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:
Elapsed Time: 00:39:55
TimelineCopyright (c) 2016-2023 Unpacked Network. No reproduction or re-use without permission. Podcast episode #l4r3.