# The Onchain Spectrum

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Aug 15, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/onchain-spectrum-nft-storage*

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   The Onchain Spectrum
  

  
  Published on Aug. 15, 2024

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The Onchain Spectrum: NFT Storage on Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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       William M. Peaster](https://x.com/WPeaster)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/08/image---2024-08-15T140556.637-1.png)](https://www.bankless.com/the-onchain-spectrum-nft)**IPFS is a peer-to-peer network for sharing data. It's a popular choice for underpinning NFT metadata, and if used properly it offers strong redundancy and availability assurances.**

But what happens when it's used improperly? 

In the worst case scenario, the associated art becomes unavailable, and the NFTs become mere tokens. We've seen this before with platforms like Ascribe, Digital Objects, Editional, and even FTX.

More recently, this week NFT sleuths discovered that nearly 30,000 NFTs from eBay's shuttered KnownOrigins marketplace—including iconic XCOPY works—rely on an outdated Infura link in their IPFS implementations, jeopardizing the availability of their art going forward.

That said, there is no right or wrong storage approach per se—it's more about determining sufficiency on a case-by-case basis. 

Yet as an NFT adventurer yourself, it's incredibly important to understand the overall basics of storage so you can navigate the nuances here and make informed collecting decisions.

*Toward that end, let's walk through a quick refresher of the onchain spectrum as it stands today on Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana*!  👇

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