Filecoin

Filecoin

Filecoin Is Mailing Out Hard Drives of Climate Data to Kick-Start Its File-Storage Network

Get a giant hard drive from the Filecoin team stuffed with data on climate, the world's literature or the human genome and get ready to earn some crypto.

Tech  ·  7 May 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum Foundation and Others Weigh $15 Million Bid to Build ‘Randomness’ Tech

The Ethereum Foundation may spend $15 million on a project implementing randomness tech called "Verifiable Delay Functions."

Tech  ·  7 February 2019
Uber

12 Markets Crypto Decentralization Can Actually Improve

What do virtual real estate and distributed computing have in common? They're both markets where P2P networks can improve efficiencies.

Tech  ·  27 December 2018
Tron

BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale

Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.

Tech  ·  10 September 2018
Filecoin

Filecoin Looks to Mid-2019 for Blockchain Storage Network Launch

Blockchain storage startup Filecoin announced it would launch its mainnet sometime near the middle of next year.

Business  ·  28 August 2018
Filecoin

Filecoin Creators Launch $5 Million Crypto Grant Program

Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.

Tech  ·  11 April 2018
Bitcoin

Searching for Problems? James Altucher to Bitcoin Critics: You’re Dead Wrong

Business blogger James Altucher provides a counter to cryptocurrency being "a solution in search of a problem," one strong enough to make him a bull.

Business  ·  21 September 2017
Investments

$257 Million: Filecoin Breaks All-Time Record for ICO Funding

Filecoin's initial coin offering has ended, raising more than $257 million over a weeks-long token sale.

Tech  ·  7 September 2017
Filecoin

$200 Million In 60 Minutes: Filecoin ICO Rockets to Record Amid Tech Issues

The ICO for the the blockchain-based data storage network Filecoin has raised as much as $250 million despite being beset by tech issues.

Markets  ·  10 August 2017
Investments

Filecoin Presale Raises $52 Million Ahead of ICO Launch

San Francisco-based startup Protocol Labs has sold $52 million in a token pre-sale ahead of an initial coin offering launch next week.

Markets  ·  4 August 2017