The Filecoin Virtual Machine has Arrived

Last year, we joined forces with Unfinished to launch the Explorer Awards, a series of grants to provide organizations and individuals using decentralized technology with the support to learn more about Web3.

FIP0056, a proposal aiming to address some of the broader challenges facing the Filecoin network, is in its last call until Friday, March 24.

The Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) has officially launched on Filecoin mainnet! Nicknamed 'Hygee', Network Upgrade v18 is the largest update in Filecoin network history, and a major FVM milestone as the network becomes programmable for the first time.

This winter, Filecoin Plus held its fourth round of Notary elections. The Filecoin Plus team solicited applications from hundreds of community members and organizations, and a final list of Notaries was selected are are now active.

This is the latest post in our series highlighting the builders and innovators creating new tools and services on the Filecoin network. Learn more about Filecoin Foundation’s Dev Grants program.

The Filecoin Orbit program is hosting Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) Open Hack Days, a series of hackathons that will take place in various locations across the world in February and March 2023 to allow developers to get hands-on experience building on FVM. Entrants will develop on FVM in order to compete for $6,000 in prizes!

Despite challenges for the blockchain space in 2022, the Filecoin network has continued to thrive.

How an Open Science Commons Project Built on Web3 Infrastructure Empowers Community Discovery

Today, Filecoin Foundation (FF) announced a first-of-its-kind mission to deploy the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) in space. The mission will take place in 2023 aboard Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] LM 400 Technology Demonstrator spacecraft.