Filecoin

Filecoin is the largest decentralized data storage marketplace, protocol, & cryptocurrency.

## Overview Filecoin is a peer-to-peer network and cryptocurrency that enables users to buy and sell data storage capacity in a decentralized marketplace. Launched in 2020, it operates as both a blockchain protocol and a storage infrastructure layer, allowing anyone with spare disk space to become a storage provider and earn FIL tokens by serving client demand. The network uses cryptographic proofs—specifically Proof of Replication and Proof of Spacetime—to verify that storage providers are actually storing and maintaining data over time. The core problem Filecoin addresses is the centralizati