Storage Unpacked 242 – The Filecoin Decentralised Storage Network

Storage Unpacked Podcast

English - February 24, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
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In this episode, Chris chats to Matt Hamilton, Developer Advocate at Protocol Labs about the Filecoin decentralised storage network.

In this episode, Chris talks to Matt Hamilton, Developer Advocate at Protocol Labs, about the Filecoin decentralised storage network. Filecoin currently stores around 15 exabytes of data globally, across 4000 storage providers. The ecosystem enables end-users to contract for storage capacity and store data using the Filecoin marketplace platform. Customers and providers interact with FIL, the Filecoin currency.

Matt explains how Filecoin implements data immutability through a series of cryptographic proofs, including proof of capacity, proof of replication and proof of space/time. The platform enables 3rd party service providers to layer on additional features, such as consolidation for smaller workloads, caching and content delivery networks.

Most recently, Matt has been working on FVM, the Filecoin Virtual Machine, a system to enable smart contracts. This solution enables end users to build policies or actionable workflow to optimise storage usage or ensure continued storage of data.

To find out more, follow the following links:

Main Filecoin website – filecoin.io
Filecoin Virtual machine – https://fvm.filecoin.io/
Spacewarp – https://spacewarp.fvm.dev/

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Timeline

00:00:00 – Intros
00:01:15 – What is Filecoin?
00:03:20 – Filecoin is a enterprise-class system, with around 4000 storage providers
00:05:00 – Filecoin enables easy replication and “proof of storage” called proof of space/time
00:06:45 – Providers puts up collateral, clients put up a fee, both kept in escrow
00:07:30 – Proof of replication – shows the provider received and stored the data
00:08:15 – Data isn’t stored on blockchain, only the audit and tracking data
00:09:45 – Encryption is a layer above Filecoin
00:10:30 – Storage aggregators consolidate smaller file and object into larger blocks
00:11:35 – Filecoin is archival/cold storage with the ability to layer on additional services
00:14:30 – Filecoin doesn’t waste the “proof of capability” resource
00:16:01 – How does the dynamic marketplace of Filecoin work?
00:20:20 – How does data move in and out of the Filecoin network?
00:21:02 – Protocol Labs is working a CDN solution called Saturn
00:21:30 – Filecoin Virtual Machine will enable smart contracts
00:24:50 – Protocol Labs is working on bringing compute to data
00:27:50 – End users can join the network as a CDN through Saturn
00:28:45 – IPFS – Interplanetary File System!
00:30:00 – Filecoin uses a content addressable ID
00:31:10 – What are the typical users and use cases of Filecoin?
00:32:55 – Many NFT platforms store content on Filecoin
00:35:00 – Filecoin can be used to prove immutability in the future
00:37:40 – Where can people learn more?
00:38:30 – Wrap Up