Public Data Addresses

In the previous introduction to meta templates, we showed a meta template used in Metadisk for storing files. This method is sufficient for storing a single file. It we, however, want to store thousands of files, we would have to keep track of all the hashes and description keys off all those files on all the computers we would want to access those files.

We instead can make a slight change to the way we send data to the blockchain. We can send the data to a public address that we generate, rather than the genesis address of the template. That way all of the necessary information to retrieve and use my files are on a single address. In this way it is easier to find my files among millions of file information stored on the blockchain.

Having a public address allows me to keep track of some of my own files without ever having to register for any type of centralized account.