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✨ Highlights ✨
⏱️ 2025 Filecoin Year in Review
After five years of delivering decentralized storage at a global scale, the Filecoin network reached a pivotal milestone in 2025 by transforming into a programmable, verifiable cloud platform. Driven by specialized data onramps and the launch of Filecoin Onchain Cloud’s composable suite of developer tooling, the network is positioned to become indispensable infrastructure for the next generation of data and dApps. Read about the advancements of the network, recap key learnings, and check progress toward ecosystem priorities in 2025.
📰 Messari Pulse Report: Filecoin Onchain Cloud
More than 100 teams are already building with Filecoin Onchain Cloud, where new services like Filecoin Pay have seen growing demand. Check out the latest Messari Pulse Report for a detailed overview of key insights since testnet launch and what developers can expect next.
💫 Introducing the Constellation Program
At FIL Dev Summit 7, Filecoin Foundation’s governance team launched the Constellation Program, a community-driven initiative exploring improvements to Filecoin governance. Constellation takes an iterative approach to governance reform to design, test, and scale systems that align with the evolving needs of the ecosystem. At FDS-7, the FF governance team shared progress reports on the program focused on strengthening participation and decision-making across the ecosystem. Learn more.
🌎 Community Updates 🌎
🏆 FIL-RetroPGF Round 3 Results
The Filecoin network’s third RetroPGF round has concluded, distributing over 500k FIL across 91 ecosystem projects. Receiving 120 applications from across the Filecoin ecosystem, this funding round awarded projects in recognition of their past contributions to the network. Congratulations to all awarded projects for their impact on building and strengthening the Filecoin ecosystem.
💾 Explore the 2026 Data Infrastructure Landscape
In a recent blog, Akave Cloud identified seven enterprise storage trends driving demand for proof, predictability, and control in storage architecture. Learn how agent-driven AI workloads, jurisdiction control, recovery requirements, and AI cost pressure are reshaping enterprise storage.
🔧 Storacha Launches Forge: IPFS-Compatible Warm Storage with Onchain Proofs
Storacha launched Forge on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, delivering high-throughput warm storage with UCAN-based programmable access control and cryptographically verifiable data possession proofs, powered by PDP. Forge anchors proof verifications and payments directly on Filecoin Onchain Cloud, ensuring long-term data integrity without centralized dependencies –– and making auditable, owner-controlled storage accessible to any organization managing data at scale.
☁️ Akave Cloud Expands with Filecoin-Powered Archival Tier
Akave Cloud is leveraging Filecoin Onchain Cloud’s warm storage service to introduce a new decentralized backup and archiving tier designed for AI, IoT, ML, and compliance workloads. Building on its existing S3-compatible platform with integrity proofs and erasure-coded durability, Akave’s Filecoin integration extends verifiability from hot storage into an affordable, auditable long-term retention layer.
🛠️ Tools 🛠️
⛓️ CloudPaws Recognizes Early Filecoin Onchain Cloud Builders
CloudPaws NFTs are designed to acknowledge early Filecoin Onchain Cloud builders, storage providers, and contributors with a limited set of 100 credential-style NFTs. In addition to recognizing active participation in the early stages of Filecoin Onchain Cloud, CloudPaws establishes an onchain identity framework that can support future testing, collaboration, training, and governance. Apply to join.
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