Filecoin News 112
✨ Highlights ✨
📊 Filecoin Ecosystem Metrics Roundup: A Data-Driven Foundation for Growth
The Filecoin ecosystem has launched the first Ecosystem Metrics Roundup, a monthly series aligning the community around the metrics that matter most for sustainable growth. With the network shifting focus from supply bootstrapping to real-world demand, this series breaks down key data—daily onboarding, active clients, paid deals, and total value transacted—to track health and guide decisions. Backed by recent protocol upgrades like Fast Finality and Proof of Data Possession, the Filecoin ecosystem is doubling down on transparency, client demand, and verifiable storage at scale. Dive in to read about the current state of the network, actionable next steps, and more.
🚀 Introducing Akave Cloud: Fast, Verifiable Storage Powered by Filecoin
Akave Cloud has launched as the first enterprise-grade decentralized storage layer built on an Avalanche L1—offering full S3 compatibility, smart contract access control, and verifiable storage. Already in use for AI, analytics, and media, Akave Cloud combines fast, sovereign data storage with Filecoin’s durable, cryptographically proven archival layer—giving teams a way to store active and cold data seamlessly across decentralized networks. Check out the official announcement from the Akave team.
🌎 Community Updates 🌎
📣 FIP-100 Monitoring Committee Moves Forward
In response to community feedback, a new governance-led committee will monitor the real-world impact of FIP-100, ensuring Filecoin’s economics reflect what’s actually happening on the network. The committee will hold quarterly public meetings, share open analyses, and can recommend updates—or a full revert if needed—based on transparent, data-driven reports. Read the full announcement and join the discussion in #fil-fip100-committee on Filecoin Slack.
🌠 How Cornell Astrophysicist Uses Ramo to Store the Universe on Filecoin
When Dr. Drummond Fielding, an astrophysicist at Cornell, needed to store petabytes of data from his interstellar gas simulations, he turned to Ramo Cloud—a network that preserves massive research outputs on Filecoin’s decentralized storage. By partnering with storage providers and using tools like Globus, Ramo keeps vital scientific data safe, verifiable, and shareable, helping researchers protect work that traditional systems can’t handle. Read all about it in this blog by the Filecoin Foundation.
🖼️ FLUX.1 Kontext Now Preserved on Filecoin
CryptoEternalAI has dropped a new model in their store: FLUX.1 Kontext — designed for pro-level image editing with open weights and local use. The best part? It’s now preserved on Filecoin, ensuring permanent, verifiable access for the community. Check it out!
🛠️ Tools 🛠️
🔑 A Portable Social Future, Powered by Storacha
Storacha has launched bsky.storage, giving Bluesky users a simple way to back up and control their social identity—hourly snapshots, recovery keys, and easy migration to new hosts, all secured on the Filecoin Network. Inspired by number portability for phones, this tool lets you keep your content portable, verifiable, and durable on decentralized storage, so your online presence stays yours—forever. Learn more in this announcement and hear what Bluesky’s Founder, Jay Graeber, has to say about the new tool!
🔐 Magmar x Filecoin: The File Vault
Magmar has partnered with Filecoin to launch the File Vault—a secure, encrypted space inside Magmar’s smart wallet where users can store private files, docs, and metadata. Powered by Filecoin’s decentralized network, files are encrypted, on-chain secured, and stored permanently, censorship-free. Another step toward practical, scalable web3. Learn more and try it for yourself!
