Greenfinch, a decentralized storage solution using the Neo blockchain and NeoFS, will be known as Cassette in the future. The co-founders draw inspiration from the cypherpunks’ ethos, emphasizing privacy, anonymity and security, which have influenced decentralized technology such as blockchain and distributed storage networks. The new brand reflects this spirit and builds on the cassette-based mixtape sharing that predated digital music distribution networks.
The Cassette team notes that while the updated application has a similar design to the first version of Greenfinch, the underlying code has been completely rewritten from the ground up. This change is intended to make it much easier to iterate and build upon Cassette.
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Cassette allows users to create and manage containers, which can contain multiple objects and are created with user-defined rules for read and write access rights. Any object (i.e. PDF, Word document, music or video file) can be uploaded via cassette and stored in a NeoFS container.
To use Cassette, users must import or create a Neo N3 wallet filled with GAS to pay for storage activities. Cassette supports multiple wallets, including Neon Wallet, O3, and wallets enabled by Wallet Connect, or users can create a brand new wallet from within the app.
Storage on NeoFS must be paid for in NeoFS GAS, which can be obtained by converting GAS. Cassette can facilitate this exchange and allow users to manage the balance.
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The roadmap for Cassette mentions plans for a discovery phase for the upcoming Neo X EVM sidechain, designing and testing a desktop integration tool, exploring a potential hardware prototype, and a user interface redesign. Additionally, users are encouraged to join the Cassette Team’s official Discord server and request features on the application.
About the Cassette team
The Cassette team joined the Neo ecosystem as GreenFinch in late 2021 and began building its Dropbox-like application on the Neo blockchain and the NeoFS distributed storage network. The team consists of two co-founders: Alex Walker, a back-end Golang developer, and Robin Green, a front-end React developer. That year, the team won the award for the best Middleware Project in the Neo Polaris Launchpad hackathon, the ecosystem’s first hackathon after the launch of Neo N3 in 2021.
In 2022, Greenfinch was the first successful GrantShares proposal, receiving six votes in support of releasing 825 NEO to build the Greenfinch API. The Greenfinch API is an HTTP API intended to make it easy for developers to leverage the power of NeoFS.
In 2023, the first version of the Greenfinch application, compatible with Windows and Mac operating systems, was launched on Neo N3 MainNet. That same year, Greenfinch co-founders were present at Neo’s booth at Consensus in Austin, Texas. Walker was interviewed for the NNT YouTube channel and Green was interviewed for a special episode of The Smart Economy Podcast.
Those interested in using Cassette can get started by visiting the link below:
https://getcassette.io/the-release-of-cassette/