Over the past 18 months, IA has been experimenting with decentralized storage protocols as a way to augment and expand its on-premise capacity and test the limits of these systems at scale. In this session I'll walk you through our experience using Filecoin, Storj, and more, the pitfalls, tradeoffs and victories, and lessons learned. This talk is for you if you're building decentralized storage systems, considering using them at scale, or just curious about possible futures of preserving humanity's knowledge.