Feature: S3-Compatible Object Storage API

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Summary

Add an S3-compatible API layer on top of Apex so Celestia blobs can be accessed as objects in buckets.

This would allow developers to interact with Celestia-backed storage using standard S3 tooling such as:

• AWS CLI
• S3 SDKs
• MinIO clients

Example usage:

aws s3 cp file.txt s3://celestia-bucket/file.txt

Under the hood Apex would:

1. Chunk the object into blobs
2. Submit blob transactions to Celestia
3. Store object metadata in SQLite
4. Reconstruct objects from blobs when requested

Motivation

Apex already provides:

• JSON RPC interface
• gRPC interface
• SQLite cache/index layer

Adding an S3-compatible API would make Apex usable with a huge ecosystem of existing tooling and SDKs.

Architecture

S3 API
↓
SQLite metadata + cache
↓
Apex blob client
↓
Celestia node

Celestia remains the canonical storage layer while SQLite acts as a local index and cache.