Data Storage

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LMT) and the Filecoin Foundation could soon make an open-source blockchain network accessible in space. Filecoin Foundation Chair Marta Bel...

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May 24, 2022 at 2:59 p.m. UTC

May 24, 2022

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Tech

Ransomware

Blockchain File Storage and the Fight Against Ransomware

Hackers like their ransoms paid in bitcoin, but what if decentralized storage could wreck their mojo?

By Brady Dale

Aug 11, 2021 at 5:36 p.m. UTC

Aug 11, 2021

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Finance

Storj

Multicoin Leads $2M Round in Storage Startup

Filebase wants to help developers tap into all those decentralized storage networks that keep popping up.

By Tanzeel Akhtar

Apr 20, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 20, 2021

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Finance

Decentralization

‘Permanent Dropbox’ App Launches on Arweave

ArDrive lets users pay a fee once, depending on the price of Arweave tokens, and have their files live forever on the web.

By Doreen Wang

Nov 5, 2020 at 1:53 p.m. UTC

Nov 5, 2020

DecentralizationData StorageArweave

Markets

Filecoin

Filecoin Launch Finally Brings $200M ICO to Fruition

Filecoin, designed as a decentralized alternative to Amazon Web Services, is now live as of block height 148,888, or 14:44 UTC.

By Brady Dale Sebastian Sinclair

Oct 15, 2020 at 2:55 p.m. UTC

Oct 15, 2020

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Tech

Filecoin

Filecoin Confirms Long-Awaited Mainnet Launch for Next Month

Three years after its $257 million ICO, decentralized data storage provider Filecoin has said mainnet will go live in mid-October.

By Paddy Baker

Sep 28, 2020 at 3:12 p.m. UTC

Sep 28, 2020

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Tech

Web 3.0

Filecoin: Understanding the Complex Crypto System Meant to Rival AWS

Filecoin and its FIL token might be the most complex thing the blockchain industry has ever brought to market. Here's what you need to know.

By Brady Dale

Sep 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 15, 2020

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Markets

Dapps

Dapp Data Storage Provider Bluzelle to Begin Mainnet Launch in August

Distributed data storage network Bluzelle will begin the launch of its mainnet on Aug. 8, the company said Thursday.

By Sandali Handagama

Jul 30, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2020

DappsData Storage

Tech

File sharing

Filecoin Is Mailing Out Hard Drives of Climate Data to Kick-Start Its File-Storage Network

Get a giant hard drive from the Filecoin team stuffed with data on climate, the world's literature or the human genome and get ready to earn some crypto.

By Brady Dale

May 7, 2020 at 8:25 p.m. UTC

May 7, 2020

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