Filecoin News 116
✨ Highlights ✨
📈 Filecoin Value Accrual: A Deep Dive
Curious how value flows through the Filecoin economy? A new post by Filecoin TLDR unpacks the mechanisms of value accrual across the network — from storage provider incentives and deal flow to retrieval markets, programmable services, and FIL utility. If you’re looking for a comprehensive breakdown of how Filecoin grows and sustains its ecosystem, this one’s for you. Read the full article.
🌎 Community Updates 🌎
📰 The Defiant Secures Its Archives with Filecoin + Akave Cloud
The Defiant is preserving its entire editorial archive using Akave Cloud and Filecoin, making every article immutable, verifiable, and tamper-proof. With encrypted, content-addressed data backed by decentralized storage and S3 compatibility, this sets a new standard for trustworthy journalism and onchain auditability. Dive deeper.
🌌 Storing the Cosmos with Filecoin and RAMO
A new blog post from Filecoin Foundation highlights how a Cornell astrophysicist is leveraging RAMO to store astronomical datasets on Filecoin. By preserving observations from the universe on decentralized infrastructure, this collaboration ensures long-term access and integrity for the scientific community. A literal case of Filecoin reaching for the stars.
🛠️ Tools 🛠️
🧰 Synapse SDK Now Available
Developers, meet the Synapse SDK — a flexible JavaScript/TypeScript library for working with Filecoin’s smart-contract-based services marketplace.
🚀 Recommended for quick builds: use the high-level Synapse class for speed and simplicity 🔧 Need more control? Import and compose individual components as needed
Whether you’re prototyping or building production-ready apps, this SDK adapts to your needs. Try it!
🎉 Events 🎉
🎥 Filecoin Ecosystem Highlights: Episode 1 Premieres Sept 9
We’re excited to launch the first episode of Filecoin Ecosystem Highlights, a new video series spotlighting projects, partnerships, and innovation across the network. Join us on September 9th! Register to watch the premiere.
🇮🇳 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!
