Highlights

Filecoin’s 4th Anniversary Celebration! 

October 15th marks four incredible years since the launch of the Filecoin Mainnet! Since 2020, Filecoin has grown into the world’s largest decentralized storage network. Dive into the past year’s highlights and see what’s coming next on the  Filecoin Foundation blog. Plus, we’ve got a special birthday surprise for the community — an animated corgi sticker pack featuring our adorable mascot, Biscuit. Don’t miss out on the celebration and fun!

Community Updates

Filecoin’s Layer 2 Solutions: Scaling Decentralized Storage for the Future

Filecoin’s Layer 2 solutions are transforming the landscape of decentralized storage, bringing enhanced scalability, security, and efficiency to enterprises and developers. By leveraging innovations like Interplanetary Consensus (IPC), Basin’s dual-layer data architecture, Akave’s on-chain data lakes, and Storacha Network’s high-performance AI storage, Filecoin’s ecosystem is addressing critical challenges and enabling new possibilities in Web3 development. These L2s optimize data management and retrieval, support AI and IoT applications, and foster decentralized storage for unstructured data, setting the stage for the next generation of dApps. As these solutions evolve, they are reshaping decentralized data management, proving essential for the future of Web3 technologies. 

Stage 2 of FIL-RetroPGF-2: Application Intakes Open through Nov 4th

Stage 2 of FIL-RetroPGF-2 is now live, and the clock is ticking! The application intake is open until November 4th and this is your chance to showcase the impact you’ve made over the last six months and stand a chance to receive a share of the 300K FIL funding pool. 

Storacha’s First Ever Hackathon - Application Date Extended! 

Storacha is kicking off its first-ever hackathon with the Storacha Halloween Hackathon, and it promises to be a thrilling ride for developers, hackers, and tech enthusiasts. With $6666 in prize money and categories like “Best Halloween Twist” and “Most Innovative Hack,” participants are challenged to use Storacha’s blazing fast decentralized storage to create spooky, cutting-edge projects. 

DeStor Launches RevOps Solutions for Web3 Projects to Optimize Revenue Operations

DeStor, a leader in decentralized storage solutions, announced their new RevOps offering to help web3 projects optimize revenue operations & drive growth. With tailored services like advanced RevOps engineering, go-to-market strategy, and fractional leadership, they’re helping businesses  accelerate their time-to-market and revenue growth. 

Storacha Ignites the web3 Gaming Revolution

The web3 gaming market is booming, expected to grow at a 19.2% CAGR between 2024 and 2032. Storacha is fueling this growth by addressing challenges like interoperability and true ownership with its User Controlled Authorization Networks (UCANs), giving players control over their assets and data. By enabling decentralized game development and offering blazing fast storage for Gaming DePin networks, Storacha, a L2 built on Filecoin, ensures a seamless, low-latency gaming experience. As web3 gaming heats up, Storacha’s innovations are keeping the momentum burning bright. 

Tools 

New Tools for Transaction Tracing on FVM: Enhancing Developer Capabilities

FIL-Builders is thrilled to announce that the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) has introduced support for the trace_filter and trace_transaction methods, enabling developers to trace the flow of transactions and blocks more effectively. These tools provide a detailed breakdown of transaction activity, allowing for better debugging, monitoring, and event tracking on-chain. This enhancement also opens up new possibilities, such as the integration of Safe multisig wallets, which improve security and decentralization by requiring multiple approvals for transactions. With these updates, FVM continues to empower developers to build more sophisticated decentralized applications on Filecoin. 

Events

Unlock Innovation at Filecoin’s Exclusive Hacker House in Chiang Mai

The Filecoin ecosystem is hosting its first-ever Hacker House in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from October 26 to November 3, inviting selected developers and innovators to an immersive 9-day event focused on collaboration and community building. Participants will stay together in a shared hotel and coworking space, engaging in discussions, developing new ideas, and shaping the future of decentralized technology. The experience will continue at FIL Dev Summit and FIL Bangkok, where insights from the Hacker House will be highlighted. 

Join the community for FIL Dev Summit 5 in Bangkok

Join us for the highly anticipated FIL Dev Summit 5 in Bangkok from November 6-8th, which is the latest in a series of successful summits that have brought together the brightest minds in the Filecoin ecosystem. Following the success of previous events, FIL Dev Summit 5 promises even more opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and learning. With a dynamic agenda featuring hands-on workshops, insightful presentations, and valuable networking, this summit is the place to be for anyone passionate about shaping the future of decentralized technology. 

DePIN Meets AI at FIL Bangkok

Help shape the future of the web at FIL Bangkok. Experience the convergence of DePIN and AI as leading Filecoin ecosystem projects showcase their latest breakthroughs on November 11 at the FIL Bangkok Main Stage. In partnership with CoinDesk Studios, this main stage moment will spotlight the growing number of cutting-edge L2 solutions built on Filecoin, crucial network upgrades, and the exciting trajectory of the Filecoin network.

Source : Filecoin Blog - Oct 17, 2024