Early August Highlights

🧇 The Nv23 Upgrade, codenamed "Waffle," is arriving on Mainnet on August 6. The upgrade was successfully deployed to the calibnet on July 11, and will feature 6 FIPs including FIP0065, FIP0079, FIP0084, FIP0085, FIP0091, and FIP0092. Stay tuned to the Filecoin Governance X account for the latest updates.

🇹🇭 It's Official: The Filecoin community is heading to Bangkok. Dive into decentralized AI infrastructure, DePIN, and the evolving data economy at FIL Bangkok. Set in Thailand's vibrant capital and hosted by Filecoin Foundation, FIL Bangkok unites the Filecoin ecosystem and broader Web3 community for innovation and collaboration. Reserve your spot now and keep an eye out for programming announcements.

🔭 Take the tour of the brand-new fil.org! FF's website got a redesign to make it easier than ever to explore the ever-expanding Filecoin community featuring new pages and content, faster load times, and better searchability. Whether you're browsing decentralized projects and use cases or looking for ways to get involved with the network, get started at fil.org.

Ecosystem

Builders Funnel

Due to popular demand, the Developer Working Group will begin meeting monthly. The DevWG is an opportunity for developers, community members, researchers, and others interested in the development of the Filecoin protocol to come together to discuss the most important topics among developers. Join the #dev-wg Slack channel to get the latest news on the meetups.

• Thanks for joining us at the ETHGlobal Brussels hackathon! The Filecoin track received 35 submissions across all three categories: AI tools, data apps, and privacy tools. Visit hackathons.filecoin.io to join an upcoming hackathon and help shape the future of the web.

Storage

• Interested in the latest developments for Filecoin Storage Providers? Join the #global-storage-provider-community Slack channel to get involved in weekly SP discussions and stay informed on updates from across the Filecoin community.
• Head of Community Porter Stowell joined the Off-Chain Podcast to discuss some of the hottest topics in the ecosystem, including how Filecoin is tackling the ever-growing demand for data storage driven by AI advancements.

Network Operations

Governance

• Join the community governance conversation! In the Filecoin ecosystem, governance refers to the rights, rules, processes, and norms that empower community members to collectively determine the development of the protocol. Anyone is welcome to participate through the monthly Community Governance calls, the Fil-Gov Slack channel, Metropolis, or attending a Filecoin event.
• FIP0086: Fast Finality in Filecoin is now in Last Call. This FIP proposes to significantly speed up the time it takes for Filecoin transactions to be considered final and irreversible, reducing transaction times from 7.5 hours to just a few seconds.

Fil Plus

• Rolling allocator applications are open for submissions. Allocators are a core part of the Fil+ program and help incentivize the storage of useful data on the Filecoin network. Visit the FIDL blog for application instructions and a walkthrough.
• The Fil+ page is live on fil.org. Learn about the purpose of Fil+ and how to become an allocator, and explore DataCap projects within the program.
• The FIL Plus team is conducting audits on the initial 5 Pib of DataCap distribution as part of the ongoing DataCap refresh. These allocators will either receive a full, partial, or no DataCap refresh.

Comms, Marketing, & Events

• Franklin Templeton's report The Next Frontier in Cloud Computing highlights Filecoin as a leading DePIN protocol and powerful alternative to centralized cloud providers. The report presents Filecoin as a network economy with the potential to disrupt centralized infrastructure monopolies.
• Watch "How Basin Enhances Long- and Short-term Archival with Marla Natoli" on DWeb Decoded to learn more about Basin, a decentralized object storage solution that provides both hot data storage and long-term archiving capabilities.
• Missing Brussels? Check out the playlist! All Network Base sessions are now available on Filecoin Foundation's YouTube. Subscribe for recaps of governance meetings, event programming, new DWeb Decoded episodes, and more.
• Grayscale’s latest research report featured Filecoin as key infrastructure for decentralized AI. According to their new report: “Grayscale Research believes that decentralized AI holds the potential to bring these important decisions out from walled gardens and into public ownership.” Grayscale’s research includes Al services (chatbots, image generators), solutions to centralized Al problems (authenticity checks, fighting deepfakes), and infrastructure for Al development (data storage, GPU computation). Filecoin provides the decentralized storage solutions crucial for decentralized AI's growth, ensuring data can be securely and transparently managed. Read the full report.
• Join Filecoin Foundation and FFDW at DWeb Camp 2024, a collaborative space for people to connect, learn, share, and have fun while working towards building a better, decentralized web.
• Check out the global Orbit events happening near you at fil.org/orbit! Network with members of your local Filecoin community at these always welcoming, free-to-attend Orbit events.

Featured Datasets on Filecoin

• HRDAG is using Filecoin to protect crucial human rights data.
• Democracy’s Library, an Internet Archive project, has uploaded more than one petabyte of material to the Filecoin Network, including information collected by the End of Term Crawl.
• From environmental data to hurricane relief efforts, Baseline, a project launched by Guardian Project, is leveraging IPFS and Filecoin to enable verifiable visual documentation of our world via the ProofMode app.
• The Defiant’s documentary “Meet The Gigabrains Shaping The Future of Web3” that dives into the culture and community behind ETHDenver is securely and redundantly stored on the Filecoin Network.