# Shelby

> Where others store, Shelby serves.

Shelby lets users deliver and monetize read‑heavy data through a decentralized hot storage network with fast reads over a dedicated fiber backbone and chain‑agnostic deployment.

Shelby helps builders run streaming, AI inference, and real‑time apps by serving data from a decentralized hot storage network. It separates control and data planes, applies erasure coding for durability, and uses a dedicated fiber backbone for low latency. Reads are metered to align incentives, and a hybrid auditing scheme verifies availability. The Aptos blockchain coordinates metadata and payments without slowing data paths.

- Type: Project
- Sector: Infrastructure
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2025-05-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/shelby

## Products

- [Shelby](https://thegrid.id/profiles/shelby): Shelby is a decentralized hot storage network for data‑rich, read‑intensive apps such as streaming, AI inference, and real‑time services. It provides fast reads, verifiable data integrity, and read‑based monetization across multiple chains using a dedicated fiber backbone and an Aptos‑coordinated control layer. (Decentralized File Storage, Early access, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://shelby.xyz)
- [Whitepaper](https://shelby.xyz/whitepaper.pdf)
- [Terms of Service](https://shelby.xyz/terms_of_services)
- [Privacy policy](https://shelby.xyz/privacy-policy)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://www.figma.com/community/file/1561449677738783672)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/shelbyserves)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/shelby)

## Legal

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- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP