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Filecoin Launch Finally Brings $200M ICO to Fruition

Filecoin, designed as a decentralized alternative to Amazon Web Services, is now live as of block height 148,888, or 14:44 UTC.

Filecoin creator Juan Benet

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Filecoin Confirms Long-Awaited Mainnet Launch for Next Month

Three years after its $257 million ICO, decentralized data storage provider Filecoin has said mainnet will go live in mid-October.

Filecoin creator Juan Benet

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How Web 3.0 Creates Value for Users, Not Platforms

There has been a Cambrian explosion of Web 3.0 apps. Let's make sure this evolution continues for decades to come.

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Filecoin: Understanding the Complex Crypto System Meant to Rival AWS

Filecoin and its FIL token might be the most complex thing the blockchain industry has ever brought to market. Here's what you need to know.

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Internet 2030: The Future and How We Get There

We explore Filecoin's Space Race and Web 3.0’s future on CoinDesk Live, Sept. 15-16.

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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum's Fees, Bitcoin's Pullback, Ren's Great Week

Stablecoin demand may become unbalanced if traders ditch a “market-neutral strategy" while Ethereum gas fees drive Tether to adopt a new rail.

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How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security

Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”

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Filecoin Pushes Back Final Testing Phase, Announces ‘Calibration Period’ for Miners

Filecoin has delayed the launch of its incentivized testnet by two weeks, providing a window for miners to test their set-ups.

Filecoin creator Juan Benet

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Inside the Craze for Filecoin Crypto Mining in China

As Filecoin inches closer to a blockchain mainnet launch, investors in China are again speculating heavily on the network’s mining hardware and token prices.

Protocol Labs co-founder and CEO Juan Benet speaks at CoinDesk's Construct 2017 conference. (CoinDesk archives)

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Filecoin Prepares for Network Launch With Final Testing Phase

Decentralized storage network firm Filecoin announced the launch of its Incentivized Testnet, the network’s final phase of testing, on Wednesday

Filecoin is entering the final phase of testing, ahead of a mainnet launch later this summer. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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