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From YouTube: Filecoin Ecosystem: March Update
Description
Filecoin Ecosystem lead Colin Evran walks us through the community's approach to ecosystem growth as well as the growth in projects, applications and businesses building on Filecoin in the month of March.
A
Hi
everyone,
my
name
is
colin,
but,
as
many
of
you
know,
my
friends
call
me
protocollin
and
I'm
the
ecosystem
lead
for
the
file
quinn
project,
I'm
absolutely
honored
to
give
a
quick
update
on
all
the
activity.
That's
been
happening
in
the
filecoin
ecosystem
throughout
the
month
of
march
and
I'll.
Also
in
this
presentation,
give
an
overview
of
the
filecoin
network
in
its
business
case,
describe
the
community's
approach
to
the
ecosystem
growth
and
highlight
a
tremendous
amount
of
activity
that
shipped
in
the
month
of
march
for
falcon
great.
A
So,
let's
get
into
it
I'll
first
touch
on
why
the
falcon
project
exists.
Falcon's
mission
is
to
create
a
decentralized,
efficient,
robust
foundation
for
humanities
information.
We
truly
believe
that
humanity's
most
valuable
resource
is
information
and
we're
incredibly
passionate
about
storing
and
protecting
that
valuable
resource
in
an
efficiently
priced
and
distributed
away.
A
Now
this
means
addressing
some
of
the
fundamental
problems
with
today's
storage
infrastructure.
Decentralizing
the
cloud
away
from
a
small
number
of
centralized
providers
giving
users
full
control
over
their
data
so
that
users
get
to
make
your
own
decisions
on
what
happens
to
the
data
that
you
store
on
the
filecoin
network.
A
Turning
data
storage
into
a
pricing
into
an
efficient
market
allowing
the
network
to
set
prices
rather
than
a
corporate
pricing
department,
making
storage
verifiable
to
ensure
that
when
someone
says
they're
storing
your
data,
they
actually
are,
and,
lastly,
optimizing
the
world
storage
and
putting
the
zettabytes
of
latent
storage
capacity
around
the
world
to
work.
Now.
What
this
means
is
that
we
move
from
a
world
where
a
small
number
of
cloud
storage
companies
control
how
your
data
is
stored
and
priced
to
a
completely
global
open
market
where
anyone
can
become
a
data
storage
provider.
A
Now
the
network
itself
can
also
store
content
on
every
corner,
bringing
content
right
to
the
edge
where
it's
needed
most
by
a
set
of
clients
and,
of
course,
miners
earn.
Filecoin
and
clients
can
exchange
filecoin
for
valuable
services
great.
So
the
business
case
for
filecoin
is
also
very
strong.
The
amount
of
data
we
generate
as
a
species
is
growing
at
a
staggering
rate.
In
2020,
the
total
amount
of
data
generated
around
the
world
was
58
zettabytes
and
that's
expected
to
grow
by
3x
in
the
next
four
years
to
over
175
zettabytes.
A
A
Now
falcon
also
transforms
the
fundamental
business
case
and
cost
structure
to
be
a
storage
provider
in
2020
to
be
a
storage
provider.
You
needed
many
things
listed
on
the
screen
here
now.
Filecoin
allows
storage
providers
to
focus
on
a
core
set
of
the
business
backend
activities,
a
subset
of
the
most
valuable
tasks
a
storage
provider
can
do
and
offloads
the
business
front
end
to
the
fileclin
network
itself,
so
similar
to
the
powerful
service
airbnb's
network
provides
for
individual
home
owners.
A
And
of
course,
this
allows
anyone
from
small
mining
rigs
to
advanced
data
centers
to
plug
into
the
network
and
to
together
stitch
together
and
provide
a
robust
foundation
for
humanities
information
great.
So
that
was
a
brief
introduction
into
what
the
file
quinn
network
is
and
the
fundamental
business
case
so
I'll
dive
right
into
an
update
for
the
month
of
march.
A
I'll
start
by
saying
that
it's
really
important
to
note
that
filecoin
is
not
just
software
falcon
is
a
rapidly
growing
ecosystem
of
thousands
of
talented
people
working
towards
a
common
goal,
and
that
momentum
is
like
a
high-speed
train
that
cannot
be
stopped
every
day,
more
talented
developers,
entrepreneurs,
partners
and
community
members
join
the
ecosystem
and
it's
the
strength
and
growth
of
that
ecosystem.
That
makes
filecoin
incredibly
unique.
A
A
Turning
those
developers
who
are
interested
in
you
know,
building
something
amazing
into
projects,
and
we
do
we
do
that
through
accelerators,
our
grants,
programs
and
mentorship
and
finally,
at
the
at
the
tail
end.
Here
we
turn
those
projects
into
businesses
through
ecosystem
funding
and
growth
support,
so
that
middle
kind
of
access
there
is
is
a
flywheel
that
onboards
thousands
of
developers
to
hundreds
of
projects
to
hundreds
of
businesses
at
the
end
and
then
at
the
bottom,
which
is
the
fundamental
underpinning
of
the
whole
ecosystem,
is
the
minor
growth.
A
What
is
an
ecosystem
multiplier,
so
an
ecosystem
multiplier
is
a
something
that
has
a
major
impact
on
ecosystem
growth
and
trajectory.
It
inspires
major
new
use
cases
for
the
falcon
network.
It
brings
hundreds
of
new
developers
to
the
ecosystem,
it
bridges
to
other
web
3
ecosystems
like
ethereum
or
polkadot,
etc,
and
it
also
create
bridges
where
web2
and
web3
can
interact
and
transition
using
ipfs
and
powerpoint.
A
Now,
in
march,
we
shipped
a
lot
of
ecosystem
multipliers,
the
first
of
which
was
chain
link
which
chose
to
integrate
with
filecoin
chainlink
is
a
leader
in
decentralized
oracle
solutions,
and
this
integration
brings
a
whole
new
set
of
potential
use
cases
to
web3
developers.
Smart
contract
developers
can
now
access
a
full
web.
3
infrastructure
stack,
including
blockchains
for
on-chain
logic
and
state
changes,
oracle's,
chain-link
oracles
for
off-chain
communication
and
computation
and,
of
course,
filecoin
for
decentralized
storage
and
data
solutions.
A
One
was
truffle
preserve
where
you
can
very
simply
backup
files
to
filepoint,
ipfs
and
textile
buckets
without
having
to
run
a
full
node
or
anything
like
that.
Two
is
the
filecoin
flavored
ganache.
This
is
a
one-click
experience
for
developers
to
create
falcon
apps,
and
so
it
really
enables
new
developers
to
join
the
ecosystem.
A
And
three
is
the
file
point
truffle
box.
This
was
actually
an
easy
example
of
a
filepoint
map,
app
that
can
mint
nfts
and
provide
these
a
decentralized
art
gallery
a
gallery
application
so
for
developers
interested
in
developing
nft
use
cases.
This
is
a
great
starting
point,
of
course,
in
in
march,
brave
integrated
ipfs
into
a
need,
and
it
actually
became
the
first
browser
to
offer
native
ipfs
integration,
which
is
really
remarkable.
A
So
both
of
these
brave
and
opera
have
made
major
inroads
into
the
browser
strategy
of
the
decentralized
web
filehive
launched,
which
is
an
open
marketplace
to
upload,
maintain
and
buy
datasets.
And
for
me
this
is
super
exciting,
because
this
opens
up
a
whole
new
world
of
possibilities
for
decentralized
data
markets.
A
Microsoft
ion
shipped
with
ipfs
ion
is
a
public
identity
network
providing
distributed
public
key
infrastructure
through
decentralized
identifiers.
The
ipfs
community
has
actually
been
working
with
microsoft
to
integrate,
ion
and
ipfs
since
2019.
So
this
is
a
two-year
collaboration
and
ipfs,
of
course
comes
into
the
picture
at
the
storage
layer.
Where
ion
can
aggregate
transactions
into
batches
and
add
those
batches
to
ipfs.
A
You
know
this
is
something
that
my
mom
can
use,
for
example,
which
is
really
exciting
and
then
finally,
ipfs
and
filecoin
are
now
becoming
the
default
tooling.
For
nfts,
the
team
launched
nft
storage,
which
is
this
website
that
makes
it
super
easy
for
developers
to
store
nft
data
on
ipfs
and
valcoin
in
a
really
really
easy
fashion,
and
you
know
an
exciting
news.
A
Consensus
lined
up
a
new
side
chain
called
palm,
which
is
going
to
be
focused
on
nfts
and
they're,
also
collaborating
with
ipfs
and
filecoin
as
the
default
storage
layer
for
that
as
well.
There
are
many
many
more
examples
of
how
ipfs
and
filecoin
are
making
huge
inroads
into
nfts,
and
we
can
probably
expand
on
that
in
a
full
20
minute,
video
in
and
of
itself
great.
A
So
this
is
a
huge
call
to
action
if
you
have
an
idea
for
an
ecosystem
multiplier
in
any,
in
any
respect,
whether
it's
a
new
organization
that
bridges
to
another
web3
blockchain
or
opens
up
a
new
use
case.
Please
ping
me
on
slack,
I'm
protocolin.
I
would
love
to
hear
about
it
great,
so
we
just
covered
ecosystem
multipliers,
which
was
the
top
kind
of
layer
of
the
approach.
A
The
momentum
will
continue
to
accelerate
and
we
want
to
facilitate
lots
of
opportunities
for
developers
to
join
the
ecosystem,
try
out
ipfs
and
falcoin
in
really
easy
ways,
and
so
in
the
month
of
march,
we,
you
know
tail
end
of
february.
Actually
we
launched
a
few
hackathons
east
denver
was
a
huge
success
where
both
ipfs
and
filecoin
was
a
sponsor
and
hundreds
of
developers
used,
ipfs
and
filecoin
for
their
applications
that
they
developed
here
nft
hack.
This
was
run
by
eth
global.
This
was
fantastic.
A
There
was
over
182
projects
submitted
using
ipfs
and
filecoin
that
you
know
were
nft
related
applications
and
n2
link
chain
link
is
actually
a
hackathon.
That's
ongoing
right
now.
It
runs
through
to
april
11th,
and
so
this
builds
on
the
ecosystem,
multiplier
that
we
described
building
the
next
generation
of
smart
contracts
on
chain
link
and
filecoin.
There
are
lots
and
lots
of
exciting
projects.
There
are
hundreds
of
developers
actively
develop
developing
on
chain
link
and
filecoin,
so
check
it
out.
A
That
was
the
culmination
of
three
months
of
intense
coaching
and
mentorship
through
the
accelerator
program.
This
represented
a
variety
of
use,
cases
from
enterprise
to
consumer
and
finance,
and
actually
I'm
proud
to
say
that
many
and
if
not
most,
of
these
companies
have
already
secured
funding
to
become
really
great
businesses
and
that's
super
exciting
because
it
really
completes
the
the
cycle
of
developers
entering
the
ecosystem,
forming
projects
getting
the
mentorship
and
structured
programming
through
these
accelerators,
but
also
coming
out
the
other
end
in
funded
businesses
that
can
now
grow
to
new
heights.
A
I'll
showcase,
just
a
few
of
them
power
loom,
is
a
trust
protocol
that
writes,
generates
verifiable
snapchat
shots
with
cryptographic
proofs
and
puts
that
on
the
filecoin
network.
Huddle
is
a
video
conferencing
solution
that
uses
ipfs
and
filecoin
and
that's
scaling
to
developing
economies.
It's
a
very
promising
platform,
especially
for
classes
secured
finance.
It
opens
up
a
whole
new.
A
we're
also
hosting
foulcoin
frontier
demo
day.
Falcon
frontier
is
our
second
major
accelerator.
It's
led
by
long
cash
ventures,
which
is
headquartered
in
singapore
and
shanghai
they'll,
be
hosting
their
demo
day,
for,
I
believe,
12
teams
on
april
the
23rd.
So
please
sign
up
for
demo
day.
This
is
going
to
be
an
incredible
event,
we'll
be
ushering.
You
know
these
12
teams
into
real
businesses
within
the
filecoin
ecosystem
after
another
three
months
of
intense
mentorship
with
the
long
cash
and
advisory
teams.
A
A
Finally,
at
the
tail
end,
I
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
major
ecosystem
capital.
That's
going
into
projects
and
businesses
within
the
ecosystem,
fenbushi.
Actually
raised
a
filecoin
ecosystem
fund
that
was
about
23
million
dollars
or,
I
believe,
300
000
file
coin,
and
so
it's
investing
this
kind
of
fund
into
major
applications
and
use
cases
across
ipfs
and
falcoid
and
is
using
the
accelerators
that
we
just
mentioned,
as,
as
you
know,
a
great
way
to
examine
new
businesses
joining
the
falcon
ecosystem.
A
A
Huawei
also
launched
a
10
million
dollar
file,
coin
incubation
center
and
venture
capital
fund,
and
so
huabi
as
one
of
the
you
know,
largest
exchanges
in
asia
they'll
be
running
all
sorts
of
events
throughout
asia,
but
also
be
giving
lots
of
mentorship
and
support
to
companies
and
projects
within
the
falcon
ecosystem,
with
their
10
million
dollar
fund
and
so
they've.
I
think
already
made
a
number
of
investments,
which
is
great
news
as
well,
and,
of
course,
there
will
be
more
ecosystem
funds
and
support
for
entrepreneurs,
projects
and
organizations
to
come.
A
As
well
very
important,
we
are
definitely
doubling
down
on
hackathons
and
accelerators
and
other
educational
programs
on
top
of
ipfs
and
falcoin.
If
you
want
to
host
a
hackathon
or
an
accelerator
or
if
you
want
to
be
an
ambassador
for
the
falcon
network.
Please
ping
me
on
slack
I'm
protocol
and
I
would
love
to
hear
from
you.
There's
lots
and
lots
of
opportunities
to
to
kind
of
help
accelerate
this
ecosystem
together
great.
A
So
the
last
section
I
want
to
cover
is
minor
growth,
and
so
these
are
some
tools
and
resources
to
help
miners
incubate,
grow,
prosper
and
expand.
Geographically,
lots
of
progress
from
the
minor
side
to
highlight
miners
are
really
the
backbone
of
the
filecoin
ecosystem,
they're,
the
ones
that
provide
this
valuable
service
to
to
developers
and
users
all
over
the
world.
A
A
A
Falcoid
miners
have
all
sorts
of
different
facilities
all
over
the
world.
Many
of
them
are
extremely
professional
data
centers,
as
you
can
see
from
some
of
these
images,
and
some
new
kind
of
organizations
are
actually
joining.
There's
an
ipfs
industrial
park.
That's
planned
for
the
next
five
years
that
has
attracted
over
a
billion
dollars
in
investment
that'll
be
deployed
over
the
next
five
years,
and
this
could
really
mean
you
know
really
professional.
You
know
centers
where
filecoin
mining
happens.
A
You
can
see
from
this
chart
that
you
know
miners
have
relatively
small
portions
of
the
mining
power
and
so
as
a
whole,
they
contribute
to
providing
this
valuable
service
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
we're
increasing
rapidly
in
geographic
distribution,
especially
in
north
america
and
europe,
and
also
in
australia.
We
see
lots
of
new
miners
popping
up
and
accelerating
their
operations.
A
A
A
Venus
is
led
by
the
ipfs
force
team
lotus
is
led
by
protocol
labs.
Forest
in
in
rust
is
led
by
chain.
Safe
and
fujan
is
in
c
plus.
Plots
is
led
by
sword,
mitsu,
and
so
these
are
all
interoperating
on
mainnet
today
and
provide
really
just
an
incredible
layer
of
security
in
case
any
one
of
these
implementations
has
has
a
an
issue
or
anything
like
that
in
the
future.
A
I'm
proud
to
say
that
there
are
over
6
000,
open
source
contributors
that
have
contributed
to
the
filecoin
project
across
its
many
repos,
which
is
you
know,
double
or
triple
what
it
was
sometime
last
year,
which
is
really
really
exciting.
It
continues
to
accelerate
the
number
of
open
source
contributors
that
are
joining
the
fray
and
contributing
coach
code
to
the
project,
and
perhaps
the
most
exciting
part
for
me
is
that
miners
are
investing
in
the
filocoin
ecosystem.
A
They
are
funding
ecosystem
projects,
they
are
launching
applications
on
top
of
the
network,
they're
participating
in
falcon
plus
they're.
Finding
and
storing
new
data
sets
to
put
on
on
the
falcon
network
and
store
real
data,
they're
expanding
their
operations
geographically,
and
they
all
have
a
very
strong
communication
and
presence
in
the
community,
which
is
really
important
as
well.
So
really
want
to
thank
the
miners
that
have
been
invested
beyond
just
their
mining
operations,
but
investing
in
the
ecosystem
in
a
number
of
different
ways.
A
So
that
was
a
brief
update
on
all
the
some
of
the
activity
that's
been
happening
in
the
last
month.
It
roughly
breaks
down
into
ecosystem
multipliers,
developers,
accelerators
ecosystem
capital
and
minor
growth.
I'll
conclude
with
a
couple
final
messages,
of
course,
filecoin
is
not
just
software.
This
is
a
rapidly
growing
ecosystem
of
thousands
of
talented
people
working
towards
a
common
goal,
and
I
really
wanted
to
leave
with
a
heartfelt
thank
you
to
the
organizations
and
individuals
that
are
so
committed
to
developing
the
falcon
ecosystem.
A
This
includes
miners
ecosystem
collaborators
developers,
community
members
and
many
many
more.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
advancing
our
collective
mission.
You
are
helping
make
filecoin
a
reality
and
we're
excited
and
grateful
to
be
building
alongside
alongside
you
and,
of
course
you
know.
This
is
just
the
beginning.
There's
such
an
incredible
ramp
to
accomplishing
this
very
bold
mission
for
the
network
and
together
we're
going
to
make
that
a
reality.