The Defiant • Mar 15, 23
Filecoin Launches Ethereum-compatible Smart Contracts
Update Enables DeFi, ‘Data DAOs’ and Perpetual Storage
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Market cap
$2.2B
Volume (24h)
$108.8M
Circulating supply
472.8M FIL
Typical hold time
23 days
Popularity
#30
All time high
$237.24
Price change (1h)
-0.24%
Price change (24h)
+1.6%
Price change (7d)
+3%
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Filecoin (FIL) is a cryptocurrency that powers the Filecoin network, a decentralized peer-to-peer file storage network that aims to let anyone store, retrieve, and host digital information. FIL tokens are used as payment for these services and as an economic incentive to ensure files are stored reliably over time.
The Filecoin protocol, according to the official website, introduces a decentralized storage network (DSN) based on blockchain. As claimed by the whitepaper, with the DSN scheme, multiple independent storage providers offer data storage and data retrieval to clients on the Filecoin network. In other words, the Filecoin DSN handles storage and retrieval requests via two verifiable markets, i.e., the Storage Market and the Retrieval Market, respectively. The two markets have the same structure but different design.
The Storage Market allows clients to pay storage miners to store data. The storage market is a verifiable market through which clients (buyers) place matching orders with storage miners (sellers). Once matched, orders are submitted to the orderbook (sets of orders). That way, the public gets access to all the orders recorded on the Filecoin blockchain. Additionally, both clients and storage miners must pledge and commit to their resources, where storage miners provide constant proof of storage for an order. In brief, the Storage Market protocol is divided into two phases: order matching and settlement:
Order Matching: Storage miners and clients submit their orders to the blockchain to record the same in the orderbook. When orders are matched between storage miners and clients, both parties sign a deal order and submit it to the orderbook.
Order Settlement: Storage miners lock their orders, generate proofs of storage, and submit them to the blockchain regularly.
The Retrieval Market allows clients to retrieve data by paying retrieval miners to deliver the data. In the Retrieval Market, clients can request retrieval of a specific piece from an order. Retrieval miners obtain pieces from the Retrieval Market or by storing them from being a storage miner. Participants in the retrieval market follow an off-chain process of exchanging pieces and settling prices. Therefore, Retrieval Miners and clients exchange data without the network knowing about it. Mostly, the retrieval miner splits the data into multiple parts, and the client pays for each part that is retrieved. In brief, the Retrieval Market protocol is divided into two phases: order matching and settlement:
Order Matching: Clients and retrieval miners submit their orders to the orderbook by “gossiping” their order. When orders are matched, the client and the retrieval miners establish a micropayment channel.
Order Settlement: Retrieval miners send small parts of the piece to the client, and for each piece, the miner gets a signed receipt from the client. Retrieval miners present their delivery receipts to the blockchain for rewards.
Filecoin, trading under the ticker FIL, is the native cryptocurrency on the Filecoin network.
The website states that Filecoin (FIL) was founded by Juan Benet and his team at Protocol Labs. Juan Benet also developed the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). Benet is a computer scientist from Stanford University. He started Protocol Labs in May 2014.
Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization recently built for the development of Filecoin. The organization also performs off-chain governance for the token blockchain. Before, Protocol Labs was responsible for the off-chain governance. Filecoin’s official mainnet launch was on October 15, 2020. Also, on October 13, 2021, Filecoin became the official storage provider for Flow blockchain.
Filecoins or FIL can be earned by miners when they provide storage to clients on the Filecoin network.
The Filecoin consensus implements two types of consensus protocols as proof of storage, i.e., proof of replication and proof of spacetime. Filecoin’s proof-of-storage consensus is compatible with any consensus protocol that allows for verification of Filecoin’s proofs. In a useful proof-of-work structure, miners do not have to spend their resources in wasteful computations while they can just store data under the proof-of-storage system. Thus, miners receive rewards when they present data proofs to the blockchain.
Moreover, proof of replication allows storage givers to prove that data is stored to its own dedicated physical storage. The protocol creates unique physical copies that enable a verifier to ensure that multiple copies are not stored in the same storage space. Next, proof of spacetime allows storage providers to prove that they stored some data over a specified amount of time.
Filecoin has a total supply of 1.97 billion FIL coins.
Filecoin is available for trading on many major crypto platforms. Coinbase supports Filecoin.
The Defiant • Mar 15, 23
Filecoin Launches Ethereum-compatible Smart Contracts
Update Enables DeFi, ‘Data DAOs’ and Perpetual Storage
Read more
CoinDesk • Mar 14, 23
Accounting Platform Cryptio Partners With Protocol Labs to Help Filecoin Miners Go Public
Filecoin miners will be able to generate accounting reports needed to pass their public company accounting oversight board (PCAOB) financial audits.
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CoinDesk • Mar 14, 23
FIL Jumps 14% as Traders Await Filecoin Virtual Machine Upgrade
FIL was lately trading at $7.22 ahead of an upgrade that will introduce several new features to the Filecoin network.
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The Block • Mar 14, 23
Filecoin becomes a blockchain platform compatible with Ethereum apps
By launching its own virtual machine, Filecoin can now support smart contracts and decentralized applications.
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CoinDesk • Feb 17, 23
Filecoin’s FIL Token Jumps More Than 30%, Sparking Interest in Virtual Machine Launch
It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the rally.
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Decrypt • Dec 22, 22
Filecoin Plummets 30% Over the Week, Hovers Near All-Time Lows
The price of Filecoin has plummeted 30% in the past week, with the asset currently trading close to all-time lows.
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182 unique individuals are talking about Filecoin and it is ranked #120 in most mentions and activity from collected posts. In the last 24 hours, across all social media platforms, Filecoin has an average sentiment score of 0.2 out of 5. Finally, Filecoin is becoming less newsworthy, with 0 news articles published about Filecoin. This is a 100% decrease in news volume compared to yesterday.
On Twitter, people are mostly neutral about Filecoin. There were 27.51% of tweets with bullish sentiment compared to 22.65% of tweets with a bearish sentiment about Filecoin. 49.84% of tweets were neutral about Filecoin. These sentiments are based on 309 tweets.
On Reddit, Filecoin was mentioned in 0 Reddit posts and there were 0 comments about Filecoin. On average, there were more upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit posts and more upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit comments.
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Posts
198 posts
Dominance
0.02%
Volume rank
#120
Average Sentiment
0.2 out of 5
Tweet Count
309 people
Sentiment
27.51%
Bullish
49.84%
Neutral
22.65%
Bearish
Conversion Table
FIL/CAD (Canadian Dollar)
CA$6.19
FIL/JPY (Japanese Yen)
¥672.60
FIL/INR (Indian Rupee)
₹380.14
FIL/BRL (Real)
R$22.23
FIL/EUR (Euro)
€4.16
FIL/NGN (Nigerian Naira)
NGN 3,600.91
FIL/KRW (South Korean Won)
₩5,876.04
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The price of Filecoin has risen by 3.00% in the past 7 days. The price increased by 1.60% in the last 24 hours. In just the past hour, the price shrunk by 0.24%. The current price is $4.56 per FIL. Filecoin is 98.08% below the all time high of $237.24.
The current circulating supply is 472,824,698 FIL.
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The current market cap of Filecoin is $2.16B. A high market cap implies that the asset is highly valued by the market.
The all-time high of Filecoin is $237.24. This all-time high is highest price paid for Filecoin since it was launched.
Over the last 24 hours, the trading volume of Filecoin is $108.77M.
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The current circulating supply of Filecoin is 473 million.
The median time that Coinbase customers hold Filecoin before selling it or sending it to another account or address is 23 days.
Filecoin ranks 58 among tradable assets on Coinbase. Popularity is currently based on relative market cap.
Currently, 96% of Coinbase users are buying Filecoin. In other words, 96% of Coinbase customers have increased their net position in Filecoin over the past 24 hours through trading.
Yes, Filecoin is currently available on Coinbase’s centralized exchange. For more detailed instructions, check out our helpful how to buy Filecoin guide.
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