WTF is Filecoin?
When folks think about web3 protocols - storage is usually on the list, but its not obvious how approaches differ. Sia is private! Arweave is permanent! ..but then wtf is Filecoin?
I'll take a stab at explaining how FIL works & why its designed the way it is.
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Joined July 2021
- Life update! TL;DR: After 4.5 years, today is my last day with @protocollabs. @duckie_han and I have started new company called @ansa_research (w/ @wesblog @PerkPietrek @SavanWrites among others), focused on covering/accelerating the decentralization of the cloud. Longer
- Replying to @HammerToe and @esjesjesjI mean if you want to steelman it - driving is an activity that requires ID that most Americans do at least occasionally (if not daily)
- How would one build / fund perpetual storage on Filecoin? Been noodling on this for a bit, and wanted to share how I’ve been thinking about it. Hit me up (or join the early fvm builders) if you wanna jam on this!
- Using IPFS to trim a game’s footprint from 2GiB+ to <40MiB on Unreal Engine 5 The next iteration of web3 gaming is gonna win because web3 infra is just better 🤯
- it was an absolutely shitty week. while i didnt have much in stfil, i know some of the team / investors / many folks who were users of their protocol. the entire situation is awful - and i truly feel for anyone whose been affected. what may not be obvious to folks is that
- Man this is an ill-informed take, and fundamentally misunderstands IPFS / its role. Glad this was said publicly, so we can at least correct the misconceptions. 1/
- Blockchain nerds who speak technical gibberish will like this README file. @solana epoch 0 is now on @Filecoin! Heavy lifting by @fd_ripatel, @__anjor, & @immaterial_ink. Thanks to @Filecoin, @SolanaFndn, & @protocollabs for their support. 🪡🧵 github.com/rpcpool/yellow…
- Until Filecoin had the fvm, you really couldn't "use" Filecoin in a tangible way unless you were doing some hard core stuff + running your own infra (literally running dedicated nodes to batch / store / renew things ). You were most likely to use Filecoin indirectly through NFTHave you, or someone you've ever met, actually used FileCoin?
- i genuinely hope when people build staking products for FIL they don't use standard names like - sFIL - stFIL - lFIL and instead go for fun names - joyFIL - powerFIL - wonderFIL
- Robinhood election markets being closed on the weekend seems like a pretty big flaw given news doesn’t have business hours lol
- a few other things that are pretty exciting to keep an eye out for 2024: 1) the capabilities of @Filecoin's storage / retrieval offerings continue to expand -> teams like @BanyanComputer and @FilecoinSaturn are layering on top to bring UX and performance on top of the baseFilecoin is still my core position. Though it has nearly doubled - I continue to be excited about not only its possibilities with data sovereignty but also AI use cases (check out Bacalhau). Wealth effects from the Solana ecosystem likely also supportive of rerating
- you: sleeping me: 4am grindset knocking out station jobs for microfil









