storing

The blockchain is meant for consensus, storing reddit comments or cat pictures is an expensive and inefficient misuse of the blockchain.

That actually makes me wonder if storing things as such might be a great way to go....

Also, there are security implications when storing data inside other peoples' browsers (though this isn't relevant in this specific case).

You’ll be working a set of crawlers responsible for discovering, acquiring and storing data and applications that make use of that data.

I don't mind storing and transporting hydrogen Spoken like someone who has never tried to store or transport hydrogen.

By not storing it, you make things simpler and more resilient to attack.

You have to pay someone a tiny amount: the cost to make executing your transaction, storing the blockchain, and mining a block worthwhile.

I've heard of people storing the queries that they were going to send to the database in a database row.

Meaning purely for storing and using 1 kwh, it's about $10c.

Or conversely, storing IP's as signed int's will make you sad.

Are you really going to tell all your friends they should write down or memorize your phone number instead of storing it in their phone?

In fact, many operations that are expected to be used rarely (compared to storing and fetching), such as deletion, have been delegated to GitHub for simplicity.

In some situations, even pumped storage storing non-renewable power power is "greener" than you seem to imply.

No, pumped storage is not "white-washing": energy storage is the key piece to making unpredictable energy sources viable, by storing during low demand and having a buffer instantly available to respond to peaks.

Storing and processing that information on a computer is covered by the DPA.