This blog post explores why developers should consider Stellar, particularly its Soroban platform, as an alternative to Ethereum. Soroban, introduced last year, offers innovative solutions like a storage rent model for tackling Ethereum’s data bloat problem. By implementing Time-To-Live for data, Soroban ensures unnecessary data is archived or deleted, thus efficiently managing storage. The post contrasts this with Ethereum’s indefinite data storage issue, highlighting how Soroban’s automated archiving process can ease development challenges. Soroban allows for three types of storage: Temporary, Permanent, and Instance, each with specific uses and costs. The post underscores Soroban’s relevance in the blockchain space by presenting its fresh solutions for state management.