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Expand Up @@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Polybase is a privacy preserving decentralized database, built on zk-STARKs. We

**At a high level, Polybase is a NoSQL-like database, with validation rules written in a JavaScript like language. The SDK is similar to Firestore and Supabase.**

Polybase is better than using a centralized database like Firebase, Postgres or Supabase because you can encrypt data using wallets for "self sovereign data" and verifiably query Polybase from smart collections (coming soon).
Polybase is better than using a centralized database like Firebase, Postgres or Supabase because it has built-in web3 permissions. You can do row-level token gating and wallet-based permissions. Additionally, you can encrypt data using wallets for "self sovereign data" and verifiably query Polybase from smart collections (coming soon).

Polybase is better than storing data on-chain because it's 1000 to a million times cheaper than on-chain storage. For example, storing 1MB on Ethereum costs around $10,000.

**Blockchains are not built for scalable structured data storage so we built Polybase to combine the best attributes of web2 databases and blockchains.**

You can [get started](/get-started) in under 5 minutes.
You can [get started](/get-started) in under 5 minutes.