Who is behind Filecoin?

FilecoinSubunitsDevelopmentOriginal author(s)Protocol Labs and Juan BenetWhite paper”Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network”, 2017-07-19 “Filecoin: A Cryptocurrencey Operated File Storage Network”, 2014-07-15Filecoin – Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Filecoin

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What projects use Filecoin?

Since its mainnet launch, the Filecoin network has been used in the development of Textile’s Powergate, a multi-tiered storage service, and Space, an open-source file storage, sharing, and collaboration platform . Filecoin has also been demoed as a data retrieval tool for Chainsafe.

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What blockchain is Filecoin on?

According to Filecoin’s authors, it is a decentralized storage system that aims to “store humanity’s most important information.” 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.

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