a masternode privacy based/optional cryptocurrency might work here, have the masternodes on vps's running some sort of IPFS for the storage. I see some things come up in searches. This looks like opportunity for zencash which seems maybe the best suited for this sort of thing. Another one might be obsidian but I havent been following the project lately. A small fee maybe monthly or whatever in the native cryptocurrency to use the service.
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