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Without datacenters they are nothing.
And why would a regular user care about that? I predict that also autonomi will need data caching nodes run from datacenters to provide an semblence of a smooth experience, thats just a natural phenomena of the connectivity of the internet
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They shouldnāt, if they donāt care about retaining data. The silicon valley nerds are estimating we need to 2x electrons in the U.S. just to facilitate future AI growth and powering data centers over the next 5 years. Are we supposed to believe thatās not a problem for short-sighted projects like ICP, Arweave, etc? And why would a project that is immune to that not have an advantage?
I uploaded files with no issue last week, so I know it can work smoothly.
But, I canāt be sure until it happens. I do think itās likely the network succeeds, and I donāt think 1m users is far along on a journey of success for a network like Autonomi, so 1m users should happen a lot more quickly than 20 years.
Whether the network manages to succeed in terms of getting a good user experience, good product-market fit, and people adopt it remains to be seen, but I think the chances are good looking at the current performance and dev activity 
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When would you forecast 1M users? 5 years?
So many miserable posts here. Folks seemed happier when it was pure vapour ware, with only a dream of having working software.
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It beggars belief the amount of negativity when we are streaming 4k movies posting links/shouts on Atlas being able to send messages to each other via Friends Make pods on colony and have a browser app incoming.
And coins are basically being given away by Robbin Hood.
How are people not over the moon about where we are at well done to all the team and community Devs Iām delighted with where we are at.
Coin price is not exactly buying lambos right now but who cares the impossible network is actually here
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Whether something is positive or negative is a matter of perspective.
To me, 1 million native users in 20 years would be a huge success.
It took Storj 9-10 years to reach a large customer with millions of users through a portal, which I predict we can expect in half the time - 5 years. But these are users through a portal, the difference is that they only have access to allowed specific content:
Check out the Impossible Futures!
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Absolutely!
Itās amazing the network & APIs are where they are, making possible the things devs are actually doing right now.
I know thereās still a jump to get it polished & usable for non-techies, but that is a miniscule step thatās practically inevitable compared with the battles that have been faced previously to get to this place.
Thereās very little question now about whether this network is technically feasibleā¦ for years that wasnāt the case. There will likely be bumps in the road, but it definitely works!
I donāt think some people realise where we are, and they either donāt see, or refuse to believe weāre close to a decent user experience on a truly decentralised data network.
Iām excited. Iām cheering the devs & testers. And, Iām looking forward to the next few months of early exploration of the absolutely possible, impossible network 
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Others need to try out AntTp and D-Web for themselves instead of mumping around in here
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And Atlas as well
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Checkout canman Impossible Futures it might address the datacenter caching concern?, but through a hybrid approach rather than traditional centralized datacenters. It creates economic and technical incentives for professional operators to deploy high-performance, strategically located caching infrastructure while maintaining the networkās decentralized architecture, if widespread deployment can occur?