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<p><b>Storj</b> (pronounced: storage) aims to become a cloud storage platform that can’t be censored or monitored, or have downtime. Storj is a platform, cryptocurrency, and suite of decentralized applications that allows users to store data in a secure and decentralized manner. It uses blockchain features like a transaction ledger, public/private key encryption, and cryptographic hash functions for security. Furthermore, it will be way cheaper (10x-to-100x), faster, and more secure than traditional cloud storage services.</p>
<p>Storj is working hard to solve data security issues with the help of its own web app, <a href="http://metadisk.org/" class="link">MetaDisk</a>, and client app, <a href="http://driveshare.org/" class="link">DriveShare</a>. It is the first decentralized, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage that uses blockchain technology and cryptography to secure online files. There is no need to trust a corporation, vulnerable servers, or employees with your files. Storj completely removes trust from the equation.</p>
<p>To best protect your data, files are encrypted client-side on users’ computers before they are uploaded. Each file is split up into chunks which are first encrypted and then distributed for storage across the Storj network. The network is comprised of DriveShare nodes run by users around the world who rent out their unused hard drive space in return for <b>Storjcoin X (SJCX)</b>.</p>
<p>The decentralized aspect of Storj means there are no central servers to be compromised, and because of the use of client-side encryption, only the end-users have access to their unencrypted files and encryption keys.</p>
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<p>Storj is a cloud storage platform. The key word in that sentence is ‘platform’ because without it, Storj would just really be a decentralized cloud storage alternative. While a decentralized cloud storage alternative in itself would still be a great product, what we are creating goes beyond that.</p>
<p>Storj allows users to create decentralized applications. We have already begun to see basic demos using the MetaDisk API and pulling content from the network, including an image viewer, a .txt and .pdf viewer, a music player, and even a video service. Some of these services have even been thrown into a Storj Media Center of sorts.</p>
<p>Our corporate entity Storj Labs aims to bring decentralized cloud storage to the average business and consumer. With constant data breaches and high costs, users are becoming more aware that the current model of cloud storage is broken. Storj Labs provides DaaS (Data-as-a-Service), as well as help building tools and APIs for customers to be able to interface with this new cloud storage model.</p>
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<p>The Community Funds are for rewarding community members for their contributions to supporting Storj. These rewards take the form of bounties, payments for specific tasks, and giveaways!</p>
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<p>The Developer Funds are used for payment as salary, tips, and bonuses for full time and volunteer contributors to the project.</p>
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<p>Yes. We do not require user accounts or personal information to use the platform.</p>
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<p>The crowdsale funds are used for:</p>
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<li><p>Reimbursement of prior expenses</p></li>
<li><p>Salaries for full time contributors and payments to freelancers</p></li>
<li><p>Further development of Metadisk, our web application software</p></li>
<li><p>Development of DriveShare, our storage and bandwidth renting software</p></li>
<li><p>Research and development for the protocol, applications, and blockchain technologies</p></li>
<li><p>Marketing, advertising, media, and articles</p></li>
<li><p>Community Funding</p></li>
<li><p>Legal counsel</p></li>
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<p>Transaction fees and strict metadata limits make the Bitcoin blockchain impractical for large scale metadata storage. As described in the MetaDisk whitepaper, we will use Florincoin as an initial solution.</p>
<p>Eventually, we will transition to a system with more direct and scalable access to the Bitcoin blockchain via proof-of-existence.</p>
<p>As blockchain technology improves we can use systems like Factom to provide faster throughput, and Ethereum to create enforceable contracts on data storage.</p>
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<p>MetaDisk is our first application. It allows people to upload files to the network. DriveShare is our second application. It allows people to share their hard drive space with the network.</p>
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<p>People running the DriveShare client will never know what files they are hosting, nor will they be able to access them. The person uploading files to the network will be responsible.</p>
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<p>MetaDisk is an open-source file sharing app that is based on a decentralized network of nodes and is the first application built on top of the Storj platform. These nodes are all around the world and act as a network to host all of the data that goes through MetaDisk.</p>
<p>Each file is shredded, encrypted, and then distributed across the network to achieve maximum security. Only the original uploader of the files has the private keys to decrypt and open them.</p>
<p>MetaDisk is our end user application that allows users to store files on the network. With MetaDisk you will be able to store, download, and share all of your files securely.</p>
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<p>Yes, you will be able to remove files from the network. A very simple way to do this will be to stop paying for the storage of the file.</p>
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<p>You will be making small microtransactions to maintain the storage of your file and to access it. These payments will be small and made over time.</p>
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<p>You probably wouldn't stream directly from the farmer. More likely a MetaDisk-like node will proxy from the farmer, cache it on the server, then serve from there. This is sort of what the current MetaDisk nodes do. If it's not in cache they will pull it from the network, and charge for the resources used.</p>
<p>We're also examining the feasibility of other payment models. For example, a website distributing a podcast may be able to purchase download credits for other users. Research will be done during the upcoming beta test to determine the most convenient and effective distribution methods.</p>
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<p>Users will not need to specify storage duration upfront. You will be making microtransactions to maintain the storage of your file and to access it, so your file will remain in the network until your payments stop.</p>
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What if I fund an escrow transaction for 5 years and then later want to withdraw half the funds and cut the storage time to 2.5 years? Would I get any of my initial SJCX payment back?
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<p>This is currently not possible, but eventually we will be able to integrate with other projects like Ethereum, which will be able to create, enforce, and allow modification of smart contracts between users and nodes.</p>
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<p>Yes, users will be able to set the level of redundancy they feel comfortable with.</p>
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<p>Yes, you will be able to adjust your redundancy level. The network will then upload the files to the required number of farmers.</p>
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<p>You could use our API to build your own application on top of the network and allow people to host files and build your own business!</p>
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<p>Yes. Your files will be encrypted, copied, and distributed around the world, rendering them immune to censorship and natural disasters.</p>
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<p>DriveShare is an open-source application that allows users to rent out their excess hard drive space in exchange for SJCX. This software works in conjunction with Metadisk. Those running Driveshare will act as decentralized cloud storage nodes for the network.</p>
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<p>Drive Farming is the term used to describe the act of selling or renting out extra hard drive space. This is most comparable to traditional crypto-currency mining. Users allocate a portion of their available hard drive space and specify a folder on their drive to store network data.</p>
<p>This space stores small encrypted shards of MetaDisk users’ files. This means that no farmer holds the entire file that a user uploaded, and, because of the encryption, they couldn’t read it anyway.</p>
<p>If someone attempts to access and alter the files that they are storing, the shard will fail the next challenge issued by the owner of the data. This will result in the malicious node being dropped, and the network will select another location to store the shard. And of course, the network doesn’t pay cheating nodes.</p>
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<p>Much like Drive Farming, Bandwidth farming is a key part of DriveShare. Users can allocate a defined amount of bandwidth to Storj and therefore will be able to download and upload files at their desired speed.</p>
<p>All the nodes working together act as a torrent-like network, which will minimize slowdown and keep service quality high.</p>
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<p>With Bitcoin you mine; with Storj you farm. It's not exactly the same thing as mining BTC or LTC with ASICs or GPUs. By “farming” we mean sharing your unused hard drive space through our DriveShare app.</p>
<p>The simple DriveShare GUI will allow you to specify how much storage you want to share, add an SJCX address for payments, and specify a MetaDisk node to use.</p>
<p>Then, when people upload files via MetaDisk, if your node is online, you will start getting file chunks hosted on your HD and you will get a reward for them.</p>
<p>There are a few variables that could make the number of hosted chunks on your shared storage (and thus your expected rewards) higher or lower:</p>
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<p>We are not implementing farming pools. However, farming pools could exist if one or more nodes running MetaDisk or an application that uses the MetaDisk API are set to use specific DriveShare nodes for storage. The same is true if a number of DriveShare nodes are set to use a specific MetaDisk node to get file chunks/contracts. Consider that anyone could be running a MetaDisk node as well as a DriveShare node.</p>
<p>Our code is Open Source and we expect people to play with it and customize it to their needs, so yes farming pools could be an option.</p>
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<p>Since Storj is a decentralized network, the price of data storage will ultimately be determined by market forces. Farmers will compete to win the business of users, and users will only agree to prices they find competitive. MetaDisk will make it a simple process for users to find farmers at competitive rates.</p>
<p>Although the exact market price cannot be predicted at this time, the decentralized model of Storj will likely offer better rates than are currently set by conventional cloud storage providers for a similar amount of storage.</p>
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<p>Your upload speed will severely limit the amount of data that can be stored or served by you in a timely manner. The problem comes when you have contracts for stored data that expire, or when your storage system goes offline and you lose those contracts and the data is deleted. Your system then has to re-fill terabytes of data on a slow line. In addition, if your node can’t upload data in a timely manner on request, you may lose contracts or be dropped from the network.</p>
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<p>While DriveShare doesn’t offer a “donate” option, you could share your available space for a nominal amount of SJCX. If you charge just enough to cover the cost of your electricity, you essentially offer it to the network for “free.”</p>
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<p>Because Storj provides secure zero-knowledge encrypted storage, it’s not possible to know what type of data is being stored. However third-party service providers, developers, and apps wishing to utilize the Storj network can restrict the types of files and uploads that maybe stored on the network through their front-end.</p>
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<p>No. To protect against node failures and downtime the Storj network defaults to three redundant storage nodes. If you manually lowered the number of nodes storing their files to a single node, then your file would be inaccessible until it came back online.</p>
<p>Also, if your files are stored with multiple nodes and one goes offline, the Storj network will automatically find another node to take over the open contract so your files continue to be available.</p>
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<p>Not at all. The Storj network breaks every file up into very small chunks that could be distributed to dozens of Storj nodes for hosting.</p>
<p>Just as with other peer-to-peer networks your computer only needs to retrieve that small chunk from each host which can be accomplished very quickly, no matter how low the bandwidth of an individual node.</p>
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<p>The network will route around your node, and drop your contracts. Another node on the network would retrieve the data from the redundant nodes that the owner has contracted with, and you will lose the contract to store the affected data.</p>
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<p>You will be paid for the period of time that you provided the storage space to the network. When your storage goes offline, you will start to fail network challenges. After a certain number of failures, your contracts will be revoked and distributed to other nodes.</p>
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<p>Ideally, this would require an upfront investment of a couple hundred dollars to purchase a dedicated network attached storage device such as the Synology DS213air or DS214se.</p>
<p>These can be plugged in and run 24/7 with up to 2x1TB - 6TB drives. Adding a small, inexpensive 400W+ Cyberpower or APC UPS Battery backup could also improve uptime during power outages.</p>
<p>This is a very simple and efficient setup for the average user, but please make sure to verify DriveShare compatibility with any NAS you wish to purchase on StorjTalk.</p>
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<p>Yes you can, any disk drive that your operating system (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) recognizes as an attached drive can be selected from within the DriveShare application.</p>
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<p>Crowdsale participants get exclusive access to early farming software and applications.</p>
<p>There will be 3 Test Groups:</p>
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<li><p>Group A Crowdsale participants holding over 10,000 SJCX - Not Rewarded (December 20, 2014)</p></li>
<li><p>Group B All participants in the crowdsale - Rewarded (Early 2015)</p></li>
<li><p>Group C Anyone holding 10,000 SJCX* or more - Rewarded (Early 2015)</p></li>
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<p class="small">*Details are subject to change.</p>
<p>SJCX can be purchased at any time and be added to your address balance to be able to qualify for Test Group C. Also your original crowdsale address can be topped up to and over 10,000 SJCX to be eligible for Test Group A.</p>
<p>“Not Rewarded” means Group A will only be helping with testing and will not earn coins for sharing their storage. “Rewarded” means you will earn SJCX to share your unused storage during beta testing (Groups B and C).</p>
<p>Make sure you use an SJCX or Bitcoin address where you control the private keys, we do not recommend using an address from an exchange. We will need to verify you actually own the address before you are allowed to be a tester.</p>
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<p>We do not condone the use of illegal content on our platform, but the nature of the platform prevents us from having any control on what is stored or shared by users. We believe decentralized technologies will have a lasting, positive effect on society. However, such technologies can only flourish in the long-term if they work within and evolve with a society’s legal and ethical norms.</p>
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<p>This can be made possible through shard graylisting. Anyone could make a graylist indicating the unique hash of a shard that is associated with certain decrypted content. Then, the farmer could decide to opt-in to such a graylist if they don't wish to be party to distribution of such content (e.g. child exploitation, violent terror videos, etc.).</p>
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<p>The only way a shard could be associated with its decrypted content is if someone publicly distributed the download information and the decryption keys, thus giving up the privacy of the content to make it publicly accessible. Content that is kept private will always be private. When someone posts the download information and the public keys online for mass distribution, they are voluntarily giving up the privacy of their content by letting the public at large be able to access it and decrypt it. Hashes and keys are completely different things. Deriving the hash of a file or a chunk in no way allows you to determine the contents of the chunk.</p><p>For someone to put something on a graylist, you'd have to know how to download all the chunks, how they were encrypted and have decryption keys to see what content was. If a farmer only has a small chunk of an encrypted file, let's say, then even if you had the keys you would not be able to decrypt unless you had all the chunks and knew how to reassemble them and in what order. So users could share ANYTHING they want because it's private. But if they post it on a message board then it can be greylisted.</p>
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<p>No, graylists will always be opt-in and users can choose which greylist the follow. Greylisting does not remove the file from the network. Since it is content driven, a user may want to honor an ISIS video beheading greylist, but not follow Snowden leak greylists. You can't greylist a file that you don't know the encryption key to.</p>
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<p>No, graylists are an optional feature available to individual DriveShare operators to enable. Furthermore, graylists will be created by individual users, not a central body. All greylists must be public and open. If someone abuses a greylist, that list should be forked. </p>
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<p>Some people may be wary of allowing obscene or violent content to be hosted or distributed through their nodes. Some people have to realize that there needs to be a shift in belief on all sides for us to make widespread use of decentralized tools a reality. There are institutions and organizations that have only ever known and felt comfortable with top-down, centralized methods of enforcement or management. What we're offering is a completely decentralized way for folks to be empowered and follow their own ethics and beliefs. If you disempower people entirely, they may become afraid and try to lash out with centralized hammers (e.g. outright bans, etc.). </p>
<p>We have to realize that not everyone in the public, etc. share our beliefs and you could imagine that the MSM could easily paint a picture that the network allows terrorist, CP people, etc. to share with impunity and ease. Those kinds of things are like a dare to regulators, and then basically you leave it to them to try and come up with ways to stop what they think is wrong. They usually don't care as much about decentralization, so their "solutions" are usually broad and heavy. It also creates an "us vs. them" mentality. By coming up with a decentralized solution that doesn't violate the values of the project, it helps people with different beliefs feel more comfortable</p>
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<p>Because graylist subscriptions will be distributed and managed by peers, can change over time, and are only relevant when file shard contracts are declined, it is impossible to verify that a given node subscribes to any graylist. A node could hypothetically broadcast what graylists it subscribes to, but given the decentralized nature of the network, there's no guarantee that that information would be accurate.</p>
<p>There is no singular greylist. There will be many graylists with different content categories. For example, one might be for snuff while the other might be for beheading videos. For example a user running a MetaDisk gateway node and a farmer doesn't want people watching ISIS beheading videos on its node, totally cool with distributing Snowden leaks. He also may not want to deal with video distribution and DMCA request so he disables that too. For any other traffic happy to route that, and get paid his bandwidth fees.</p>
<p>At the end of the day users will be providing a service, and they get to choose what service they provide. They could follow US law and collect their fees. But perhaps someone more legally open in Sweden, will open up their gateway nodes to any content. Users will be able to control their nodes as they feel more comfortable with. If AirBNB for your hard drive is an apt analogy, someone may not want to accept a drunken junkie into their home. But they are more than welcome to. So why force them to do it?</p>
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<p>SJCX is a token that allows you to purchase storage or earn money for renting your free Hard Drive space. SJCX is a Counterparty asset that uses the Bitcoin blockchain for its transactions.</p>
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<p>There are currently 4 different exchanges where you can buy SJCX:</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://poloniex.com/exchange/btc_sjcx">Poloniex</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.melotic.com/markets/sjcx-btc">Melotic</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://counterwallet.io/">Counterwallet</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://masterxchange.com/market.php?currency=xcpsjcx">MasterXchange</a></p></li>
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<p>We have a supply calculator <a href="http://storj.io/supply.json">here</a>. This will show you exactly how many SJCX have been released at the moment you check. It is updated in real time.</p>
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<p>There will ever only be 500 million SJCX; no more can be created. SJCX is a locked asset on the Counterparty protocol, more info can be found <a href="http://blockscan.com/assetInfo/SJCX">here</a>.</p>
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<p>Yes. You can read more about this on the Counterwallet blog <a href="http://support.counterparty.io/support/solutions/articles/5000004858-cold-storage-of-counterparty-assets-btc-using-armory">here</a>. We also have a tutorial for SJCX cold storage <a href="https://storjtalk.org/index.php?topic=1719.0">here</a>.</p>
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<p>Many users coming from the Bitcoin space ask us why we created a new token named Storjcoin or SJCX. There is a mix of technical and economic reason why we felt a new token was needed. SJCX is built with CounterParty which uses the Bitcoin blockchain. We have plans to implement Bitcoin in the future when Storj is more stable.</p>
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<li><p><b>No Mining</b> - Doesn’t make sense to use a mined coin for a network designed for the concept of resource “farming.”</p></li>
<li><p><b>Economic Isolation</b> - Bitcoin price fluctuates heavily. If the price drops by half in a few weeks it may become unprofitable for users to offer their resources. While demand would remain the same, supply of resources would drop significantly causing problems. By using an another token we isolated ourselves from price fluctuations completely unrelated to the Storj service.</p></li>
<li><p><b>Balance Supply</b> - As the demand for storage space grows the token price should rise, and vice versa. This will allow us to economically balance capacity in the network.</p></li>
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<p>These are just some of the economical reasons. A paper is currently being written to address those and more technical reasons in more detail.
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<p>We are using the CounterParty protocol which means coins must be created not mined. We created the specified 500M SJCX, then locked the token so no more could ever be created. These will be distributed according to the crowdsale distribution plan, including crowdsales and farming.</p>
<p>We are currently looking at options to timelock the funds until then, which is currently not supported by the Counterparty protocol.</p>
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<p>While we lack the technical capability to prevent the sale of SJCX wallets/addresses, we do not condone this. Selling a wallet means sharing your private keys with another individual. Sharing your keys permanently damages the privacy of that wallet as there is no way to revoke the original owner's access. The original owner will still be able to move funds from the wallet at any time in the future.</p>
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<p>Crowdsale Start: July 18, 2014 at 08:00:00 AM EDT</p>
<p>Crowdsale End: August 18, 2014 at 23:59:59 PM EDT</p>
<p><a href="http://storj.io/CrowdsaleTerms.pdf">Terms</a></p>
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<p>We reserve the right to have more crowdsales in the future to fund new projects and ideas, and support development of ongoing projects.</p>
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<p>Not at the moment. We will make announcements well in advance when we decide on further projects. We continuously discuss ideas both within the team and with our community on our forum, and on our social media channels.</p>
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<p>If you think you have what it takes, you can submit your interest by filling out our form <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/mstg.io/forms/d/1rjAd_v7JjsbILtj-iHwuRBj5YmlbATfaJuzkl7oSd4E/viewform">here</a>. We are always looking for talented volunteers. We do check all submissions and will get in touch if we need your skills. The next team member could be you! </p>