[jadbox]

Filecoin is probably one of the best examples of a decentralized storage rewarded via crypto. There's also several Defi lending platforms that have helped students paying off debt, although I don't know enough about which networks are the best there.

[coffeebeqn]

Isn’t it just a worse implementation of BitTorrent?

[__MatrixMan__]

No. If people are seeding a file that you care about on bittorent today, there's really no mechanism to ensure that it will be available tomorrow besides seeding it yourself.