202040 sUSD* | Decentralised, cryptographic guarantees |
| AWS S3 | Monthly | $0.0230 | $0.023 | Standard, us-east-1 |
| Cloudflare R2 | Monthly | $0.0150 | $0.015 | No egress fees |
| Backblaze B2 | Monthly | $0.0060 | $0.006 | Cheapest S3-compatible |
| Arweave | One-time | Variable | — | ~$4.00/GB upfront (permanent) |
| Filecoin | Monthly | $0.0002 | $0.0002 | Variable, deal-based |
| IPFS (pinned) | Monthly | $0.1000 | $0.1 | Via Pinata / NFT.Storage |
* ShelbyUSD ≠ USD. Chunk size 1.00 MiB assumed pending contract confirmation.