Mind Network and IPFS Partner to Empower Data Privacy & Security Protection on Decentralized Storage
Introduction
Mind Network is a permissionless and scalable zero-trust data lake. Its core feature is to compute over encrypted data and allow that data to be stored in various Web3 storage protocols.
DataPack, contributed by the Mind Network Team, is to enable data transformation and transportation between Mind Network and storage protocols, like IPFS. It is an adapter that facilitates the smooth conversion of data between plaintext and ciphertext to be stored in Mind Network or IPFS. This module empowers users to retrieve their infrequently processed data, known as “cold data,” from Mind Network and store it in local or decentralized storage. When the need arises to perform computing on the encrypted data again, users can effortlessly load it back into Mind Network for processing.
Why use IPFS?
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) offers a reliable and efficient solution for synchronizing data across the internet. It is especially valuable for managing encrypted cold data that doesn’t require immediate processing but is necessary for reading purposes. By migrating this data from Mind Network to IPFS, data owners gain the flexibility to download and decrypt the encrypted data from anywhere, even without the need for direct interaction with Mind Network. This decentralized approach ensures seamless access to data across different locations while offering network redundancy and reducing the costs for Mind Network users?
By leveraging IPFS, Mind Network users benefit from the following key advantages:
- Seamless Data Access: Compared to local data storage, IPFS enables easy and uninterrupted access to data across various locations. This capability promotes efficient collaboration and seamless information sharing among users.
- Enhanced Security: Mind Network DataPack encapsulates data and encrypts it before uploading it to IPFS. This robust encryption ensures that data remains secure during transit and at rest, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access or data breaches.
- Network Redundancy: IPFS leverages the decentralized structure, providing network redundancy that reduces the vulnerability to single-point failures. This redundancy ensures data availability and reliability even in the face of network disruptions or failures, enhancing the overall resilience of MindLake’s data infrastructure.
- Cost Optimization: Adopting IPFS brings cost optimization benefits for Mind Network, especially considering that Mind Network is a computing network with relatively higher costs compared to strictly storage protocols.
Overall, IPFS empowers Mind Network with a scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution for data synchronization. It facilitates seamless collaboration, efficient data management, and ensures the integrity and availability of data across various locations. By leveraging IPFS, Mind Lake enhances its services while optimizing costs and maintaining a high level of security for its users.
Integration
Mind Network employs encryption as the only method for managing user access control. Rather than directly managing access permissions, all non-public data within Mind Network is encrypted. Consequently, when uploading this data to decentralized storage, it is necessary to encrypt the corresponding portion of the data. Mind Network’s encryption mechanism is different from local and decentralized storage mechanisms. Specifically, the cipher data undergoes a decryption-encryption process when transitioning between MindLake and other storage systems.
The encryption keys used in local file and decentralized storage can be simplified into two categories:
- Wallet Key
The wallet key is a key pair generatedthrough ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) asymmetric encryption and associated with a user’s wallet account. This key is directly linked to the user’s identity. In the DataPack module, the wallet key is utilized for encrypting and decrypting the data key. The private key of the wallet is exclusively possessed by the data owner, ensuring that only they can decrypt and access the data keys.
- Data Key
The data key employs AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) symmetric encryption. It is responsible for encrypting and decrypting the actual data. Each encrypted column in DataPack is associated with a specific data key. The successful decryption of encrypted columns within DataPack relies solely on the data owner’s access to the corresponding data key.
By utilizing these two types of keys, a robust encryption framework is established, ensuring secure data storage and transmission in both local and decentralized storage environments. The wallet key enables identity-bound access control, while the data key guarantees confidentiality for individual data columns within DataPack.
Next Action: Utilize Filecoin
The next step is to incorporate Filecoin as an enhancement to IPFS, eliminating the need for users to set up or search for an IPFS storage provider. The objective is to simplify the process of storing and synchronizing DataPack for users, ensuring a robust and efficient experience.
By leveraging Filecoin’s decentralized storage capabilities, users will have a seamless and reliable solution for storing and synchronizing their DataPack. Filecoin’s network provides a distributed and resilient storage infrastructure, allowing users to securely store their data without the burden of managing storage providers themselves.
About Mind Network
Mind Network is the first FHE Restaking Layer for POS and AI Networks. Our framework operates as an FHE validation network, bringing secure computation and consensus to AI, DePIN, EigenLayer AVS, Bittensor Subnet, and many critical POS networks. Mind Network’s solution has found initial product-market-fit with projects such as IO.Net, MyShell, Bittensor, AIOZ, Nimble AI, ChainLink, Connext and more adopting its solution. It has achieved 650k+ active users and 3.2M+ transactions processed on its testnet.
Mind Network is backed by Binance Labs, Hashkey, Big Brain, Chainlink, Comma3, SevenX, and received an Ethereum grant to conduct research on practical implementations for FHE technology on Ethereum.
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