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Vanar Chain, a layer-1 blockchain network, has launched a new artificial 
intelligence-powered compression and data authentication layer designed to 
address the industry&#8217;s longstanding issue with onchain storage.
Vanar Chain is launching Neutron, an AI-native blockchain layer with data 
compression ratios of up to 500:1, which can reduce a standard 25 megabyte 
file to just 50 kilobytes, transforming it into a &#8220;Neutron Seed&#8221; that can be 
stored on the blockchain ledger.
The new blockchain compression layer aims to solve the industry&#8217;s data storage 
issue, with traditional blockchains lacking the capacity to store data, only 
to reference it.
This design introduces potential single points of failure. Vanar&#8217;s Neutron 
aims to solve this by enabling fully onchain, verifiable data storage.
Neutron is a &#8220;world first&#8221; which &#8220;handles both physical file compression and 
semantic compression, meaning it compresses not just the file itself but the 
meaning inside it,&#8221; Jawad Ashraf, CEO of Vanar Chain, told Cointelegraph:
&gt; &#8220;This unlocks entirely new possibilities: from simply storing a file fully 
&gt; on-chain without relying on third parties, to querying and verifying the 
&gt; actual information inside the file.&#8221;
&#8220;It finally delivers on one of blockchain&#8217;s biggest promises: trustless, 
verifiable data, made truly accessible,&#8221; he added.
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&#8220;For solutions like Nuklai&#8217;s Nexus, this is an important evolution,&#8221; according 
to Matthijs de Vries, CEO of Nuklai, a blockchain layer 1 and collaborative 
data marketplace for AI development and large language models.
&#8220;It enables us to work directly with fully onchain, trustless data streams, 
minimizing external dependencies and unlocking much deeper, verifiable 
intelligence extraction,&#8221; de Vries added.
The Neutron launch follows several high-profile incidents highlighting risks 
in centralized infrastructure. On April 15, a major outage at Amazon Web 
Services (AWS) disrupted operations at major centralized exchanges, including 
Binance, KuCoin and MEXC.
Just days later, on April 24, over 20,000 CloneX NFTs created by RTFKT Studios 
temporarily disappeared due to what was believed to be a Cloudflare-related 
issue.
Nike was hit by a class-action lawsuit of $5 million on April 25 after a group 
of RTFKT users led by Jagdeep Cheema claimed that they suffered &#8220;significant 
damages&#8221; as a result of Nike touting its sneaker-themed NFTs to gain investors 
before shuttering the platform.
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## Onchain storage can address centralized vulnerabilities
Vanar&#8217;s new blockchain storage solutions can address the centralization 
vulnerabilities of the industry, according to Vanar Chain&#8217;s CEO.
&#8220;What happened with Nike&#8217;s NFTs and the AWS outage shows the risk: if the 
server fails, the asset effectively disappears,&#8221; Ashraf said, adding:
&gt; &#8220;By embedding the data itself, or even the meaning of the data, into the 
&gt; blockchain, assets become truly trustless, permanent, and verifiable without 
&gt; depending on third parties. It&#8217;s a foundational shift from &#8216;hosted 
&gt; ownership&#8217; to &#8216;real ownership.'&#8221;
Neutron&#8217;s capabilities are designed to fortify numerous blockchain segments, 
including adding memory to AI agents, adding verifiable file attachments for 
decentralized finance applications, uploading original documents to tokenized 
real-world assets, or adding immutable governance records to decentralized 
autonomous organizations.
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