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allowing users to rent unused hard drive space. A blockchain mechanism is used to register the deals. Filecoin is an open protocol and backed by a blockchain that records commitments made by the network’s participants, with transactions made using FIL, the blockchain's native currency. The blockchain
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to support the development of the protocol, and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web to support other projects contributing to the ecosystem of the
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The Filecoin Foundation stated mission is "to preserve humanity's most important information." Their Board of Directors and advisors include
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As of November 2023, the total storage capacity was 25 EiB, (which declined to 23 EiB as of August 2024) and total data stored was 2.0 EiB.
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and director of partnerships Wendy Hanamura joined the boards of advisors of Filecoin and the Filecoin Foundation for the
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2019 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPCON)
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In 2020, the project set up the Filecoin Foundation under the leadership of founding officer
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In April 2021, the Filecoin Foundation donated 50,000 filecoins worth $ 10,000,000 to the
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The project was launched in August 2017, and raised over $ 200 million within 30 minutes.
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Bravo-Marquez, Felipe; Ugarte, Martin; Reeves, Steve (April 2009).
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Thu, Apr 8th 2021 3:39pm-Mike Masnick (8 April 2021).
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Prevailing filecoin logo
Protocol Labs
Juan Benet
White paper
"Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network"
"Filecoin: A Cryptocurrency Operated File Storage Network"
go-filecoin
lotus
forest
Code repository
https://github.com/filecoin-project
filecoin.io
a series
File sharing

File hosting services
Online video platform
Peer to peer
Usenet
Web hosting
WebRTC
XDCC
123Movies
Dailymotion
PeerTube
Putlocker
YouTube

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