Filecoin News 115
✨ Highlights ✨
💸 ProPGF Batch 1: $3.6M Awarded to Ecosystem Builders
The first round of the Filecoin Public Goods Funding (ProPGF) program is complete, with $3.6M in funding awarded to 14 outstanding teams across the Filecoin ecosystem. These projects are building essential infrastructure and tools, from open source developer services to real-world storage integrations, that strengthen the foundation of the Filecoin network. This milestone sets the tone for future rounds, with Batch 2 launching in October 2025. 📚 Read the full announcement and check out the projects.
🌎 Community Updates 🌎
🔥 Storacha x Xenea: Supercharging Decentralized Infrastructure
Storacha and Xenea are teaming up to bring blazing-fast decentralized hot storage to Xenea’s L1 blockchain and its Decentralized Autonomous Content Storage (DACS) framework. Together, they’re tackling one of the biggest misconceptions in web3: that decentralized equals slow. By combining fast retrieval, programmable IPFS, and content-addressed architectures, the two teams are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for real-time dapps. Read more about the partnership or join the Galxe quest to get involved.
⚙️ Aethir Expands GPU Access for Filecoin SPs
The Aethir network now provides Filecoin storage providers with access to scalable compute capacity across more than 400,000 GPU containers. This includes high-performance NVIDIA H100 and H200 units, unlocking new levels of efficiency for data sealing and compute-heavy workloads. It’s a major step toward decentralizing compute infrastructure at scale — and a win for Filecoin SPs looking to boost performance without massive overhead.
🚀 Filecoin Services Alpha Cohort Takes Flight
The Filecoin Services Alpha Cohort has officially launched, kicking off with a deep dive into the vision behind the Filecoin Onchain Cloud. Key updates include the first Filecoin Warm Storage prototype, Filecoin Pay with trustless payments, and upcoming tools like dashboards, explorers, and Filecoin Pin. Expect a big splash at DevConnect Argentina this fall. The future of verifiable, onchain-native storage is well underway.
🎉 Events 🎉
🇮🇳 LOOPS Hacker House New Delhi (Sept 21–25, 2025)
LOOPS is a 5-day hacker residency hosted by Germina Labs, where Web3 builders and protocols come together to design, prototype, and launch real-world products in rapid build loops. With support from partners like the Filecoin ecosystem, Near Foundation, Randamu, and Open Serv AI, participants will gain access to mentorship, resources, and over $10,000 in prizes. Apply for the full in-house residency or join by day pass to attend workshops, collaborate, and help shape the future of decentralized tech.
🇦🇷 FIL Dev Summit 7 @ DevConnect (Buenos Aires, Nov 13–15, 2025)
The next edition of FIL Dev Summit is happening at DevConnect Buenos Aires and you won’t want to miss it. Join ecosystem teams, protocol engineers, researchers, and builders for two days of in-depth collaboration, workshops, and hands-on exploration of the Filecoin stack. Whether you’re developing in compute, AI, gaming, or DePIN, this is your chance to help shape the future of decentralized infrastructure. Remote attendance will be available. Reserve your early bird ticket now!
