Jump Crypto and Aptos Labs have announced the launch of Shelby, a high-performance decentralized hot storage protocol, on the Aptos DevNet during the Aptos Experience 2025 event. Designed for production-grade applications, Shelby employs smart contracts deployed on the Aptos network to manage its economic logic. This protocol addresses traditional decentralized storage limitations and offers several key advantages. It delivers performance comparable to Web2 cloud services, enabling millisecond-level data retrieval suitable for demanding applications such as streaming and AI training. Shelby’s innovative economic model achieves cost parity with centralized cloud storage options like AWS, achieved through just a single data read. The protocol also boasts a comprehensive developer suite featuring APIs, SDKs, CLI, and a file manager, enabling advanced functionalities like data encryption, token gating, and pay-to-unlock features. Jump’s dedicated fiber optic network, Double Zero, further enhances performance by mitigating public internet latency and jitter issues for high-speed storage.