Filecoin
Filecoin (⨎) is an open-source, public, cryptocurrency and digital payment system intended to be a blockchain-based cooperative digital storage and data retrieval method.[1][2][3][4] It is made by Protocol Labs and builds on top of InterPlanetary File System,[1] allowing users to rent unused hard drive space.[5] Blockchain is used to register the deals.[6]
| Filecoin | |
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 Prevailing filecoin logo | |
| Denominations | |
| Plural | filecoins |
| Symbol | ⨎ |
| Ticker symbol | FIL |
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| Development | |
| Original author(s) | Protocol Labs and Juan Benet |
| White paper | "Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network", 2017-07-19 "Filecoin: A Cryptocurrencey Operated File Storage Network", 2014-07-15 |
| Implementation(s) | go-filecoin, lotus |
| Initial release | 15 July 2014 |
| Website | filecoin |
| Part of a series on |
| File sharing |
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| Technologies |
| Video sharing sites |
| BitTorrent sites |
| Academic/scholarly |
| File sharing networks |
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| P2P clients |
| Streaming programs |
| Anonymous file sharing |
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The project was launched in August 2017 and raised over $200 million within 30 minutes.[6][7]
See also
- Proof of space-time
- Blockchain
- Dfinity
- Distributed data store
- InterPlanetary File System
- Juan Benet
References
- "Showdown in the Cloud: Dropbox IPO, Meet the Filecoin ICO". Observer. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- Tepper, Fitz. "Filecoin's ICO opens today for accredited investors after raising $52M from advisers | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- Vigna, Paul (2017-08-11). "Latest Hot Digital Coin Offering: $187 Million in One Hour for Filecoin". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- "Investors poured millions into a storage network that doesn't exist yet". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- Johnson, Steven (2018-01-16). "Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- Corbyn, Zoë (2018-09-08). "Decentralisation: the next big step for the world wide web". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- "What are initial coin offerings?". The Economist. 2017-08-21. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
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