Filecoin (FIL) Surpasses 4 Million Blocks and Announces Major Developments

Filecoin
(FIL),
a
leading
decentralized
storage
network,
has
achieved
a
significant
milestone
by
surpassing
4
million
blocks
on
its





blockchain.
This
achievement
is
accompanied
by
several
notable
developments
and
announcements,
according
to

Filecoin.

DeStor
Partners
with
DCENT
for
Decentralized
S3
Cloud
Storage

DeStor,
a
prominent
marketplace
for
decentralized
storage
solutions,
has
launched
DeStor
S3
Cloud
Solutions,
an
enterprise-ready
object
storage
service
powered
by
DCENT.
This
collaboration
aims
to
provide
businesses
with
a
decentralized
alternative
to
traditional
storage,
enhancing
speed,
efficiency,
and
security.

FIL
Dev
Summit
Returns
to
Bangkok

The
FIL
Dev
Summit
is
set
to
take
place
in
Bangkok
from
November
6th
to
8th
at
Gaysorn
Urban
Resort.
The
event
will
gather
developers,
builders,
storage
providers,
and
community
members
to
discuss
protocol
improvements,
new
tools,
and
features,
and
to
collaborate
on
overcoming
key
challenges.
Attendees
can
participate
by
submitting
talk
proposals,
sponsoring
the
event,
or
joining
the
conversation
on
Filecoin’s
Slack
and
Twitter
channels.

Spark
Improves
Data
Retrievability

Since
May
2024,
the
FIL+
team
has
been
advocating
for
the
inclusion
of
retrieval
data
from
FIL
Spark
in
datacap
allocation
decisions.
This
initiative
has
significantly
improved
the
retrieval
success
rate
for
Filecoin
Storage
Providers.
As
of
September
2024,
over
60
storage
providers
have
achieved
a
retrieval
success
rate
above
90%,
with
some
reaching
as
high
as
99.9%.

Filecoin
Ecosystem
Digest
Launches

The
inaugural
issue
of
the
Filecoin
Ecosystem
Digest,
titled “All
Systems
Go,”
is
now
live.
The
Digest
features
seven
editorial
articles
authored
by
members
of
the
Filecoin
ecosystem,
covering
topics
such
as
interplanetary
resilience,
AI-generated
media,
and
sustainable
data
centers.

Learn
Decentralized
Storage
with
learnyouw3up

Storacha
has
introduced
learnyouw3up,
an
interactive,
hands-on
approach
to
learning
about
the
decentralized
storage
ecosystem.
This
game
challenges
users
to
build,
break,
and
master
Storacha’s
w3up
service,
making
web3
storage
accessible
and
engaging.

Filecoin
and
io.net
Collaboration

The
partnership
between
Filecoin
and
io.net
has
made
significant
progress
over
the
past
nine
months,
including
the
onboarding
of
1,500
GPUs
from
Filecoin
Storage
Providers.
This
collaboration
aims
to
unlock
new
revenue
streams
through
GPU
computing
for
AI
and
ML
tasks
and
has
been
highlighted
at
major
events
such
as
the
FIL
Dev
Summit
in
Singapore
and
FIL-Vegas.

DocumentCloud
Secures
Public
Interest
Documents

DocumentCloud,
a
platform
used
by
newsrooms
worldwide,
is
now
utilizing
Filecoin
to
ensure
the
long-term
preservation
and
distribution
of
over
11
million
key
public
interest
documents.
Supported
by
the
Filecoin
Foundation
for
the
Decentralized
Web,
this
initiative
aims
to
protect
these
documents
from
threats
to
public
access.

Upcoming
Events

FIL
Singapore
on
September
20th
will
feature
a
convergence
of
Web3,
AI,
and
industry
innovators,
hosted
by
MetaPals
and
supported
by
the
Filecoin
Foundation.
Additionally,
the
FIL
Bangkok
Mainstage
event
on
November
11th
will
explore
decentralized
AI
infrastructure,
DePIN,
and
the
data
economy.

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