SiaClassic is a continuation of the original vision of a decentralized storage platform, where anyone can store files securely and privately on other users’ spare hard drive space. Utilizing techniques such as encryption, sharding, and redundancy, SiaClassic aims to create a viable alternative to centralized hosting providers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.The new technology SiaClassic is bringing to the blockchain is the opportunity to treats every owner of any Bitmain or Innosilicion ASIC in the same way after the Sia hard fork on October 31, 2018 that will brick those miners, essentially creating a mining monopoly through Obelisk, which is wholly owned by Vorick and Champine’s corporation, Nebulous.