Object storage was built so the provider could see everything.
Not out of malice — out of architecture. Someone has to run the endpoint, and whoever runs it holds the keys, keeps the access log, and knows every bucket name, every object size, every read. That was the only way to build it, so nobody questioned it. Then the log became more valuable than the storage.
XNS moves the endpoint to your side. The Relayer runs on your host, encrypts every object before it leaves, and disperses the shards across independent operators you selected yourself. We don’t promise not to look. We built it so we can’t — and we publish the complete list of what our systems do receive, below, so you never have to take that on faith.
The old shape
Their datacenter, your data
You pick a region from a list they wrote. They hold the keys, run the endpoint, and keep the record of every access. Your only real control is which of their buildings it sits in.
The new shape
Your datacenter, your data
You compose the provider set by durability, availability, distance and country. Your Relayer encrypts and disperses. The people holding your shards cannot read them, and neither can we.
