Streaming video and edge computing are massive industries, and they’re dominated by centralized CDNs that are expensive and fragile. Theta built a mesh network that rewards users for sharing bandwidth and storage, creating a distributed alternative that’s cheaper and more resilient. The technical challenge is immense — latency, caching, peer discovery, and rewards distribution — but the upside is even bigger. When the metaverse and AI model training become mainstream, decentralized bandwidth will be the bottleneck or the enabler. The infrastructure layer is always underrated until it breaks, and this vault calls out why that’s a mistake.
