Filecoin includes a blockchain and native cryptocurrency (FIL). Storage providers earn units of FIL for storing files. Filecoin’s blockchain records transactions to send and receive FIL, along with proofs from storage providers that they are storing their files correctly.
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Filecoin is built on top of the InterPlanetary File System , which allows the network to store and share data on a web-based decentralized network. The IPFS verifies (through cryptographic proofs) that user data is actually being stored.
Read moreWhat blockchain is Filecoin built 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.
Read moreWho runs Filecoin?
Juan Benet is the inventor of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a new protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open, and Filecoin, a cryptocurrency incentivized storage network.
Read moreWhat projects are built on Ethereum?
Popular tokens built on the Ethereum network are Chainlink (LINK), Tether (USDT), Binance Coin (BNB) and the USD Coin (USDC) . The most prominent upgrade in the history of the network, however, is due in 2022.
Read moreWho 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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