Hello Community!

Here is a development update from our Project Manager

Development status
As promised last week, we will post at least once every week to keep you up to date with our latest technical news.

Development team
The goal of the last few days has been to grow the development team. But currently, we especially want developers to get to know each other and know how to work together and serenely. We have integrated in recent weeks @Zeno Sama and @Shoki which will help @LuisLeon  to develop the solution. The development of the backend (creation of the database under boltdb, the creation and connection of APIs to connect to storage spaces: local and on Sia network, make the code modular ...) is managed by @LuisLeon. And the frontend, originally developed by @LuisLeon is now continued by @Zeno Sama and @Shoki (ReactJS language).
@Shoki in a few days, will also help us create mockups of user screens

KnoxFS Technical Infrastructure
A technical whitepaper has been created but is still being drafted. We should be able to communicate on it also in the coming weeks.
We have several VPS available for development and deployment, and the KnoxFS community has also volunteered to provide us with new vps to test the solution deployment in a few weeks. Big thanks!
Initially, the solution will run on VPS with Ubuntu 20.04.
We will see to make the deployment and the running of the solution compatible on new OS a little later (CentOS, ...)

Current solution
Already indicated in previous communications, the first version of the solution (MVP1) will allow you to upload and download files through a web interface (GUI). Your files will be stored securely locally on our infrastructure and all the metadata of the file is saved in boltbd database.
After the delivery of this first version, we will work on improving the functioning of the solution and on the next developments. We have several avenues that we will submit to the community (integration into the decentralized Sia network, automated and decentralized deployment of a complete node, integration of the KFX token into the solution ecosystem, ...)
Many use cases are also possible. @RobinK_1978 has talked about these use cases before and please feel free to submit your ideas